The second round of the 2024/25 Ranji Trophy season kicked off on October 18. Here are all the updates from day four.
Elite Group A
After being forced to follow on, Meghalaya were skittled out for 138 in the fourth innings, losing the match by innings and 17 runs. Manisankar Murasingh was Tripura's wrecker-in-chief, picking up 5-44. He also took 6-52 in the first innings besides scoring a 72-ball 60 at No.8.
Mumbai chased Maharashtra’s 74 quite comfortably in 13.3 overs, with Prithvi Shaw (39* off 36 balls) and Hardik Tamore (21* off 26) finishing not out. 17-year-old Ayush Mhatre, whose 176 helped Mumbai secure a 315-run first innings lead, was the Player of the Match.
Services, chasing 341 runs to win, had the worst start possible, losing four wickets for just 50 runs. An 80-run stand between wicketkeeper batter Lovekesh Bansal and captain Rajat Paliwal steadied the ship before the latter was dismissed for 47 by Baroda's Mahesh Pithiya. After Services lost their ninth wicket for 202, Arjun Sharma's 79* off 106 saw them home, but it was too much to ask for as they lost the match by 65 runs, with Pithiya claiming a six-wicket haul.
At Cuttack, Jammu & Kashmir set Odisha a 269-run target after Abdul Samad's second century of the match. The match was heading towards a certain draw before a collapse made it interesting. Odisha lost eight wickets cheaply but Sandeep Pattnaik's unbeaten 55 off 222 kept things tight at the other end, ensuring a draw for the hosts.
Scores at stumps, day four
- Tripura 377-8d (Sridam Paul 146, Aryan Bora 2-35) v Meghalaya 222 (Ajay Duhan 93*, Manisankar Murasingh 6-52) & 138 (Jaskirat Singh Sachdeva 51, Manisankar Murasingh 5-44). Tripura won by an innings and 17 runs.
- Maharashtra 126 (Nikhil Naik 38, Shams Mulani) & 388 (Ruturaj Gaikwad 145, Mohit Avasthi 3-65) v Mumbai 441 (Ayush Mhatre 176, Hitesh Walunj 6-134) & 75-1 (Prithvi Shaw 39*, Satyajeet Bachhav 1-40). Mumbai won by nine wickets.
- Baroda 477-6 (Shivalik Sharma 178, Poonam Poonia 2-45) & 134-1 (Shashwat Rawat 40*, Jayant Goyat 1-43) v Services 271 (Ravi Chauhan 68, Atit Sheth 3-33) & 3-0 & 275 (Arjun Sharma 79*, Mahesh Pithiya 6-102). Baroda won by 65 runs.
- Jammu & Kashmir 270 (Abdul Samad 127, Sumit Sharma 5-79) & 195-4 (Abdul Samad 70*, Kartik Biswal 2-25) v Odisha 272 (Govinda Poddar 133*, Abid Mushtaq 4-84) & 112-8 (Sandeep Pattnaik 55*, Sahil Lothra 2-10). Match drawn.
Elite Group B
Gujarat won a nail-biter against Andhra Pradesh, who set up 144 on the boards for the chasing team after following on. Lalith Mohan's seven-wicket haul reduced Gujarat to 131-9 before Arzan Nagwaswalla (16*) kept his nerves to take his team over the line. Nagwaswalla also struck an unbeaten 82 in the first innings.
Defending 269, Uttarakhand's Swapnil Singh spun a web around the Hyderabad batter, with 6-59, to pocket the match for his team by 78 runs.
Puducherry were bowled out for 82 in pursuit of 203, thanks to Harsh Dubey's 4-20. Dubey also scored 76 and 37 in the match besides picking up 3-53 in the second innings.
Scores at stumps, day four
- Gujarat 367 (Chintan Gaja 92, Satyanarayana Raju 3-53) & 144-9 (Jaymeet Patel 32, Lalith Mohan 7-76) v Andhra Pradesh 213 (KS Bharat 98, Chintan Gaja 4-75) & 297 (Abhishek Reddy 81, Arzan Nagwaswalla 4-40). Gujarat won by a wicket.
