Group A

Rinku Singh, who recently lost his place in the Indian T20I side, brought up his second red-ball hundred in two weeks, scoring a sublime 118 not out to take Uttar Pradesh to 202. Baroda’s Raj Limbani took 4 for 36 to restrict Bihar to 166 in the first innings, before they ended the day at 77-3.

Kawalpreet Singh fell just four short of a century but helped the defending champions Jammu & Kashmir reach 260 in the first innings versus Vidarbha.

Brief scores:

• Baroda 77-3 vs Bihar 166 (Bipin Saurabh 58, Raj Limbani 4-36).

• Madhya Pradesh 23-2 vs Puducherry 177 (Ravi Kiran 3-51, Saransh Jain 2-36).

• Jammu & Kashmir 260 (Kawalpreet Singh 96, Nachiket Bhute 3-41) vs Vidarbha.

• Goa 43-0 vs Uttar Pradesh 202 (Rinku Singh 118*, Yash Kasvankar 5-86)

Group B

Shubman Gill did not have a great outing against Chhattisgarh as he was bowled out by Ajay Mandal for just one in five balls. Uday Saharan registered an unbeaten century to guide Punjab to 269-4.

Karnataka, playing without the big guns such as KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, and Ravichandran Smaran, managed 281-8 with Manvanth Kumar scoring an unbeaten 86.

Brief scores:

• Punjab 269-4 (Uday Saharan 106*) vs Chhattisgarh.

• Andhra 9-0 vs Hyderabad 275 (Abhirath Reddy 67, Rahul Radesh 58*, Tripurana Vijay 4-90).

• Karnataka 281-8 (Manvanth Kumar 86*, Jaydev Unadkat 3-49) vs Saurashtra.

• Assam 228-6 (Sibsankar Roy 54, Sandip Sarkar 3-64) vs Tripura.

Group C

Priyansh Arya went ballistic against Gujarat, hammering 199 off 220 deliveries, laced with 24 fours and six maximums. Ayush Badoni remained unbeaten on 115 as Delhi reached 381-4 on day one.

Services lost half the side for 83 after Pulkit Narang took 5 for 63 to bowl out Bengal for 184. Kerala's Sachin Baby struck 112 while Mohammed Azharuddeen made 72 not out to take the side to 245-6 against Odisha.

Brief scores:

• Kerala 245-6 (Sachin Baby 112, Mohammed Azharuddeen 72*) vs Odisha.

• Delhi 381-4 (Priyansh Arya 199, Ayush Badoni 115*) vs Gujarat.

• Maharashtra 85-3 vs Jharkhand 169 (Vicky Ostwal 4-39, Pradeep Dadhe 3-35).

• Services 83-5 vs Bengal 184 (Abhimanyu Easwaran 56, Pulkit Narang 5-63).

Group D

Tushar Deshpande, who took a five-for in the previous game, starred for Mumbai again with 4 for 46 to restrict Himachal Pradesh to 140. Rajasthan piled on 247-2 against Railways before rain brought an early end to the day, with Sachin Yadav scoring 115 not out and Karan Lamba batting on 89.

Gurjapneet Singh and R Sai Kishore snared four wickets each to put Tamil Nadu in a driving seat. Haryana took the lead in the first innings after dismantling Chandigarh for 103 thanks to three wickets each from Ajith Chahal and Aman Kumar.

Brief scores:

• Mumbai 107-2 (Musheer Khan 34*, Siddhesh Lad 32*) vs Himachal Pradesh 140 (Tushar Deshpande 4-46).

• Tamil Nadu 85-2 vs Uttarakhand 134 (Avneesh Sudha 54, Gurjapneet Singh 4-36, R Sai Kishore 4-40).

• Rajasthan 247-2 (Sachin Yadav 115*, Karan Lamba 89*) vs Railways.

• Haryana 139-4 (Yashvardhan Dalan 63*, Nishant Sindhu 46*) vs Chandigarh 103 (Ajith Chahal 3-17, Aman Kumar 3-21).

Plate Group

Mizoram batter Chinmay Sutar smashed an unbeaten 180 to power his side to 331-5 at the end of day one against Nagaland. Kevin Christopher was the star for Meghalaya versus Manipur with 110, with Swastic Chettri unbeaten on 63.

Sikkim took a first innings lead after dismissing Arunachal Pradesh for just 121 on the back of Kranthi Kumar’s 5 for 20.

Brief scores:

• Mizoram 331-5 (Chinmay Sutar 180*, Neizekho Rupreo 2-63) vs Nagaland.

• Meghalaya 325-6 (Kevin Christopher 110, Swastic Chettri 63*) vs Manipur.

• Sikkim 126-1 (Nilesh Lamichaney 75*) vs Arunachal Pradesh 121 (Kranthi Kumar 5-20).

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