Tanay Thyagarajan starred with the ball in both innings to power Hyderabad to a 267-run win against Andhra in Mulapadu. Thyagarajan, who bagged five wickets in the first innings and scored a half-century in the second, picked up a six-wicket haul the second time Hyderabad bowled, bundling Andhra out for 130 in a pursuit of 398.

Jalaj Saxena's five-wicket haul powered Kerala to victory by an innings and 36 runs against Odisha in Thiruvananthapuram. Following on, Odisha resumed Day 4 at 102 for 4 and ended up getting bowled out for 143.

Mohit Avasthi's fifer helped Mumbai register a comprehensive win over Himachal Pradesh in Bisalpur. Himachal were 144 for 3 at the start of the day, following on, and finished with 291. Vaibhav Kalta and Pukhraj Mann tried to keep Mumbai at bay with half-centuries but Avasthi's 5 for 44 got the job done for Mumbai, powering them to a win by an innings and 97 runs.

A fighting century from Aayush Pandey went in vain as Punjab downed Chhattisgarh by seven wickets in New Chandigarh. Asked to follow on, Chhattisgarh resumed Day 3 at 123 for 3 in their second innings and finished with 335 thanks to Pandey's 111 and useful contributions lower down the order. Punjab, however, needed only 86 for victory and got the job done in 16.5 overs, with skipper Uday Saharan scoring an unbeaten 40.

In a tense finish in Shillong, Meghalaya held their nerve to secure a three-run win over Manipur in the Ranji Trophy Plate Group match. Needing 276 for victory, Manipur were bowled out for 272, with Abhishek Kumar (3-64), Kevin Christopher (3-31) and Aryan Bora (2-59) contributing with the ball. Karnajit Yumnam and Rex Rajkumar scored half-centuries but Manipur fell agonisingly short.

OTHER NOTEWORTHY PERFORMANCES

Shikhar Mohan's 127, along with fighting knocks from Utkarsh Singh (58 off 139), Aditya Singh (50 off 159), Virat Singh (41 off 135) helped Jharkhand secure a draw against Maharashtra in Pune. Jharkhand started the day at 130 for 1 in their second innings, trailing Maharashtra by 228 runs. Maharashtra tried to make inroads but Jharkhand's batters fought till the close of play, eventually finishing with 344 for 8 to draw the game. Maharashtra picked up the first-innings lead.

Hrithik Shokeen's five-wicket haul helped Delhi edge Gujarat on basis of first-innings lead. Gujarat started Day 4 at 363 for 5 in reply to Delhi's 648 for 6 declared. Gujarat ended up getting bowled out for 479, with Shokeen finishing with 5 for 143. Following on, Gujarat finished with 15 for 1 in their second innings when the teams shook hands for the draw.

Mohammad Saif's century helped Railways draw their match against Rajasthan in Jaipur. Starting the day at 305 for 6 in their first innings, Railways were bowled out for 338 to concede a 159-run lead, with Kukna Ajay Singh bagging four wickets. Asked to follow on, Railways posted 176 for 2 in their second innings, with Saif (103*) and Eshaan Goyal (59*) putting on an unbroken 157-run stand for the third wicket.

KV Aneesh and KL Shrijith struck half-centuries to help Karnataka to 243 for 7 declared in their second innings. Needing 237 for victory, Saurashtra finished with 137 for 2, with Chirag Jani scoring an unbeaten 63, before the game ended in a draw. Saurashtra edged Karnataka on the first-innings lead.

Rongsen Jonathan's 118 not out headlined Day 4 action in Dimapur but Nagaland fell behind Mizoram's mammoth total by 65 runs to concede the first-innings lead. In reply to Mizoram's 581/9 declared, powered by Chinmay Suthar's 400 not-out, Nagaland ended up with 516.