The first round of the 2024/25 Ranji Trophy season kicked off on October 11. Here are all the updates from day four.
Elite Group A
Chasing 262, Mumbai resumed the day at 42-2. Baroda spinner Bhargav Bhatt spun a web around the batters, picking up a six-wicket haul to bundle out Mumbai 84 runs short of the target. His hauls of 4-53 and 6-55 earned him the Player of the Match.
In Srinagar, Maharashtra ended their first innings at 428 in reply to Jammu & Kashmir's 519-7. Auqib Nabi completed a five-for. In their second innings, J & K put 38-0 on the board before the match ended in a draw.
Services beat Meghalaya by an innings and 65 runs. After being forced to follow on yesterday, Meghalaya started the day at 57-6 and were bundled out for 104. Arjun Sharma and Jayant Goyat picked up three wickets each while Poonam Poonia ended with two.
The fixture between Tripura and Odisha was washed out after no play was possible for the fourth straight day due to rain and a wet outfield.
Scores at stumps, day four
- Baroda 290 (Mitesh Patel 86, Tanush Kotian 4-61) & 185 (Krunal Pandya 55, Tanush Kotian 5-61) v Mumbai 214 (Ayush Mhatre 52, Bhargav Bhatt 4-53) & 177 (Siddhesh Lad 59, Bhargav Bhatt 6-55). Baroda won by 84 runs.
- Jammu & Kashmir 519-7d (Shubham Khajuria 255, Hitesh Walunj 4-143) & 38-0 (Shubham Pundir 20*, Siddhesh Veer 0-2) v Maharashtra 428 (Siddhesh Veer 127, Auqib Nabi 5-100). Match drawn.
- Services 402 (Ravi Chauhan 113, Aryan Bora 4-90) v Meghalaya 233 (Sumit Kumar 87, Varun Choudhary 5-43) & 104 (Ajay Duhan 16, Jayant Goyat 3-10). Meghalaya won by an innings and 65 runs.
- Tripura v Odisha: No play on days one, two, three and four
Elite Group B
In pursuit of 297 in the fourth innings, Hyderabad were bowled out for 170 runs succumbing to heavy defeat against Gujarat. Abhirath Reddy showed some fight with his 59-ball 51 but it wasn't enough as Gujarat's bowlers put up a team effort to secure the win.
With a 334-run first-innings deficit, Uttarakhand were bowled out for 267 against Himachal Pradesh as Ravikumar Samarth's 112 went in vain. Divesh Kumar starred with 3-47 and 5-55.
Puducherry stretched their previous day's 164-run lead, setting up a target of 239 for Rajasthan, who were well on course to chase the total after Abhijeet Tomar's 87 and Kunal Singh Rathore's 59. Fabid Ahmed (2-46), Sagar Udeshi (2-56) and Gaurav Yadav (1-32) fought back to restrict Rajasthan to 220-7 to draw the fixture.
Vidarbha beat Andhra by 74 runs, riding on Atharva Taide's 118. Andhra were dismissed for 243 while chasing 318. Aditya Thakare and Harsh Dubey bowled Vidarbha to victory with four scalps each.
Scores at stumps, day four
- Gujarat 343 (Manan Hingrajia 181, Chama Milind 3-51) & 201 (Umang Kumar 85, G Anikethreddy 5-36) v Hyderabad 248 (K Hima Teja 66, Arsan Nagwaswalla 3-50) & 170 (Abhirath Reddy 51, Priyajitsing Jadeja 3-23). Gujarat won by 126 runs.
- Himachal Pradesh 663-3d (Ankit Kalsi 205*, Yuvraj Choudhary 1-52) v Uttarakhand 299 (Avneesh Sudha 96, Divesh R Sharma 3-47) & 267 (Ravikumar Samarth 112, Divesh Sharma 5-55). Himachal Pradesh won by an innings and 97 runs.
- Puducherry 248 (Ajay Rohera 94*, Aniket Choudhary 2-36) & 281 (Aman Khan 55, Mahipal Lomror 3-15) v Rajasthan 291 (Deepak Hooda 128, Ankit Sharma 4-42) & 220-7 (Abhijeet Tomar 87, Fabid Ahmed 2-46) Match drawn.
