Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Highlights, Day 1 Updates: Baroda 241/6 vs Mumbai at Stumps; Saurashtra 203 all out against TN

Tripura vs Odisha - Day 1 washed out

Baroda vs Mumbai - BAR 241/6

Jammu & Kashmir vs Maharashtra - J&K 264/5

Services vs Meghalaya - SRV 298/4

Hyderabad vs Gujarat - GUJ 326/8

Himachal vs Uttarakhand - HP 300/1

Rajasthan vs Puducherry - PON 237/9

Vidarbha vs Andhra - VID 118 all out & AND 114/1

Madhya Pradesh vs Karnataka - MP 232/4

Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal - 269/7

Haryana vs Bihar - BIH 78 all out & HAR 184/7

Kerala vs Punjab - PUN 95/5

Assam vs Jharkhand - JHA 247/3

Chhattisgarh vs Delhi - CHT 277/6

Chandigarh vs Railways - RLY 142 all out & CHD 87/7

Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra - SAU 203 all out & TN 0/0

Sikkim vs Mizoram - SKM 191 all out & MIZ 25/1

Nagaland vs Arunachal - NAG 241/2

Goa vs Manipur - GOA 302/7

Harpreet Singh Bhatia and Venktatesh Iyer with an unbeaten 48-run partnership to end the day well for MP. MP will hope its skipper Shubham Sharma, who retired hurt, can come back tomorrow to continue his innings. 

A strong opening day for Himachal, with Prashant Chopra unbeaten on 122. 

Opener Ajay Rohera is still unbeaten on 84 as Puducherry just manages to close out the day without being bowled out. Two wickets each for Manav Suthar, Aniket Choudhary and Khaleel Ahmed. 

After taking a brilliant catch to dismiss the previous batter Mitesh Patel, the Mumbai captain drops a fairly simple catch in the slips diving to his right, and gives Limbani a lifeline on 6. Baroda 231 for six. 

This contest is headed for a quick finish, with 17 wickets falling on the opening day. Chandigarh still 55 runs behind Railways with just three wickets in hand. Akash Pandey the pick of the bowlers for Railways, with figures of three for 38. 

Ajinkya Rahane has taken the second new ball against Baroda after 83 overs, but he gives it straightaway to spinner Shams Mulani. Baroda 227 for six. 

Ajay Mandal and Shubham Agrawal with an unbroken 60-run partnership to ensure Chhattisgarh doesn’t suffer any further setbacks today. Ayush Badoni was the pick of the bowlers for Delhi, with two scalps. 

Abhishek Reddy and SK Rasheed remain unbeaten on 62 and 49, with Andhra just trailing by four runs at the end of the day’s play. 

Arpit Vasavada remains unbeaten on 62 as Saurashtra is bundled out for a paltry total. R. Sai Kishore, M. Mohammed and Sonu Yadav pick three wickets each. 

Mitesh Patel finally falls and departs for 86 as Shams Mulani, while Ajinkya Rahane takes a sharp catch in the slip. 

Sudip Chatterjee falls for a brilliant 116 as Saurabh Kumar gets his first wicket. Bengal has now lost five wickets for just 37 runs.

Just 75 overs of play possible on the first day. Kumar Suraj and Virat Singh are unbeaten on 45 and 17, respectively. Ishan Kishan is yet to come in to bat. 

Ajay Mandal is playing a handy knock and has gotten good support from Shubham Agrawal as the duo pushes Chhattisgarh past 250. The home team would fancy another 30-35 odd runs without losing any wickets at the end of the day’s play: Mayank. 

Venkatesh Iyer gets off the blocks with two sixes after Rajat Patidar falls for 31. Harpreet Singh Bhatia is unbeaten on 55 at the other end. 

Palzor gets the breakthrough for Sikkim before close of play. With the bat, Nilesh Lamichaney was the top scorer for Sikkim with a 50. 

Only 39 overs of play were possible in Trivandrum due to rain. Ramandeep Singh is unbeatean on 28, along with Krish Bhagat. Aditya Sarvata has been the wrecker-in-chief for Kerala, picking three wickets. 

WICKET!!! “Sai Kishore again, and he removes his opposite number Jaydev Unadkat. The 42-run partnership ends,” pings Dipak. 

Bengal has lost wickets clusters. Four wickets in last six overs. Wriddhiman Saha falls for a six-ball duck after Abishek Porel gets run out for 2. 

Arpit Vasavada has crawled to his 50 off 111 balls. was stuck on 49 for 12 balls. Arpit and Unadkat’s crucial stand helping Saurashtra get out of trouble. 39-run partnership so far. 

- Dipak Ragav

Sahil Lotra falls for 18. M Choudhary takes his first wicket. Shivansh Sharma has joined Shubham Khujaria at the crease. 

