KER vs SAU – Group B

Commentary

End of Match!

Match Highlights:
Chirag Jani: 152(204)
Jay Gohil: 84(123)
MD Nidheesh: 6/20
Jaydev Unadkat: 4/42

Saurashtra 1st160/10 (55.2 ov, RR 2.89)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Harvik Desai c RS Kunnummal b MD Nidheesh	0	5	0	0	0.0
Chirag Jani c A Ak b MD Nidheesh	5	20	1	0	25.0
Jay Gohil c A Ak b E A Tom	84	123	11	2	68.3
Arpit Vasavada c B Aparajith b MD Nidheesh	0	1	0	0	0.0
Prerak Mankad c M Azharuddeen b MD Nidheesh	13	47	2	0	27.7
Ansh Gosai c M Azharuddeen b MD Nidheesh	1	5	0	0	20.0
Samar Gajjar c M Azharuddeen b B Aparajith	23	56	0	0	41.1
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja lbw b B Aparajith	11	12	0	0	91.7
Jaydev Unadkat (c) b MD Nidheesh	16	32	2	0	50.0
Yuvrajsinh Dodiya* Not out	4	26	0	0	15.4
Hiten Kanbi c M Azharuddeen b B Aparajith	1	6	0	0	16.7

Extras2 (b 0, lb 0, w 1, nb 1, p 0)

Total160/10 (55.2 ov · 16 fours, 2 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
MD Nidheesh	13	4	20	6	1.54
Nedumankuzhy Basil	14	4	42	0	3.00
Eden Apple Tom	12	0	58	1	4.83
Ankit Sharma	7	0	24	0	3.43
Baba Aparajith	9.2	1	16	3	1.71

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Harvik Desai 0 c RS Kunnummal b MD Nidheesh	0-1	0.5
Chirag Jani 5 c A Ak b MD Nidheesh	7-2	6.5
Arpit Vasavada 0 c B Aparajith b MD Nidheesh	7-3	6.6
Prerak Mankad 13 c M Azharuddeen b MD Nidheesh	76-4	24.5
Ansh Gosai 1 c M Azharuddeen b MD Nidheesh	82-5	26.3
Jay Gohil 84 c A Ak b E A Tom	123-6	39.6
Samar Gajjar 23 c M Azharuddeen b B Aparajith	139-7	44.3
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 11 lbw b B Aparajith	140-8	44.6
Jaydev Unadkat 16 b MD Nidheesh	154-9	54.2
Hiten Kanbi 1 c M Azharuddeen b B Aparajith	160-10	55.2

Kerala 1st233/5 (74.5 ov, RR 3.11)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Akarsh Ak b H Kanbi	18	51	2	0	35.3
Rohan Kunnummal lbw b CS Jani	80	96	12	1	83.3
Sachin Baby c AG Gosai b H Kanbi	1	13	0	0	7.7
Ahamed Imran c & b J Unadkat	10	41	1	0	24.4
Baba Aparajith c PN Mankad b J Unadkat	69	145	6	1	47.6
Mohammed Azharuddeen (c) c H Desai b J Unadkat	0	14	0	0	0.0
Ankit Sharma c AG Gosai b DA Jadeja	38	67	5	1	56.7
Varun Nayanar c AV Vasavada b PN Mankad	0	9	0	0	0.0
Nedumankuzhy Basil runout (J Gohil)	0	5	0	0	0.0
Eden Apple Tom b J Unadkat	4	8	0	0	50.0
MD Nidheesh* Not out	1	2	0	0	50.0

Extras12 (b 4, lb 6, w 0, nb 2, p 0)

Total233/5 (74.5 ov · 26 fours, 3 sixes)

Did not batAbhishek Pratap Nair

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Jaydev Unadkat	16.5	2	42	4	2.50
Hiten Kanbi	13	2	53	2	4.08
Chirag Jani	14	2	43	1	3.07
Prerak Mankad	12	1	37	1	3.08
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja	16	2	32	1	2.00
Yuvrajsinh Dodiya	3	1	16	0	5.33

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Akarsh Ak 18 b H Kanbi	61-1	14.6
Sachin Baby 1 c AG Gosai b H Kanbi	75-2	18.4
Ahamed Imran 10 c & b J Unadkat	103-3	28.5
Rohan Kunnummal 80 lbw b CS Jani	128-4	40.2
Mohammed Azharuddeen 0 c H Desai b J Unadkat	136-5	44.4
Ankit Sharma 38 c AG Gosai b DA Jadeja	214-6	65.6
Varun Nayanar 0 c AV Vasavada b PN Mankad	219-7	68.5
Nedumankuzhy Basil 0 runout (J Gohil)	221-8	70.1
Eden Apple Tom 4 b J Unadkat	232-9	72.6
Baba Aparajith 69 c PN Mankad b J Unadkat	233-10	74.5

