Ranji Trophy Highlights, Round 1 Day 3 Stumps: Mumbai loses two early wickets in 262 chase vs Baroda; Saurashtra collapses against Tamil Nadu before rain interruption

Mumbai 42/2 & 214 vs Baroda 290 & 185 

Meghalaya 57/6 & 233 vs Services 402 

Maharashtra 312/6 & Jammu & Kashmir 519/7 dec. 

Pondicherry 207/6 & 248 vs Rajasthan 291 

Andhra 79/1 & 167 vs Vidarbha 118 & 366 

Bengal 141/0 & 311 vs Uttar Pradesh 292 

Saurashtra 35/5 & 203 vs Tamil Nadu 367 

Punjab 23/3 & 194 vs Kerala 179

Gujarat 201 & 343 vs Hyderabad 248

Uttarakhand 0/0 & 299 vs Himachal 663/3 dec. 

Assam 130/3 & 180 vs Jharkhand 361 

Mizoram 150/7 & 163 vs Sikkim 191 & 269 

Madhya Pradesh 425/8 vs Karnataka 

Chhattisgarh 33/0 & 343 vs Delhi 357 

Tripura vs Odisha - Yet to start 

RESULTS

Goa beat Manipur by nine wickets 

Nagaland beat Arunachal by an innings & 290 runs 

Railways beat Chandigarh by 181 runs 

Haryana beat Bihar by an innings & 43 runs 

Himachal Pradesh has taken a massive lead of 364 runs against Uttarakhand. Avneesh Sudha top-scored with 96 but HP bowlers combined to restrict Uttarakhand. 

Stumps have been officially called in Indore. MP 425/8 with Shubham Sharma (143) still at crease. 

Once again Punjab has lost both its openers cheaply. Naman Dhir (7) and Abhay Chaudhary (12) depart in quick succession. 

And nightwatchman Siddharth Kaul also departs. 

Goa beats Manipur by nine wickets as it chased down the 75-run target inside 12 overs. 

In Lucknow as well, bad light forced match to stop and now the stumps have been called for the day. Bengal is 141/0. 

Stumps have been called after bad light stopped play in Vadodara. Mumbai is 42/2, chasing 262 runs against Baroda. 

Day called off due to rain. Saurashtra is struggling at 35/5, trailing Tamil Nadu by 129 runs. 

The players are walking off the field possibly due to bad light. Yet another venue today which has to stop play due to rain or light. 

Second down for Mumbai as Hardik Tamore is runout. The dismissal brings Ajinkya Rahane at the crease. 

That’s crazy! Superb presence of mind by Shivalik Sharma! Hardik Tamore misses a sweep off Pithiya - who had earlier got Prithvi Shaw caught at leg-slip. The ball lobs behind the wicket and Shivalik at leg-slip senses Tamore’s front foot having been grounded out of the crease, rushes to the stumps and takes the bails off. The replays conclude Tamore is stranded out of the crease.

- Amol Karhadkar with the details. 

Match has stopped due to bad light. Andhra is 79/1, chasing a target of 319 runs. 

Prithvi Shaw departs for 12! Mahish Pithiya with the wicket. Mumbai needs 232 runs more to win. 

“And Jonty brings up his 100 too! Tremendous knock by the southpaw,” pings Mayank. 

Delhi is all out for 357 with a 14-run lead. 

Delhi ekes out the first-innings lead, with Jonty Sidhu unbeaten on 93. Frustrating for Chhattisgarh, especially because Delhi was 299 for eight. 

Mizoram manages to stretch this match into the final day, thanks to an 80-run partnership for the eighth wicket between KC Cariappa and Mohit Jangra. But with Mizoram still needing 148 runs to win, this contest is only going one way. 

Back-to-back wickets for Mayank Markande as he gets Basil Thampi out to end with 6/59. Punjab takes the first-innings lead. 

Mayank Markande completes his five-wicket haul as Aditya Sarwate goes for 3 runs. Kerala still needs 16 runs to take the lead with just one wicket in hand. 

Just as Kerala looked set to take the crucial lead, Mohammed Azharuddeen falls for 38 as Gurnoor Brar gets his third victim. 