Heartbreak for Sudip Gharami has he falls at 90. Vipraj Nigam gets him out caught after his 161-ball innings included 11 fours and a six. 

Second centurion of Himachal’s innings. Prashant Chopra reached his hundred in 211 balls with the help of 12 fours. Both HP openers have scored hundred today. 

Hingrajia’s hundred has taken Gujarat past 250-run mark. How much more can he add with the tail?

Rain has stopped play in Baroda. Mumbai has kept things tight. Baroda is 173/5. 

Shubham Khajuria scores century. It took him 143 balls to reach his hundred with the help of 14 fours and two sixes. 

Sudip Chatterjee gets to his century in 189 balls. He hit eight fours and a six to reach his hundred. 

Pic credit - Sandeep Saxena/ The Hindu

It was a fantastic post-lunch session for Tamil Nadu. The hosts have Saurashtra on the mat at 166 for seven. It has been a good effort from the TN bowlers on a benign pitch that is not offering much assistance for the bowlers.

Skipper Sai Kishore got the big fish of Cheteshwar Pujar, who got his off-stump rattled trying to shoulder arms in the first over after lunch. Mohammed struck for the third time in the next over to remove Sheldon Jackson. Arpit Vasavada has looked positive and managed a few boundaries, batting well on 43. Sai Kishore then accounted for Prerark Mankad, a sharp catch by Jagadeesan. Dharmendrasinh Jadeja fell for a poor shot trying to give Pradosh Ranjan Paul the charge and holed out to Boopathi, who took a good running catch from mid-off. 

Historically, TN has not been good at cleaning up the lower order and has left teams off the hook. The hosts would want to quickly wrap up things and not let Arpit and Unadkat get the visitors to safety.

- Dipak Ragav

And now Shashank Singh falls. This time Harsh Tyagi gets a wicket. Third wicket to spinner and all three lbws. Chhattisgarh is losing its grip here. Chhattisgarh; 189/5 (Effectively 189/6)

- Mayank

Tripura vs Odisha - Day 1 washed out

Baroda vs Mumbai - BAR 166/5

Jammu & Kashmir vs Maharashtra - J&K 201/3

Services vs Meghalaya - SRV 179/3

Hyderabad vs Gujarat - GUJ 229/7

Himachal vs Uttarakhand - HP 223/1

Rajasthan vs Puducherry - PON 177/5

Vidarbha vs Andhra - VID 118 all out & AND 50/1

Madhya Pradesh vs Karnataka - MP 155/3

Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal - 193/1

Haryana vs Bihar - BIH 78 all out & HAR 87/4

Kerala vs Punjab - PUN 95/5 rain stopped play

Assam vs Jharkhand - JHA 177/2

Chhattisgarh vs Delhi - CHT 188/4

Chandigarh vs Railways - RLY 142 all out & CHD 19/2

Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra - SAU 164/7

Sikkim vs Mizoram - SKM 191 all out & MIZ 6/1

Nagaland vs Arunachal - NAG 118/2

Goa vs Manipur - GOA 187/4

“1st session: 94/2 in 30 overs 2nd session: 94/2 in 29 overs. Two wickets for Badoni in this session pulled Delhi back into the game. A composed half-century from Sanjeet Desai ensured the flow of runs for the home team,” informs Mayank. 

The first day of this match in Agartala has been washed out without a ball being bowled. 

Prerak Mankad and Dharmendrasinh Jadeja fall in quick succession as Sai Kishore and Pradosh Ranjan Paul strike. 

The wicketkeeper-batter brings up his half-century off 93 balls as Baroda moves to 148 for five. 

WICKET! “Ayush Badoni picks one more. This time it is skipper Amandeep Khare, who was plumb in front. Vice captain Shashank Singh is the new man in,” pings Mayank from the venue. 

After a promising start, Sikkim collapses from 74 for one to 191 all out. KC Cariappa picks seven for 69 to tear through the batting line-up. 

Yuvraj Singh top scores for Railways with 55 runs at No.8, while Vishu and Nishunk Birla pick three wickets each. 

Mitesh Patel and Atit Sheth bring up the 50-run stand and give Baroda’s innings some stability. 

“Mitesh Patel and Atit Sheth have put their head down to bat out the first hour after lunch. The pitch has also eased out, with the moisture having evaporated,” says Amol Karhadkar. 

The Madhya Pradesh skipper retires hurt on 40 off 88 balls after stitching 66 runs with Harpreet Singh Bhatia for the fourth wicket. MP 134/3 and in comes Rajat Patidar. 

Hanuma Vihari falls cheaply. He only makes 1 off 4 balls as Aditya Thakare gets him caught. 

