Group A

The Group A of the Ranji Trophy had outright victories in round four, with Vidarbha beating Madhya Pradesh by an innings and 20 runs, and Goa smashing Bihar by an innings and 177 runs.

Adarsh Singh (162) and Madhav Kaushik (137) powered Uttar Pradesh to 492 before Chennai Super Kings youngster Prashant Veer took 3-42, although they had to settle for a draw. After Jammu & Kashmir piled on 555-6 and took a 170-run lead, Pondicherry managed to hold onto a draw thanks to Ankit Sharma’s 62.

Brief Scores

• Goa 397 (Snehal Kauthankar 178*) beat Bihar 107 (Vasuki Koushik 3-12) & 113 f/o (Lalit Yadav 5-23)
• Pondicherry 385 (Sunil Kumar 6-98) & 269-6 (Ankit Sharma 62) drew Jammu & Kashmir 555-6 dec (Shubham Khajuria 190, Qamran Iqbal 160)
• Baroda 355 (Kartik Yadav 5-104) & 169-6 (Prashant Veer 3-42) drew Uttar Pradesh 492 (Adarsh Singh 162, Madhav Kaushik 137, Mahesh Pithiya 5-112)
• Vidarbha 334-9 (Akshay Wadkar 100*) beat Madhya Pradesh 209 & 105 (Parth Rekhade 5-14, Harsh Dubey 5-37)

Group B

From Group B, Tripura pulled off a historic win over one of the top domestic teams Saurashtra, with Sandip Sarkar picking up four for 81 in the second innings. Hyderabad also recorded a thrilling win against Chhattisgarh, chasing down 259 runs with one wicket to spare. They were 220-9 at one stage, after which Aniketh Reddy made an unbeaten 39 to seal the victory.

Andhra forced a draw against Punjab after reaching 505-8 in response to Punjab's 592-9, with Shaik Rasheed finishing his innings on 176 and Kirdant Karan Shinde falling four short of a century.

Brief Scores

• Karnataka 577-6 dec (KV Aneesh 145) beat Assam 135 & 128 (Shreyas Gopal 4-39)
• Tripura 268 (Parth Bhut 5-65) & 191 beat Saurashtra 118 (Parvez Sultan 5-25) & 208 (Sandip Sarkar 4-81)
• Hyderabad 280 & 259-9 (Abhirath Reddy 68, Aniketh Reddy 39*) beat Chhattisgarh 284 & 254 (Mayank Verma 81)
• Punjab 592-9 dec (Sanvir Singh 205) drew Andhra 505-8 (Shaik Rasheed 176, Kirdant Karan Shinde 96)

Group C

Pradeep Dadhe and Hitesh Walunj tag teamed on the final day to skittle out Bengal for 186, after which Maharashtra openers chased down 110 with ease to clinch a 10-wicket victory. Services and Delhi settled for a draw after the former posted 397-9 in their second innings. Yash Dhull smashed a run-a-ball 104 not out before they shook hands.

After Urvil Patel scored an unbeaten 210, Arzan Nagwaswalla bagged 4-59 & 4-24 across two innings as Gujarat hammered Kerala by an innings and 58 runs. With rain washing away chunks of overs, Jharkhand had to settle for a draw against Odisha, who reached 280-7 on the final day.

Brief Scores

• Maharashtra 218 (Tanay Sanghavi 60, Mohammed Shami 4-37) & 110-0 beat Bengal 143 & 186 (Abhishek Porel 65, Pradeep Dadhe 4-48, Hitesh Walunj 4-53)
• Jharkhand 433-8 (Aditya Singh 104, Robin Minz 100, Anukul Roy 89) drew Odisha 280-7
• Services 266 & 397-9 dec (Mohit Ahlawat 142) drew Delhi 344 (Sumit Mathur 99, Jayant Goyat 5-65) & 168-4
• Gujarat 534-9 dec (Urvil Patel 210*, Vishal Jayswal 50*) beat Kerala 279 (Vishnu Vinod 66, Arzan Nagwaswalla 4-59) & 197 f/o (Arzan Nagwaswalla 4-24)

Group D

Pukhraj Mann scored a magnificent 153 not out on the final day to help Himachal Pradesh draw against Rajasthan. Tamil Nadu needed three wickets to win heading into the final day, and Ajith Ram did it all by himself, finishing with 7 for 48.

Shams Mulani bagged 4 for 69 on the final day while Tanush Kotian ended with nine wickets in the match as Mumbai defeated Railways by 106 runs.

Brief Scores

• Tamil Nadu 571-7 dec (Pradosh Paul 208, Sriram Ajith Ram 115*) beat Chandigarh 94 (Sonu Yadav 4-18) & 218 (Ajith Ram 7-48)
• Rajasthan 78 & 521-8 dec (Rohan Rajbhar 140, Mahipal Lomror 97) drew Himachal Pradesh 153 & 313-7 (Pukhraj Mann 153*)
• Mumbai 396 (Shams Mulani 71, Himanshu Sangwan 4-88) & 234-4 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 79) beat Railways 259 (Tanush Kotian 7-45) & 265 (Shams Mulani 4-69)
• Uttarakhand 305 (Dega Nischal 153, Nishant Sindhu 5-89) & 9-0 beat Haryana 153 & 159 (Jagadeesha Suchith 4-50)

Plate Group

All three games in the Plate group had results. Satyajeet Bachhav, who took 6-50 in the first innings, snared 7-33 in the second to help Sikkim beat Manipur by 201 runs. Nagaland defeated Meghalaya by 122 runs bowling them out for 172 in the second innings. Following Chinmay Sutar’s 175 in the first innings, Bobby Zothansanga starred for Mizoram in the second innings with a five-wicket haul as they beat Arunachal by an innings and 29 runs.

Brief Scores

• Nagaland 254 & 184 (Dippu Sangma 3-17, Swarajeet Das 3-36) beat Meghalaya 144 (Anil Gupta 4-50) & 172
• Sikkim 432 & 216-1 dec beat Manipur 289 (Jotin Pheiroijam 137, Satyajeet Bachhav 6-50) & 158 (Satyajeet Bachhav 7-33)
• Mizoram 571-9 dec (Chinmay Sutar 135*) beat Arunachal Pradesh 285 & 257 (Bobby Zothansanga 5-104).

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