Baroda is bundled out for 185 as Himanshu Singh dismisses Akash Singh. A defiant show with the bat from Baroda after being reduced to 41 for six. These are definitely not the easiest of batting conditions and Mumbai will really need to bat well to win this match. 

A spirited batting performance by Manipur means it prevents an innings-defeat and Goa will need 76 runs to win this contest. Rex is unbeaten on 71, while wicketkeeper Prafullomani got 63. 

Chasing 318, Hanuma Vihari goes for 22 as Harsh Dubey traps him in front. Vidarbha on top as Andhra is 53/1, and still requires 265 runs to win. 

Auqib Nabi strikes as he removes Ankeet Bawane for 26. Maharashtra lost skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad on 86 and continues to trail by 273 runs. 

A fifer for Tanush Kotian as Mahesh Pithiya falls after scoring a solid 40 from No. 9. Ankit Singh is the last man to walk in. Baroda’s lead stretches to 250 runs. 

“And proper torrential downpour now. Will be surprised if we get going again today,” says Dipak from the venue. Tamil Nadu players won’t like that one bit, considering how close they are to an innings win. 

Abhimanyu Easwaran brings up his fifty as Bengal notches up a hundred-run opening stand to extend its lead to 119 runs. 

Two quick wickets have fallen as Meghalaya now stares at an innings-defeat. Meghalaya still 148 runs behind Services’ first-innings total of 402. 

Swapnil Singh departs right after the Tea break as Arpit Guleria strikes. Uttarakhand has lost three wickets for 52 runs, which isn’t great considering the kind of run-fest this contest has proven to be thus far. 

Nagaland registers a big win over Arunachal Pradesh. After declaring at 509/5, Nagaland bowled out AP for first 75 and then 144 to win the match by an innings and 290 runs. 

Arunachal Pradesh 133/7 & 75 vs Nagaland 509/5 dec. 

Delhi 301/8 vs Chhattisgarh 343 

Baroda 150/8 & 290 vs Mumbai 214 

Maharashtra 221/3 vs J&K 519/7 dec. 

Meghalaya 21/1 & 233 vs Services 402 

Gujarat 343 & 118/4 vs Hyderabad 248 

Uttarakhand 222/3 vs Himachal Pradesh 663/3 dec. 

Puducherry 174/5 & 248 vs Rajasthan 291 

Andhra 35/0 & 167 vs Vidarbha 118 & 366 

Bengal 90/0 & 311 vs Uttar Pradesh 292 

Kerala 136/7 vs Punjab 194 

Saurashtra 26/5 & 203 vs Tamil Nadu 367 

Tripura vs Odisha - Yet to start 

Madhya Pradesh 425/8 vs Karnataka 

Krunal Pandya falls on 55 at the stroke of Tea. Himanshu Singh gets him out. Baroda leads by 226 runs. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad falls for 86. Opener Sidhesh Veer completes his hundred. The duo added 175 runs for the third wicket. 

Fifty for Krunal Pandya in 134 balls. He has taken Baroda out of trouble. 

Bengal openers - Abhimanyu Easwaran and Sudip Chatterjee - have put on a strong start, adding 78 runs for the first wicket. Easwaran is nearing his fifty. 

Five down! Prerak Mankad is the latest causality. Gurjapneet takes his fourth wicket. 

Kerala has lost six wickets for 108 in response to Punjab’s 194. Mayank Markande with three wickets and Gurnoor Brar with two wickets. 

He may have been lying on the floor during the drinks break, but Krunal Pandya has virtually rolled Mumbai on the mats. He not only disturbed the offspinners’ rhythm with his sweep shots in the morning but also has rotated the strike in the first hour after lunch. Despite losing Atit Sheth to a missed sweep off Tanush Kotian, Krunal has reached 35, as Baroda is 189 runs ahead with the last three wickets in hand. 

- Amol Karhadkar

Sheldon Jackson can bat only after 2 hours or after the fall of the 5th wicket. He injured his hamstring during fielding yesterday and didn’t field for the rest of Tamil Nadu’s innings.

