<p>Alappuzha (Kerala): Dashing batter Rinku Singh displayed his brilliance in red-ball cricket as well, scoring a smart 92, allowing Uttar Pradesh to finish on 302 in their first innings against Kerala in their Elite Group B match of the Ranji Trophy here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Resuming the day on 244 for five, Rinku added 21 runs before falling to Nidheesh, who grabbed three wickets for Kerala, as the score read 295 for eight.</p>.<p> In reply, Kerala began on a shaky note, losing three for 32 before Sachin Baby (38) and Vishnu Vinod (74) put on a 99-run partnership for the fourth wicket.</p>.<p>Kerala finished the day 2 on 220 for six, trailing UP by 82 runs.</p>.Ranji Trophy: Pujara strikes unbeaten century puts Saurashtra in command against Jharkhand.<p>Mumbai strike back </p><p>In Patna, 41-time champions Mumbai were bowled out for 251 by Bihar.</p>.<p>The visitors were already nine wickets down for 235 at stumps on Day 1 before Mohit Avasthi (15) became the final wicket to fall for them on Saturday.</p>.<p>For Bihar, veteran pacer Veer Pratap Singh was the star with the ball, grabbing a fifer.</p>.<p>However, the hosts failed to come up with a dominant display with the bat, as the Mumbai bowlers dismissed six of their batters for 89.</p>.<p> Akash Raj is unbeaten on 26, and Bihar now trail by 162 runs.</p>.<p> For the visitors, pacer Avasthi has been the most impactful of all, taking four wickets.</p>.<p> The game saw a controversy on Friday when two separate Bihar teams arrived at the venue to play.</p>.<p>However, the team recognised by the Bihar Cricket Association president Rakesh Tiwary was given the nod to play ahead of the team formed by suspended BCA secretary Amit Kumar.</p>.<p>Brief scores: In Alappuzha: Kerala 220/6 (Vishnu Vinod 74; Kuldeep Yadav 3/66) vs Uttar Pradesh: 302 (Rinku Singh 92, Dhruv Jurel 63; Nidheesh 3/68).</p>.<p>In Patna: Mumbai: 251 all out (Bhupen Lalwani 65, Suved Parkar 50, Tanush Kotian 50; Veer Pratap Singh 5/45) vs Bihar: 89/6 (Akash Raj 26 batting; Mohit Avasthi - 4/22).</p>.<p> In Raipur: Assam: 87/4 (Denish Das 29 batting; Ravi Kiran 2/6) vs Chhattisgarh: 327 all out (Ashutosh 58, Amandeep Khare 116, Shashank Singh 82; Akash Sengupta 2/45).</p>.<p> In Visakhapatnam: Bengal: 409 all out (Sourav Paul 96, Anustup Majumdar 125, Abishek Porel 70; L Mohan 4/134) vs Andhra: 119/3 (Prasanth Kumar 41; Mohammed Kaif - 1/10). </p>
<p>Alappuzha (Kerala): Dashing batter Rinku Singh displayed his brilliance in red-ball cricket as well, scoring a smart 92, allowing Uttar Pradesh to finish on 302 in their first innings against Kerala in their Elite Group B match of the Ranji Trophy here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Resuming the day on 244 for five, Rinku added 21 runs before falling to Nidheesh, who grabbed three wickets for Kerala, as the score read 295 for eight.</p>.<p> In reply, Kerala began on a shaky note, losing three for 32 before Sachin Baby (38) and Vishnu Vinod (74) put on a 99-run partnership for the fourth wicket.</p>.<p>Kerala finished the day 2 on 220 for six, trailing UP by 82 runs.</p>.Ranji Trophy: Pujara strikes unbeaten century puts Saurashtra in command against Jharkhand.<p>Mumbai strike back </p><p>In Patna, 41-time champions Mumbai were bowled out for 251 by Bihar.</p>.<p>The visitors were already nine wickets down for 235 at stumps on Day 1 before Mohit Avasthi (15) became the final wicket to fall for them on Saturday.</p>.<p>For Bihar, veteran pacer Veer Pratap Singh was the star with the ball, grabbing a fifer.</p>.<p>However, the hosts failed to come up with a dominant display with the bat, as the Mumbai bowlers dismissed six of their batters for 89.</p>.<p> Akash Raj is unbeaten on 26, and Bihar now trail by 162 runs.</p>.<p> For the visitors, pacer Avasthi has been the most impactful of all, taking four wickets.</p>.<p> The game saw a controversy on Friday when two separate Bihar teams arrived at the venue to play.</p>.<p>However, the team recognised by the Bihar Cricket Association president Rakesh Tiwary was given the nod to play ahead of the team formed by suspended BCA secretary Amit Kumar.</p>.<p>Brief scores: In Alappuzha: Kerala 220/6 (Vishnu Vinod 74; Kuldeep Yadav 3/66) vs Uttar Pradesh: 302 (Rinku Singh 92, Dhruv Jurel 63; Nidheesh 3/68).</p>.<p>In Patna: Mumbai: 251 all out (Bhupen Lalwani 65, Suved Parkar 50, Tanush Kotian 50; Veer Pratap Singh 5/45) vs Bihar: 89/6 (Akash Raj 26 batting; Mohit Avasthi - 4/22).</p>.<p> In Raipur: Assam: 87/4 (Denish Das 29 batting; Ravi Kiran 2/6) vs Chhattisgarh: 327 all out (Ashutosh 58, Amandeep Khare 116, Shashank Singh 82; Akash Sengupta 2/45).</p>.<p> In Visakhapatnam: Bengal: 409 all out (Sourav Paul 96, Anustup Majumdar 125, Abishek Porel 70; L Mohan 4/134) vs Andhra: 119/3 (Prasanth Kumar 41; Mohammed Kaif - 1/10). </p>