The first round of the 2024/25 Ranji Trophy season kicked off on October 11. Here are all the updates from day one.
Elite Group A
In Group A, defending champions Mumbai took the field against Baroda, who they beat in the quarterfinals last year. Seamers Shardul Thakur and Mohit Avasthi gave them a couple of early breakthroughs before spin twins Shams Mulani and Tanush Kotian picked up two apiece. Baroda wicketkeeper Mitesh Patel struck 86, and Atit Sheth was unbeaten on 60 at the end of the day.
Jammu & Kashmir opener Shubham Khajuria stole the show against Maharashtra, batting the whole day to remain unbeaten on 130, with his side 264-5 at stumps.
Services made the most of being put in to bat by Meghalaya, reaching 298-4 by stumps thanks to Ravi Chauhan (113) and Rajat Paliwal (86*).
No play was possible on day one between Tripura and Odisha, due to rain and a wet outfield.
Scores at stumps, day one
- Baroda 241-6 (Mitesh Patel 86, Tanush Kotian 2-53) v Mumbai
- Jammu & Kashmir 264-5 (Shubham Khajuria 130*, Hitesh Walunj 2-66) v Maharashtra
- Services 298-4 (Ravi Chauhan 113, Aryan Bora 2-77) v Meghalaya
- Tripura v Odisha: No play on day one
Elite Group B
Gujarat's Manan Hingrajia put in the performance of the match, and perhaps the day, with the bat against Hyderabad. Coming in at 19-2 in the sixth over, he batted until stumps to record his highest first-class score of 174, and will have the chance to add to that tomorrow.
Himachal Pradesh's batters dominated proceedings against Uttarakhand, making their way to an imposing 300-1 by the end of the day. Openers Shubham Arora and Prashant Chopra both scored tons, with the latter still unbeaten. No.3 Ankit Kalsi also helped himself to an unbeaten half-century at stumps.
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Rajasthan's bowlers chipped away gradually at Puducherry as Khaleel Ahmed, Aniket Choudhary and the impressive Manav Suthar all took two wickets. Opener Ajay Rohera was unbeaten on 84 at stumps and with his side nine down, could end up carrying his bat tomorrow.
Last season's finalists Vidarbha were blown away by Andhra Pradesh for just 118, with captain Akshay Wadkar's unbeaten 46 the only semblance of resistance. By stumps, Andhra trailed by just four runs having lost a single wicket – Hanuma Vihari for one.
Scores at stumps, day one
- Gujarat 334-8 (Manan Hingrajia 174*, Chama Milind 3-51) v Hyderabad
- Himachal Pradesh 300-1 (Prashant Chopra 122*, Swapnil K Singh 1-22) v Uttarakhand
- Puducherry 237-9 (Ajay Rohera 84*, Aniket Choudhary 2-34) v Rajasthan
- Vidarbha 118 (Akshay Wadkar 46*, KV Sasikanth 3-31) v Andhra 114-1 (Abhishek Reddy 62*, Aditya Thakare 1-34)
Elite Group C
A deceptively strong Madhya Pradesh batting lineup received a few early jolts from Karnataka's pace battery of Vasuki Koushik, Prasidh Krishna and Vijaykumar Vyshak but recovered later on thanks to Harpreet Singh Bhatia (75*), Shubham Sharma (40) and Rajat Patidar (31). For Karnataka, 18-year-old left-arm spinner Hardik Raj contributed by picking up the wicket of Patidar while his senior spin partner Shreyas Gopal was a touch on the expensive side.
In Lucknow, Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran failed to build on his good form in the Irani Cup and Duleep Trophy and strengthen his case to be India's backup Test opener, falling to Yash Dayal for five even as fellow opener Sudip Chatterjee and No.3 Sudip Kumar Gharani scored 116 and 90 respectively.
Despite cruising at 212-1 at one stage, Bengal soon came undone as leg spinner Vipraj Nigam returned figures of 4-59 in 16 overs to trigger a slide to 269-7 by stumps.
A total of 17 wickets fell in Rohtak, staring with Haryana blowing Bihar away for just 78 as opening bowlers Anshul Kamboj and Aman Kumar combined for 5-35 in 16 overs. They took the lead with little trouble, but then found themselves 184-7 by the end of the day.
Only 39 overs of play were possible in Thumba, but that was enough for Kerala to take five wickets against Punjab. Aditya Sarwate took three of them – Abhay Choudhary, Naman Dhir and Prabhsimran Singh – for 30 runs.
Scores at stumps, day one
- Madhya Pradesh 232-4 (Harpreet Singh Bhatia 75*, Prasidh Krishna 1-20) v Karnataka
- Bengal 269-7 (Sudip Chatterjee 116, Vipraj Nigam 4-59) v Uttar Pradesh
- Bihar 78 (Anuj Raj 29, Aman Kumar 3-18) v Haryana 184-7 (Kapil Hooda 33, Himanshu Singh 2-38)
- Punjab 95-5 (Ramandeep Singh 28*, Aditya Sarwate 3-30) v Kerala
Elite Group D
Jharkhand enjoyed a good day with the bat against Assam, getting to 247-3 by stumps as all five of their batters so far made starts.
Railways were bowled out for 142 against Chandigarh, with Yuvraj Singh scoring 55 of those. But they went on to give themselves a real chance of securing the first innings lead by reducing their opponents to 87-7 by stumps.
Chhattisgarh made their way to 277-6 against Delhi, opener Aayush Pandey top-scoring with 89. He was trapped lbw by his namesake, Ayush Badoni who picked up 2-29.
Cheteshwar Pujara was in action for Saurashtra against Tamil Nadu, but failed to make an impact as he was bowled by opposition skipper R Sai Kishore for 16. Arpit Vasavada top-scored with 62 not out as they were bowled out for 203. Sai Kishore, Sonu Yadav and Mohammed Mohammed took three wickets apiece for Tamil Nadu.
Scores at stumps, day one
- Jharkhand 247-3 (Aryaman Sen 64, Rahul Singh 2-69) v Assam
- Railways 142 (Yuvraj Singh 55, Vishu Kashyap 3-21) v Chandigarh 87-7 (Raj Bawa 22*, Akash Pandey 3-38)
- Chhattisgarh 277-6 (Ayush Pandey 89, Ayush Badoni 2-29) v Delhi
- Saurashtra 203 (Arpit Vasavada 62*, Sonu Yadav 3-30) v Tamil Nadu
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