- Dipak Ragav

Vidarbha is bowled out for 366, setting Andhra a target of 318 runs to win. Tripurana Vijay picked up four wickets while Atharva Taide top-scored with 118. 

Gurjapneet is wreaking havoc in Saurashtra’s batting lineup. Tamil Nadu has reduced to Saurashtra to 14/4. 

Kerala has now lost half its side as Gurnoor Brar dismisses Akshay Chandran for 17. Kerala still 91 runs behind. 

Gurjapneet gets his second wicket as Pujara goes for a six-ball duck. Saurashtra rattled very early and reeling at 14 for three, while still trailing by 150 runs. 

A 50-run opening partnership for Bengal between Sudip Chatterjee and Abhimanyu Easwaran as their lead grows to 74 runs. 

Chirag Jani also goes as Gurjapneet gets his first wicket. Saurashtra in trouble with two early wickets down and still 151 runs behind. 

Services take a huge 169-run lead after Meghalaya is bowled out for 233. Varun Choudhary picks a fifer (5/43). 

“WICKET!!! Sonu Yadav castles Harvik Desai. [The ball] came in a bit and probably kept a bit low as well. Saurashtra 7/1, trails by 157 runs,” informs Dipak from Coimbatore. 

Uttarakhand loses two wickets in quick succession as Vaibhav Bhatt and Avneesh Sudha depart in quick succession. Uttarakhand still 486 runs behind in what seem like very batting-friendly conditions. 

WICKET! Atit Sheth misses a sweep off Tanush Kotian and is plump lbw as the off-spinner picks his fourth wicket. 

Hundred up for Baroda as Krunal Pandya sweeps to the midwicket boundary. His partnership with Atit Sheth now worth 62 runs as Baroda’s lead swells to 179 runs. 

The Madhya Pradesh skipper brings up his ninth First-Class century with a wristy flick through midwicket that goes to the boundary. The partnership between Shubham Sharma and Saransh Jain now worth 75 runs. 

“Rain stops play in the fifth over after Lunch. Saurashtra 3/0. Trails by 161,” pings Dipak. 

After following on, Assam has lost its first wicket in the second innings as Rahul Hazarika is dismissed by Vivek Anand Tiwari for 17. Assam still 135 runs behind. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad and opener Siddhesh Veer bring up their half-centuries as their partnership swells to 112 runs. 

Baba Aparajith falls for just 3 on his Kerala debut as Mayank Markande gets his third wicket. Kerala is still 123 runs behind and Punjab fighting back formidably. 

Tripura vs Odisha - Yet to start

Baroda vs Mumbai - BAR 290 all out; 75/6 & MUM 214 all out

Jammu & Kashmir vs Maharashtra - J&K 519/7D & MAH 132/2

Services vs Meghalaya - SRV 402 all out & MEG 195/7

Hyderabad vs Gujarat - GUJ 343 all out; 43/2 & HYD 248 all out

Himachal vs Uttarakhand - HP 663/3D & UTK 151/1

Rajasthan vs Puducherry - PON 248 all out; 71/2 & RAJ 291 all out

Vidarbha vs Andhra - VID 118 all out; 318/6 & AND 167 all out

Madhya Pradesh vs Karnataka - MP 313/6

Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal - BEN 311 all out; 1/0 & UP 292 all out

Kerala vs Punjab - PUN 194 all out & KER 62/3

Assam vs Jharkhand - JHA 361 all out & ASM 180 all out; 34/0 (f.o)

Chhattisgarh vs Delhi - CHT 343 all out & DEL 248/7

Chandigarh vs Railways - RLY 142 all out; 307 all out & CHD 109 all out; 159 all out - RLY wins by 181 runs

Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra - SAU 203 all out & TN 367 all out

Sikkim vs Mizoram - SKM 191 all out; 252/8 & MIZ 163 all out

Nagaland vs Arunachal - NAG 320/4 & AP 75 all out; 61/3

Goa vs Manipur - GOA 376 all out & MAN 98 all out; 185/3 (f.0)

The defending champion showing just why it has a record 42 titles to its name. After conceding the first-innings lead, it fought back to leave Baroda reeling at 41 for six. Krunal Pandya and Atit Sheth are trying to stage a fightback with a 34-run stand for the seventh wicket. Three wickets for Tanush Kotian. 