Saurashtra 2nd402/8 (98 ov, RR 2.76)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Harvik Desai c RS Kunnummal b MD Nidheesh	5	21	0	0	23.8
Samar Gajjar b N Basil	31	83	4	0	37.4
Jay Gohil lbw b MD Nidheesh	24	26	4	0	92.3
Arpit Vasavada c empty & b B Aparajith	74	147	6	0	50.3
Chirag Jani b N Basil	152	204	14	4	74.5
Prerak Mankad b MD Nidheesh	62	70	10	0	88.6
Ansh Gosai c N Basil b MD Nidheesh	10	13	0	0	76.9
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja c M Azharuddeen b N Basil	5	4	0	0	125.0
Yuvrajsinh Dodiya* Not out	12	13	0	1	92.3
Jaydev Unadkat (c)* Not out	11	10	0	1	110.0

Extras16 (b 5, lb 2, w 6, nb 3, p 0)

Total402/8 (98 ov · 38 fours, 6 sixes)

Did not batHiten Kanbi

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
MD Nidheesh	23	2	83	4	3.61
Nedumankuzhy Basil	18	3	64	3	3.56
Eden Apple Tom	15	2	47	0	3.13
Baba Aparajith	20	1	73	1	3.65
Ankit Sharma	19	1	111	0	5.84
Ahamed Imran	3	0	17	0	5.67

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Harvik Desai 5 c RS Kunnummal b MD Nidheesh	20-1	10.2
Jay Gohil 24 lbw b MD Nidheesh	50-2	18.1
Samar Gajjar 31 b N Basil	69-3	24.5
Arpit Vasavada 74 c empty & b B Aparajith	243-4	72.1
Chirag Jani 152 b N Basil	348-5	89.3
Prerak Mankad 62 b MD Nidheesh	366-6	92.3
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 5 c M Azharuddeen b N Basil	373-7	93.3
Ansh Gosai 10 c N Basil b MD Nidheesh	378-8	94.3

Kerala 2nd154/3 (63 ov, RR 2.44)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Akarsh Ak Retired hurt	5	24	0	20.8
Rohan Kunnummal lbw b DA Jadeja	5	15	0	33.3
Sachin Baby c AG Gosai b Y Dodiya	16	46	2	34.8
Varun Nayanar* Not out	66	160	7	41.3
Abhishek Pratap Nair b DA Jadeja	19	87	3	21.8
Ahamed Imran* Not out	42	46	8	91.3

Extras1 (b 1, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total154/3 (63 ov · 20 fours, 0 sixes)

Did not batMohammed Azharuddeen, MD Nidheesh, Nedumankuzhy Basil, Baba Aparajith, Ankit Sharma, Eden Apple Tom

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Jaydev Unadkat	11.4	3	41	0	3.51
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja	27	7	52	2	1.93
Chirag Jani	5.2	2	9	0	1.69
Hiten Kanbi	1	0	1	0	1.00
Yuvrajsinh Dodiya	13	4	33	1	2.54
Prerak Mankad	3	1	3	0	1.00
Samar Gajjar	2	0	14	0	7.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Rohan Kunnummal 5 lbw b DA Jadeja	8-1	5.5
Sachin Baby 16 c AG Gosai b Y Dodiya	37-2	20.3
Abhishek Pratap Nair 19 b DA Jadeja	96-3	49.1

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Playing XI

Mohammed Azharuddeen CWK

MD Nidheesh BOWL

NB

Nedumankuzhy Basil BOWL

Rohan Kunnummal BAT

AA

Akarsh Ak BAT

Sachin Baby BAT

Baba Aparajith BAT

Ahamed Imran AR

Varun Nayanar WKWK

Ankit Sharma AR

Eden Apple Tom AR

Bench

KP

Krishna Prasad BAT

Salman Nizar BAT

Sanju Samson WKWK

Vathsal Govind BAT

Shoun Roger BAT

HM

Harikrishnan MU BOWL

Akshay Chandran AR

Vaisakh Chandran BOWL

MatchKerala vs Saurashtra, Group B

SeriesRanji Trophy

Date & timeSat, 8 Nov 2025 · 9:30 AM IST

VenueKCA Cricket Ground, Mangalapuram, India

TossKerala won the toss and chose to bowl

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresManu Pasha (India), Nitin Pandit (India)

Match refereeRajiv Seth (India)

Pitch

PitchSlow & Dusty Pitch

BattingAverage

PaceAverage

SpinAverage

Weather

Condition<nil>

Temp28°C

Humidity77%

Wind9.2 km/h

Rain chance75%

Which team will win?

Kerala83%

Saurashtra17%

Draw0%

12 votes