Sudip Garami and Sudip Chatterjee have added over 100 runs for the second wicket. Both have crossed their fifties and are well settled. 

Andhra has bowled out Vidarbha for 118. KV Sasikanth took three while the rest took two each. 

Century for Shubham Arora in 149 balls. He has hit 14 fours and a six in this innings. 

Jharkhand is going strong with Aryaman Sen going past his fifty along with Utkarsh Singh. Aryaman had earlier stitched a 93-run opening stand with Nazim, who scored 45. 

Rain has stopped play. Punjab has lost half its side. Ramandeep Singh and Krish Bhagat are currently at the crease. 

HP openers are going strongly for the first wicket. Shubham Arora has entered his 90s while Prashant Chopra has crossed his fifty. 

A Wakhare is the latest to depart as Vidarbha loses its ninth wicket. All Andhra bowlers have taken two wickets each so far while one was a runout. 

Sai Kishore cleans up Cheteshwar Pujara for 16. M Mohammed then removes Sheldon Jackson for 21. Two quick wickets after Lunch. 

It was an even session at the Sri Ramakrishna College ground here in Coimbatore as Saurashtra went to lunch at 88 for three against Tamil Nadu. Having won the toss and deciding to bat first on a pitch with a green tinge, the visitors would be relatively happy.

TN made some bold calls to its playing XI, handing debuts to pacers Gurjapneet Singh and Sonu Yadav and middle-order bat C. Andre Siddharth. 

It was surprising that experienced all-rounder Vijay Shankar and left-arm spinner S. Ajith Ram, the joint second-highest wicket-taker last year with 41 scalps, were omitted. M. Shahrukh Khan has returned to the Ranji Trophy side after one year. 

In the morning, Sonu Yadav looked impressive, removing opener Harvik Desai, who was caught behind, and could have had Prashwaraj Rana too, had he not overstepped. 

Left-arm pacer Gurjapneet started slowly but bowled with purpose in his second spell, getting good bounce off the deck. The pick of the bowlers, though, was old warhorse M. Mohammed. The medium-pacer struck twice in his first spell, removing Chirag Jani and Prashwaraj, who were caught in the slip cordon.

Cheteshwar Pujar and Sheldon Jackson have steadied things so far. The former looked assured, while Sheldon has been a bit more flashy, edging and getting beaten a few times before he tonked Sai Kishore for a six down the ground.

Sai Kishore has not received much assistance so far, and Saurashtra will look to consolidate in the second session. The home team faces a tough grind.

- S. Dipak Ragav

Baroda vs Mumbai - BAR 90/5

Jammu & Kashmir vs Maharashtra - J&K 103/2

Services vs Meghalaya - SRV 87/2

Hyderabad vs Gujarat - GUJ 119/5

Himachal vs Uttarakhand - HP 122/0

Rajasthan vs Puducherry - PON 83/2

Vidarbha vs Andhra - VID 97/8

Madhya Pradesh vs Karnataka - MP 81/3

Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal - 82/1

Haryana vs Bihar - BIH 78 all out

Kerala vs Punjab - PUN 95/5

Assam vs Jharkhand - JHA 93/0

Chhattisgarh vs Delhi - CHT 94/2

Chandigarh vs Railways - RLY 81/6

Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra - SAU 88/3

Sikkim vs Mizoram - SKM 122/5

Nagaland vs Arunachal - NAG 15/0

Goa vs Manipur - GOA 103/3

A fighting session ended with Ayush Pandey and Sanjeet Desai returning unbeaten, taking Chhattisgarh to 94/2 in 30 overs at lunch. Have to say, impressed by the over rate from Delhi, which bowled 30 overs in the first sessions, 25 of which were bowled by the pacers: Mayank 

Bihar is bowled out for its second-lowest score in Ranji Trophy history. Aman Kumar does the bulk of the damage, picking 3/18. 

Bihar records its second-lowest total in Ranji Trophy history

Bihar recorded its second-lowest total in Ranji Trophy history during the match against Haryana in the opening fixture of the tournament on Friday.

Shashwat Rawat gets an outside edge off Tanush Kotian’s bowling and Baroda loses its fourth wicket with about half an hour to go for lunch. 

WICKET! “Change of ends works for Shams Mulani. Tosses one up beautifully, Vishnu Solanki misses it and umpire Anil Chaudhary upholds the appeal. Baroda 49/3. In walks captain Krunal Pandya,” Amol Karhadkar informs from the venue. 

Vidarbha is sinking further, as Andhra’s C.H. Stephen, K.V. Sasikanth, and P. Satyanarayana Raju pick two wickets each. 

WICKET! “Second wicket for Delhi as Himanshu Chauhan removes Ashutosh Singh! The batter nicked and was caught behind by keeper Anuj Rawat,” pings Mayank from Raipur. 