After a 71-run opening partnership, Puducherry loses two wickets in quick succession at the stroke of Lunch. Rahul Chahar with both wickets. Akash Kargave goes for 54 and then Paras Ratnaparkhe departs next ball. 

“Gurjapneet goes for glory and holes out to mid-off. Yuvrajsinh Dodiya gets his second wicket. TN bowled out for 367 at the stroke of lunch. Lead by 164 runs. Handy lead but the hosts should be disappointed by their effort today. Unadkat was impressive yet again,” opines Dipak from Coimbatore. 

Good fight from the Punjab bowlers after their batters disappointed. Opener Vathsal falls for 28 as Emanjot Singh Chahal picks his first wicket. Two new batters - Baba Aparajith and Akshay Chandran - at the crease. 

Chandigarh’s poor show with the bat continues as it folds for 159 in the second innings. Akash Pandey picks four wickets while veteran spinner Karn Sharma gets three scalps. Nine wickets for Pandey in the match as he got a fifer in the first innings. 

UP concedes a narrow 19-run first-innings lead against Bengal. Four wickets each for Mukesh Kumar and Shahbaz Ahmed. Mohammad Kaif also gets a couple of wickets. Siddharth Yadav is the last man to fall and he departs for a well-made 73. 

A crucial 60-run stand for the ninth wicket ends as Andre Siddarth falls for 38, trapped leg-before off Yuvrajsinh Dodiya. Gurjapneet is the last man in. 

Mayank Markande gets his second wicket as Sachin Baby is trapped in front for just 12 runs. Kerala in early trouble. 

Skipper Shubham Sharma, unbeaten on 74, and Saransh Jain have steadied the ship for MP with a 33-run partnership. 

Rohan Kunnummal goes for 15, caught behind off Mayank Markande. Kerala trails by 145 runs. 

A huge innings-defeat loading for Arunachal, which still trails by 389 runs with just seven wickets left in the second innings. Former Karnataka spinner J. Suchith picked a fifer for Nagaland in the first innings. 

After being bowled out cheaply in the first innings, Jharkhand, led by Ishan Kishan, has enforced the follow-on. Manishi and Utkarsh Singh picked up three wickets each, while Anukul Roy and Saurabh Shekhar got two each. Assam still trails by 155 runs. 

Gujarat has lost both its openers - Rishi Patel and Priyank Panchal - quickly. It leads Hyderabad by 112 runs currently. 

Ajay Mandal has emerged as a big-time savior for Chhattisgarh! After a solid show with the bat, he has now dismissed both overnight batters Himmat Singh and Harsh Tyagi, giving the home team a slight edge in this game which is turning out to be an intense see-saw battle.

- Mayank

Shahbaz gets Yash Dayal caught behind. Dayal is not happy with the decision and has a word with the umpire before walking back. UP is eight down. 

Baroda is in deep trouble as it now loses its sixth wicket. Every Mumbai bowler is chipping in with wickets. Baroda leads by 118 runs right now. 

Gujarat takes a 95-run first innings lead after bowling out Hyderabad for 248 runs. Arzan Nagwaswalla picks three. 

Time for drinks and Saurashtra have done a fantastic job running through the TN batting line-up. 34/5 in 16 overs in this period of play. Lead by 109 runs.

- Dipak Ragav

Harpreet Singh Bhatia isn’t able to complete his century as he falls on 91, cleaned up by V Koushik. MP loses its sixth wicket. 

Mohit Avasthi replaces Shardul Thakur and takes only nine balls to strike. Shivalik Sharma hurried into a pull shot that results in top-edge to Ayush Mhatre at gully. Mumbai is well and truly back in the game. Lead of 115. 

- Amol Karhadkar 

Rajasthan is bowled out for 291 but takes the first innings lead by 43 runs against Pondicherry. 

UP too has collapsed in Lucknow. Vipraj Nigam is the latest to depart. UP trails Bengal by 95 runs. 