- Uttarakhand 325 (Avneesh Sudha 89, Tanay Thyagrajan 4-85) & 235 (Kunal Chandela 66, Chama Milind 3-31) v Hyderabad 292 (Rahul Radesh 94, Deepak Dhapola 5-51) & 190 (Tanmay Agarwal 38, Swapnil Singh 6-59). Uttarakhand won by 78 runs.
- Vidarbha 283 (Yash Rathod 118, Gaurav Yadav 4-65) & 128 (Harsh Dubey 37, Sagar Udeshi 5-50) v Puducherry 209 (KB Arun Karthick 49, Akshay Wakhare 3-50) & 82 (Gaurav Yadav 25, Harsh Dubey 4-20). Vidarbha won by 120 runs
Elite Group C
Having resumed 267-6 in response to Haryana's 453, Uttar Pradesh frustrated the bowlers with some lower-order runs, with No.10 Yash Dayal (40*) and No.11 Ankit Rajpoot (40) contributing. They were eventually bowled out for 364. Haryana batted for the second time and made 72-3 before the match ended in a draw.
Punjab declared their innings at 329-6, asking Madhya Pradesh 400 to chase. Despite being reduced to 146-8, opener Himanshu Mantri batted for 225 balls for his 41* to take Madhya Pradesh to an improbable draw. Avesh Khan also supported Mantri with a vigilant 10* off 60.
The Bengal-Bihar match was abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain and a wet outfield.
No play was possible on day four between Kerala and Karnataka in Alur due to the same.
Scores at stumps, day four
- Haryana 453 (Himanshu Rana 114, Shivam Sharma 4-95) & 72-3 (Mayank Shandilya 31, Shivam Sharma 2-22) v Uttar Pradesh 364 (Aryan Juyal 118*, Jayant Yadav 4-102). Match drawn.
- Punjab 277 (Sahil Arora 101*, Kulwant Khejroliya 3-58) & 329-6 (Jaskaranvir Singh Paul 116, Avesh Khan 3-51) v Madhya Pradesh 207 (Rajat Patidar 90, Gurnoor Brar 3-36) & 146-8 (Himanshu Mantri 41*, Gurnoor Brar 3-60). Match drawn.
- Bengal v Bihar: No play yet
- Kerala 161-3 (Rohan Kunnummal 63, Vasuki Koushik 1-43) v Karnataka
Elite Group D
Delhi were folded for 266 after Tamil Nadu put up a 674-6 in the first innings. Following on, they batted for 83 overs to save the Test match. Sanat Sangwan, who batted for 231 balls, top-scored with 83.
Saurashtra scored 478-8 after Chhattisgarh declared their first innings at 578-7 at the Niranjan Shah Stadium. Cheteshwar Pujara struck a 383-ball 234, his 18th first-class double hundred. Pujara is now fourth on the list of players with the most double centuries in the format.
Assam ended their second innings for 185, courtesy of Jagjit Singh's 7-57. Chandigarh only had to chase 78 and they did it with ease at the loss of a wicket in 17.2 overs.
Railways were bowled out for 41, conceding a narrow lead against Jharkhand, who made 38-2 to settle for a draw.
Scores at stumps, day four
- Tamil Nadu 674-6 (B Sai Sudharsan 202*, Navdeep Saini 2-78) v Delhi 266 (Yash Dhull 105*, Washington Sundar 3-43) & 193-8 (Sanat Sangwan 83, Washington Sundar 3-45)
- Chhattisgarh 578-7d (Amandeep Khare 203*, Navneet Vora 2-76) v Saurashtra 476-8 (Cheteshwar Pujara 234, Shashank Singh 3-43. Match drawn.
- Assam 266 (Mukhtar Hussain 55, Raj Angad Bawa 3-57) & 185 (Sumit Ghadigaonkar 38*, Jagjit Singh 7-57) v Chandigarh 374 (Ranjangad Bawa 146, Rahul Singh 4-128) & 83-1 (Manan Vohra 51*, Mukhtar Hossain 1-28). Chandigarh won by nine wickets.
- Jharkhand 417 (Virat Singh 103*, Himanshu Sangwan 5-94) & 38-2 (Nazim Siddiquie 21, Mohammad Saif 1-10) v Railways 414 (Mohammad Saif 113, Anukul Roy 4-115). Railways trail by 97 runs.
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