The 2022 champion is dealt with a second jolt, as Subhransu Senapati departs for 28, dismissed by V. Vyshak. 

Aman Kumar has picked three early wickets to reduce Bihar to 31 for six, and the team is headed towards registering one of the lowest scores in the tournament’s history. 

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Last season’s finalist Vidarbha is in deep trouble early in the match after electing to bat. It has lost Atharva Taide and Karun Nair too. Akshay Wadkar, the skipper, is now in the middle and has a task at hand. 

WICKET & NOT!!! Wicket off a no-ball. Sonu Yadav thought he had Prashwaraj Rana, caught behind, but is found to have overstepped. Even during the first wicket, there was a long check for no-ball. 

- Dipak Ragav from Coimbatore. 

Aditya Sarvate is having a memorable debut for Kerala as he picks three wickets removing both openers - Abhay and Naman Dhir - as well as Prabhsimran Singh. 

Aman Kumar picks three wickets while Anshul Kamboj takes one as Bihar is reduced to 13/4 in 10 overs

Vidarbha in all sorts of trouble very early. Karun Nair is the latest victim as he falls for 12 off 13 balls. 

Abhimanyu Easwaran departs for four. Yash Dayal strikes. 

Gujarat has lost two wickets inside eight overs. Chama Milind and Rakshann with the two so far for Hyderabad. 

Harvik Desai falls for a 16-ball duck. Sonu Yadav strikes for Tamil Nadu early. 

Quick change in approach from Chhattisgarh batters. Ayush Pandey and new man in at no. 3, Ashutosh Singh, hit six boundaries including a maximum in the last nine deliveries.

- Mayank 

Mohit Avasthi takes the second wicket and both Baroda openers, this time JK Singh, are back in the hut now. 

Simarjeet Singh strikes! He cleans up Bhupen Lalwani with a peach of a delivery that cuts through his defence. This has been a good 45 minutes for Delhi, as Chhatisgarh has struggled to score runs.

- On-ground reporter Mayank pings from Raipur.

Vidarbha opener Mokhade is run out without facing a ball and the number three Rathod for an eight-ball duck. 

Abhay Choudhary falls for in the first over. Sarvate strikes to give Kerala an early breakthrough. 

Shardul Thakur strikes in his first over and removes opener Shivalik Sharma for a three-ball duck. 

Prasidh Krishna strikes early to remove Himanshu Mantri for a duck in the second over of the match. 

Baroda wins toss and opts to bat. 

Tripura vs Odisha - Toss delayed

Baroda vs Mumbai - BAR opts to bat

Jammu & Kashmir vs Maharashtra - MAH opts to field

Services vs Meghalaya - MEG opts to field

Hyderabad vs Gujarat - GUJ opts to bat

Himachal vs Uttarakhand - UTK opts to field

Rajasthan vs Puducherry - RAJ opts to field

Vidarbha vs Andhra - VID opts to bat

Madhya Pradesh vs Karnataka - KAR opts to field

Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal - BEN opts to bat 

Haryana vs Bihar - HAR opts to field

Kerala vs Punjab - PUN opts to bat

Assam vs Jharkhand - ASM opts to field

Chhattisgarh vs Delhi - CHT opts to bat

Chandigarh vs Railways - CHAN opts to field

Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra - SAU opts to bat

Sikkim vs Mizoram - MIZ opts to field

Nagaland vs Arunachal - NAG opts to bat

Goa vs Manipur - MAN opts to field

BCA honoured families of DK Gaewkwad, Cecil Williams, Narayan Satham and Aunshuman Gaekwad with a memento in the presence of Baroda and Mumbai teams.

Saurashtra has won the toss and opts to bat. 

Chhattisgarh wins the toss and elects to bat first against Delhi in Raipur, pings our reporter Mayank from the venue, and also sends us this lovely image of the ground in blazing sunshine. Wonder what the delay was about? 

The toss will take place at 9 AM IST in Guwahati as Ishan Kishan is set to lead Jharkhand. Stay tuned for the latest updates. 

The next inspection for this Plate division match in Sovima is scheduled for 10 AM IST. 

The next inspection is now scheduled for 9:45 AM IST in Agartala. Stay tuned. 

The toss for the Group D match between Assam and Jharkhand was been delayed due to wet outfield in Guwahati. The next inspection is due to 8:45 AM IST. 

The toss for the Group A clash between Tripura and Odisha, being held in Agartala, has also been delayed due to a wet outfield. 

The toss has been delayed in Sovima. Stay tuned for the latest updates. 

Mizoram has won the toss and elected to field. The match is set to begin at 8:15 AM IST in Rangpo. 

Select matches of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season will be streamed live on the JioCinema app and website, and telecast live on Sports18 Network’s TV channels.