Group A

Three of the four matches in Ranji Trophy 2026/27 Group A had an outright result, with Baroda, Vidarbha and Uttar Pradesh winning their respective matches against Bihar, J&K and Goa.

Madhya Pradesh, however, had to settle for a draw despite taking a huge first innings lead of 168 runs after rain denied any further action on the final day.

Scores:

• Baroda 416 & 4-0 beat Bihar 166 & 251 (Mangal Mahrour 138, Bhargav Bhatt 6-53)
• Pondicherry 177 & 98-1 (Ritesh Gudge 47*) drew Madhya Pradesh 345 (Rajat Patidar 122, Sagar Trivedi 4-44)
• Vidarbha 305 (Ravikumar Samarth 143, Umar Nazir Mir 4-56) & 81-7(Mandar Mhale 25, Sunil Kumar 4-30) beat Jammu & Kashmir 260 & 123 (Nachiket Bhute 5-48)
• Uttar Pradesh 202 (Rinku Singh 118*) & 197 (Aryan Juyal 74, Yash Kasvankar 5-69) beat Goa 164 (Zeeshan Ansari 5-45) & 167 (Suyash Prabhudessai 72, Kartik Yadav 5-37)

Group B

In Group B, Hyderabad defeated Andhra by 267 runs with spinner Tanay Thyagarajan taking 6 for 35, his third consecutive five-wicket haul. Assam beat Tripura by nine wickets, chasing down a target of 36 runs. Punjab registered a victory as well, beating Chhattisgarh by seven wickets, chasing 86 with Shubman Gill opting not to bat.

Saurashtra batted out 42 overs on the final day to draw the match against Karnataka. Parth Bhut took eight wickets across two innings.

Scores:

• Punjab 456 (Uday Saharan 161, Salil Arora 107) & 86-3 beat Chhattisgarh 206 & 335 (Ayush Pandey 111).
• Hyderabad 275 & 306-7d (Kodimela Himateja 123*, Kavuri Saiteja 4-40) beat Andhra 184 & 130 (Tanay Thyagarajan 6-35).
• Saurashtra 349 & 137-2 (Chirag Jani 63*) drew Karnataka 342 & 243-7d (Aneesh KV 79).
• Assam 334 & 36-1 beat Tripura 62 & 307 (Manisankar Murasingh 161, Mohit Thakur 5-101).

Group C

Bengal defeated Services by 60 runs in Group C on the back of a brilliant four-wicket haul by Pradipta Pramanik. Jalaj Saxena took 5 for 34 on day four as Kerala smashed Odisha by an innings and 36 runs.

Jharkhand managed to draw against Maharashtra by batting 136 overs in their second innings, with Shikhar Mohan scoring 127. The ninth pair batted 35 balls before they shook hands. Delhi enforced the follow-on against Gujarat after bowling them out for 479, but it wasn't enough for a result.

Scores:

• Kerala 404 (Mohammed Azharuddeen 139, Sachin Baby 112) beat Odisha 225 & 143 (Jalaj Saxena 5-34).
• Gujarat 479 (Manan Hingarajia 123) & 15-1 drew Delhi 648-6d (Ayush Badoni 217, Priyansh Arya 199).
• Jharkhand 169 & 344-8 (Shikhar Mohan 127) drew Maharashtra 527-5 (Digvijay Patil 148, Ankit Bawne 169*, Ruturaj Gaikwad 101*)
• Bengal 184 & 146 beat Services 122 & 148 (Nitin Tanwar 49, Pradipta Pramanik 4-48)

Group D

Tushar Deshpande finished with six wickets in the match while Mohit Avasthi took 5 for 44 runs in the second innings as Mumbai defeated Himachal Pradesh by an innings and 97 runs. Rajasthan had to settle for a draw after Railways made 176-2 in their second innings, following on.

Scores:

• Mumbai 528-8d (Sarfaraz Khan 154, Akash Anand 117*) beat Himachal Pradesh 140 & 291 (Mohit Avasthi 5-44).
• Tamil Nadu 313 (Pradosh Ranjan Paul 136, Baba Indrajith 77, Mayank Mishra 5-118) beat Uttarakhand 134 & 113 (R Sai Kishore 6-34)
• Railways 338 & 176-2 (Mohammad Saif 103) drew Rajasthan 497 (Sachin Yadav 194, Karan Lamba 194).
• Haryana 245 (Yashvardhan Dalal 95, Nishant Sindhu 92) defeated Chandigarh 103 & 118 (Nishant Sindhu 6-27).

Plate Group

The Plate group gave a thrilling finish as Manipur fell just three runs short of the target, chasing 276. Rex Rajkumar, who made 51 off 63, added 46 runs for the final wicket but could not get them over the line.

Nagaland drew against Mizoram, scoring 516 in response to 581 with centuries from Sedezhalie Rupero and Rongsen Jonathan. Satyajeet Bacchav’s five-wicket haul helped Sikkim beat Arunachal by an innings and 328 runs.

Scores:

• Nagaland 516 (Sedezhalie Rupero 113, Rongsen Jonathan 118) vs Mizoram 581-9d (Chinmay Sutar 400*, Jehu Anderson 69).
• Meghalaya 380 (Kevin Christopher 110, Pheiroijam Jotin 5-79) & 172 (Rahul Dalal 39, Jotin Pheiroijam 4-21) beat Manipur 277 & 272 (Rex Rajkumar 51).
• Sikkim 572-5d (Parth Palawat 151, Gurinder Singh 146, Nilesh Lamichaney 134) beat Arunachal Pradesh 121 & 123 (Satyajeet Bachhav 5-27).

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