Tamil Nadu collapses! Six wickets for Jaydev Unadkat with the latest victim being the opposite captain Sai Kishore. 

Third wicket for Mukesh Kumar! This time he cleans up Saurabh Kumar, who scored seven off nine balls. 

Mukesh Kumar strikes and Aksh Deep Nath has to go for a six-ball duck. Second wicket for Mukesh. 

Terrific bowling by Tanush Kotian as Baroda loses four wickets inside 40 minutes of today’s play and Kotian has picked three of them. Baroda leads by 99 runs right now. 

Jalaj Saxena picks a five-wicket haul as Kerala bowls out Punjab for 194. Both Jalaj and Aditya Sarvate picked five wickets each. 

Heartbreak for Aryan Juyal as he falls on 92. Mukesh Kumar traps him in front. Fourth wicket down for UP. 

Baroda has lost two quick wickets in the first 30 minutes of the play. Shardul Thakur removes opener JK Singh and Tanush Kotian then gets rid of Shashwat Rawat, who gets a first-ball duck. 

WICKET!!! Unadkat strikes with the new ball. removes birthday boy Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, bowled. Hit the top of off-stump. Was a very good over from the skipper; great lines and length. 

- Dipak Ragav

Nagaland has taken a massive first innings lead of 434 runs after bowling out Arunachal Pradesh for 75 and has asked to follow on. 

After a washout Day 2, MP vs KAR match has resumed on Day 3. Shubham Sharma (44) and Harpreet Singh Bhatia (75) are at the crease after losing Venkatesh Iyer early on Sunday. 

“Day 3 in Indore has started begun on time. Clear skies, intense sunshine and no overnight rain,” informs N Sudarshan from ground. 

Rasikh Salam strike early in the morning to remove S Dhas. The wicket brings Ruturaj Gaikwad at the crease. 

Sibsankar Roy and Kunal Sarma have prevented any early damage to Assam today with a 17-run stand after their team was left struggling at 109 for four. Assam still a sizeable 235 runs behind though. 

After being reduced to 44 for eight yesterday, Arunachal’s ninth-wicket stand has resisted well so far, with Dol and Niia putting on 30 runs, the biggest partnership of the innings so far. 

The second day saw the first result being produced, with Haryana thrashing Bihar by an innings and 43 runs. A couple of matches are also heading towards results today. Manipur still needs 223 runs to avoid an innings-defeat against Goa with just nine wickets left, and going by the fact that Manipur was dismissed for 98 in the first innings, it doesn’t look too distant. 

Meanwhile, Chandigarh also faces an uphill task against Railways. It is chasing 341 and is already 31 for one after being bowled out for 109 in its first essay. 

While there is no live telecast of any of the Ranji Trophy first-round matches, the Baroda vs Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh vs Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal matches can be live streamed on the JioCinema app and website. 

Sikkim has lost an early wicket today, with Mohit Jangra dismissing Ankur for 16. However, Sikkim’s lead stretches to 170. 

Tripura vs Odisha - No Play

Haryana beat Bihar by an innings and 43 runs 

Manipur 55/1 & 98 vs Goa 376 

Assam 109/4 vs Jharkhand 361

Arunachal Pradesh 49/8 vs Nagaland 509/5 dec. 

Sikkim 129/5 & 191 vs Mizoram 163 

Madhya Pradesh 232/4 vs Karnataka 

Rajasthan 234/6 vs Puducherry 248 

Uttar Pradesh 198/3 vs Bengal 311 

Delhi 177/4 vs Chhattisgarh 343 

Vidarbha 192/1 & 118 vs Andhra 167 

Uttarakhand 50/1 vs Himachal Pradesh 663/3 dec. 

Chandigarh 31/1 & 109 vs Railways 142 & 307

Hyderabad 222/7 vs Gujarat 343 

Maharashtra 28/1 vs Jammu & Kashmir 519/7 dec. 

Baroda 9/0 & 290 vs Mumbai 214 

Meghalaya 119/5 vs Services 402

Tamil Nadu 278/3 vs Saurashtra 

Punjab 180/9 vs Kerala