India, Nov. 2 -- Salil Arora is making a habit of turning around tough situations with brilliant batting performances. The 23-year-old wicketkeeper-batter from Amritsar continued his sensational run in the Ranji Trophy, scoring a century for the fourth successive match this season to pull Punjab out of trouble against Andhra in Elite Group B at the PCA Stadium in New Chandigarh on Monday.

Andhra won the toss, put Punjab into bat and had them reeling at 71 for five. Punjab suffered a dramatic collapse, losing four wickets for 51 runs as pacers Kavuri Saiteja and KS Narasimha Raju struck.

With the hosts staring at a damaging first-innings total, the responsibility fell on the shoulders of their most consistent batter this season, Salil Ar...