- Vidarbha 118 (Akshay Wadkar 46*, KV Sasikanth 3-31) & 366 (Atharva Taide 118, Tripurana Vijay 4-98) v Andhra 167 (Abhishek Reddy 68, Akshay Wakhare 4-10) & 243 (Abhishek Reddy 78, Aditya Thakare 4-47). Vidarbha won by 74 runs.
Elite Group C
After an abandoned day two, Madhya Pradesh racked up 425-8 in the first innings, courtesy of Shubham Sharma's 143 not out. In reply, Karnataka batted for 75 overs on the last day to pile on 206-5. Nikin Jose agonisingly fell for 99, while Shreyas Gopal struck an unbeaten 60 off 110 balls to draw the match.
Bengal declared their second innings on 254-3, with Abhimanyu Easwaran unbeaten on 127. Chasing 274, Uttar Pradesh kept losing wickets at regular intervals, while Priyam Garg (105*) kept things tight at the other end. After Garg, UP's highest-scorer was Swastik Chikara (12). Garg took UP to 162-6, drawing the match.
Having lost three wickets for 23 on day three, Punjab were skittled out for 142 in their second innings. Sachin Baby (56) aided by a 36-ball 48 from Rohan Kunnummal helped Kerala gun down 158 in 36 overs with eight wickets remaining.
Scores at stumps, day four
- Madhya Pradesh 425-8 (Shubham Sharma 143*, Vasuki Koushik 2-78) v Karnataka 206-5 (Nikin Jose 99, Kumar Kartikeya). Match drawn.
- Bengal 311 (Sudip Chatterjee 116, Yash Dayal 4-27) & 254-3 (Abhimanyu Easwaran 127*, Vipraj Nigam 2-76) v Uttar Pradesh 292 (Aryan Juyal 92, Mukesh Kumar 4-43) & 162-6 (Priyam Garg 105*, Mohammed Kaif 2-4). Match drawn.
- Punjab 194 (Ramandeep Singh 43, Aditya Sarwate 5-62) & 142 (Prabhsimran Singh 51, Baba Aparajith 4-35) v Kerala 179 (Mohammed Azharuddeen 38, Mayank Markande 6-59) & 158-2 (Sachin Baby 56, Mayank Markande 1-29). Kerala won by eight wickets.
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Elite Group D
After being forced to follow on, Assam fared better in their second innings, scoring 355. Aakash Sengupta (92), Denish Das (75) and Parvez Musaraf (57) contributed to their batting display. Chasing 175, Jharkhand were off to a blazing start, reaching 74-3 quickly before play was called off after 10.1 overs.
An unbeaten century from Jonty Sidhu helped Delhi edge past Chhattisgarh's first innings score of 343, as they were bowled out for 357. Chhattisgarh had made it to 33-0 by stumps on day three. Three wickets from Navdeep Saini initiated a mini collapse on the last day, but Ajay Mandal chipped in with an unbeaten 57 to help his team draw the match as Chhattisgarh finished on 179-6.
After being reduced to 35-5 despite trailing by 129 on day three, Saurashtra were bundled out for 94. Tamil Nadu left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh (6-22) was the wrecker-in-chief on Ranji Trophy debut, scripting a dominant win for his side.
Scores at stumps, day four
- Jharkhand 361 (Aryaman Sen 64, Mukhtar Hussain 5-55) & 74-3 (Virat Singh 27*, Mukhtar Hussain 2-28) v Assam 180 (Sibasankar Roy 42, Utkarsh Singh 3-41) & 355 (Akash Sengupta 92, Utkarsh Singh 3-57). Match drawn.
- Chhattisgarh 343 (Ayush Pandey 89, Ayush Badoni 4-43) & 179-6 (Ajay Mandal 57*, Navdeep Saini 3-36) v Delhi 357 (Jonty Sidhu 103*, Ashish Chouhan 3-54). Match drawn.
- Saurashtra 203 (Arpit Vasavada 62*, Sonu Yadav 3-30) & 94 (Sheldon Jackson 38, Gurjapneet Singh 6-22) v Tamil Nadu 367 (N Jagadeesan 100, Jaydev Unadkat 6-61). Tamil Nadu won by an innings and 70 runs.
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