Eighteen matches were played on December 13, the first day of Ranji Trophy 2022/23. Here is what happened over the course of the day.
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Ranji Trophy 2022/23: Elite Group A
Sovima: Uttarakhand 282 (Kunal Chandela 92; Akash Singh 3-45) lead Nagaland 9-0 (Yugandhar Singh 8*) by 273 runs. Cuttack: Odisha 214-5 (Shantanu Mishra 61; Lukman Meriwala 2-46) v Baroda. Kolkata: Uttar Pradesh 198 (Rinku Singh 79; Ishan Porel 5-35) lead Bengal 29-4 (Pritam Chakraborty 12*; Shivam Mavi 3-14) by 169 runs. Rohtak: Haryana 46 (Nishant Sindhu 19; Vaibhav Arora 4-15) trail Himachal Pradesh 246-1 (Prashant Chopra 137*; Chaitanya Bishnoi 1-7) by 200 runs.
Ranji Trophy 2022/23: Elite Group B
Guwahati: Assam 249-7 (Rahul Hazarika 90; Chetan Sakariya 2-26) v Saurashtra. Vizianagaram: Andhra 238 (Shoaib Md Khan 84; Tanush Kotian 4-91) lead Mumbai 25-1 (Prithvi Shaw 13; KV Sasikanth 1-4) by 213 runs. Hyderabad: Hyderabad 256-5 (Tanmay Agarwal 116; Sandeep Warrier 3-46) v Tamil Nadu. Pune: Delhi 191 (Himmat Singh 49; Manoj Ingale 5-43) lead Maharashtra 80-5 (Naushad Shaikh 44*; Simarjeet Singh 2-16) by 111 runs.
Ranji Trophy 2022/23: Elite Group C
Ranchi: Kerala 276-6 (Rohan Prem 79; Shahbaz Nadeem 3-108) v Jharkhand. Bengaluru: Karnataka 148-6 (Nikin Jose 62; Diwesh Pathania 5-40) v Services. Puducherry: Chhattisgarh 162 (Shahnawaz Hussain 43*; Sagar Udeshi 4-36, Ankit Sharma 4-78) lead Puducherry 17-2 (Neyan Shyam Kangayan 12; Ajay Mandal 2-4) by 145 runs. Porvorim: Goa 210-5 (Suyash Prabhudessai 81*; Aniket Choudhary 2-37) v Rajasthan.
Ranji Trophy 2022/23: Elite Group D
Agartala: Gujarat 271 (Priyank Panchal 111; Manisankar Murasingh 5-74) lead Tripura 1-0 (Bishal Ghosh 1*) by 270 runs. Mohali: Punjab 363-3 (Prabhsimran Singh 202, Abhishek Sharma 100; Rohit Dhanda 2-50) v Chandigarh. Jammu: Madhya Pradesh 251-6 (Yash Dubey 81; Auqib Nabi 3-45) v Jammu & Kashmir. Nagpur: Vidarbha 213 (Faiz Fazal 112; Karn Sharma 8-38) lead Railways 22-1 (Shivam Chaudhary 16; Aditya Sarwate 1-13) by 191 runs.
Ranji Trophy 2022/23: Plate Group
Rangpo: Manipur 186 (L Kishan Singha 42*; Sumit Singh 3-43) lead Sikkim 58-0 (Arun Chhetri 41*) by 128 runs. Patna: Arunachal Pradesh 212 (Akhilesh Sahani 66; Ashutosh Aman 4-36) lead Bihar 50-0 (Baljeet Singh Bihari 30*) by 162 runs. Nadiad: Mizoram 252 (Taruwar Kohli 123; Rajesh Bishnoi 4-62) lead Meghalaya 0-0 by 252 runs.
The 38 teams have been split into five groups, four Elite, consisting of eight teams each, and the Plate Group. These will be f
