Ranji Trophy Live Score, Round 7 Day 1 updates: Bihar loses three vs Bengal, Koushik, Vyshak strike early for Karnataka

Aman Kumar removes the in-form Karun Nair, lbw for 12. Haryana picks up three early wickets.

Khaleel picks two. Aniket Choudhary and Manav Suthar picks one each as Rajasthan runs through the Jharkhand top order. Utkarsh Singh unbeaten on 13, running out of partners.

Siddharth Kaul strikes to remove Lokeshwar for 10. Pradosh joins Jagadeesan at the crease against Punjab.

Avasthi and Thakur clean up the Assam top-order. Hazarika and Ghadigaonkar return to the dugout. Mumbai firmly on top.

Atharva Taide is gone for 11. Two early jolts for Vidarbha. Sumit Kumar with the wicket for Haryana. 

Bipin Saurabh is the third wicket to fall. Mukesh picks up the wicket. Bihar in deep trouble against Bengal.

Vyshak gets his first as Chandigarh loses two early wickets. Arslan Khan nicks one to the keeper for 8.

Pankaj Yadav with an early strike for Pondicherry. Ravi Thakur is castled for 11. 

Parvej Musaraf is castled by Shardul Thakur for 2. Assam loses an early wicket against Mumbai.

Basil Thampi picks up the first wicket. Revanth Reddy goes for a nine-ball duck. 

Koushik gets an early breakthrough. Shivam Bhambri edges to Nikin Jose for a nine-ball duck. 

Veteran Faiz Fazal falls for 1. Aman Kumar picks up the wicket for Haryana.

Khaleel Ahmed strikes early for Rajasthan. Md Nazim is bowled for 9. 

Piyush Kumar Singh falls to Suraj Jaiswal in the second over of the match for 1(4).

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Ranji Trophy 2023-24: Outright win over Punjab will seal quarterfinals berth for Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu secured just one point in its previous game against Karnataka in Chennai, which ended in a thrilling draw. An outright win for the hosts will seal its berth in the quarterfinals.

Early wicket for Railways and Yuvraj Singh against Tripura. Opener Babul Dey is dismissed for nought. 

Jharkhand vs Rajasthan - Jharkhand Won the Toss & elected to bat

Bengal vs Bihar - Bengal Won the Toss & elected to Field

Chandigarh vs Karnataka - Karnataka Won the Toss & elected to Field

Delhi vs Odisha - Odisha Won the Toss & elected to bat

Andhra vs Kerala - Andhra Won the Toss & elected to bat

Uttarakhand vs Baroda - Uttarakhand Won the Toss & elected to bat

TN vs Punjab - Tamil Nadu Won the Toss & elected to bat

Saurashtra vs Manipur - Manipur won the toss and elected to bat

Vidarbha vs Haryana - Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat

MP vs Jammu and Kashmir - MP won the toss and elected to bat

Mumbai vs Assam - Mumbai Won the Toss & elected to Field

Services vs Maharashtra - Maharashtra won the toss and opts to bat first 

Goa vs Gujarat - Gujarat wins the toss and opts to field

UP vs Chattisgarh - Chhattisgarh Won the Toss & elected to bat

Pondicherry vs HP - Pondicherry won the toss and opts to field

Himachal Pradesh, on the cusp of being relegated to the Plate Group owing to a winless run, will be looking to end the jinx when it meets Pondicherry in the final round of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘D’ match at the Siechem Stadium on Friday.

The Ankit Kalsi-led side, having lost four out of its six games, is floundering at the bottom of the group with four points. It will rely heavily on the services of veteran all-rounder Rishi Dhawan, who is the leading run-scorer (389) and second-highest wicket-taker (19) for his team this season. 

- Sahil Mathur

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Ranji Trophy: Winless Himachal out to end the jinx in final league game against Pondicherry

Himachal aims to avoid relegation, while Pondicherry seeks a victorious end to the Ranji Trophy season.

Railways Won the Toss & elected to Field.

Railways XI: Adarsh Singh, Akash Pandey, Arindam Ghosh, Ashutosh Sharma, HImanshu Sangwan, Mohammad Saif, Pratham Singh, Suraj Ahuja, Sahab Yuvraj Singh, Upendra Yadav (C), Yuvraj Singh

Tripura XI: A K Sarkar, B B Debnath, Babul Dey, Bikram Kumar Das, Ganesh Satish, Manisankar Murasingh, Parvez Sultan, Rana Dutta, Sridam Paul, Sudip Chatterjee, Wriddhiman Saha (C)

A Ranji Trophy title has eluded Mumbai since 2016. Over the last eight years, the team reached the final twice but failed to clear the last hurdle. This time around, the domestic giant has earned itself a ticket to the quarterfinals with its last Group B league game against Assam, beginning at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy ground on Friday, remaining.

However, the team management is wary of complacency and does not want to think too far ahead. “It’s too early to talk (about winning the title). We have three hurdles to cross before we reach the final and lay our hands on the trophy,” said Shardul Thakur, an India international and one of the key members of Mumbai.

- Shayan Acharya

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Ranji Trophy 2023-24: Mumbai aims to continue winning run against Assam

A Ranji Trophy title has eluded Mumbai since 2016. Over the last eight years, the team reached the final twice but failed to clear the last hurdle.

Welcome to Sportstar’s live updates of Round 7 of the Ranji Trophy taking place around the country. Stay Tuned for the toss update and live scores.