A round up of all the action from day two of the fourth round of the 2026/27 Ranji Trophy season.

Group A

Pondicherry ended their first innings at 385, but defending champions Jammu and Kashmir hit back with an unbeaten 149-run opening stand. A similar story played out in Kanpur as both of Uttar Pradesh’s openers remained unbeaten, and in their 90s, to finish the day strongly after Baroda were bowled out for 355. Vidarbha finished their innings at 334-9, riding on Akshay Wadkar’s hundred, before picking up an MP wicket to end the day. Goa batted big, with Snehal Kauthankar remaining unbeaten at 178*, before bowling Bihar out for 107 and inviting them to follow on.

Brief Scores

Goa 397 (Snehal Kauthankar 178*) vs Bihar 107 (Vasuki Koushik 3-12) & 63-3 f/o

Pondicherry 385 (Sunil Kumar 6-98) vs Jammu & Kashmir 149-0 (Shubham Khajuria 80*)

Baroda 355 (Kartik Yadav 5-104) vs Uttar Pradesh 196-0 (Adarsh Singh 96*, Madhav Kaushik 90*)

Vidarbha 334-9 (Akshay Wadkar 100*) vs Madhya Pradesh 209 & 19-1

Group B

Punjab declared their first innings for a mammoth 592-9 in New Chandigarh, with Sanvir Singh converting his hundred into a double. Tripura managed 268 in their first innings in Agartala before bowling out Saurashtra for 118 and losing four wickets in a space of 15 deliveries themselves. Karnataka built on their advantage on the first day to finish the second with a 361-run lead. Chhattisgarh could add only five runs to their overnight score before losing all three remaining wickets, but they have Hyderabad nine down, and still have nine runs to play with to take the first-innings lead.

Brief Scores

Karnataka 496-5 (KV Aneesh 142*) vs Assam 135

Tripura 268 (Parth Bhut 5-65) & 54-4 vs Saurashtra 118 (Parvez Sultan 5-25)

Chhattisgarh 284 vs Hyderabad 275-9 (Rahul Radesh 72, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 5-84)

Punjab 592-9 dec (Sanvir Singh 205) vs Andhra 20-0

Group C

After 12 wickets fell on the opening day, the second day of the Bengal vs Maharashtra clash at Eden Gardens saw only 186 runs being scored for seven wickets. Meanwhile, Jharkhand ended the second day at 258-5 against Odisha after the majority of day one was lost due to rain. Three Delhi batters, including Priyansh Arya, slammed fifties to help them take the first-innings lead against Services. Resuming from an overnight score of 300-5, Gujarat went on to declare at 534-9, with CSK keeper Urvil Patel slamming a whirlwind double ton.

Brief Scores

Maharashtra 207-9 (Tanay Sanghavi 57*, Mohammed Shami 3-36) vs Bengal 143

Jharkhand 258-5 (Aditya Singh 94*, Anukul Roy 89) vs Odisha

Services 266 vs Delhi 299-6 (Sumit Mathur 80*)

Gujarat 534-9 dec (Urvil Patel 210*, Vishal Jayswal 50*) vs Kerala 74-3

Group D

Rajasthan have pulled the game back in Dharamsala after getting bowled out for 78 in the first innings, and now lead by 222 runs. Mumbai got to 396 against Railways, largely thanks to Shams Mulani’s 71 from No.8. Dega Nischal’s hundred has helped Uttarakhand take the first-innings lead in Dehradun. Pradosh Paul completed a Ranji double ton, while Sriram Ajith Ram slammed a hundred as well for Tamil Nadu, who declared at 571-7.

Brief Scores

Tamil Nadu 571-7 dec (Pradosh Paul 208, Sriram Ajith Ram 115*) vs Chandigarh 49-3 (Sai Kishore 2-14)

Rajasthan 78 & 297-4 (Rohan Rajbhar 140, Mahipal Lomror 97) vs Himachal Pradesh 153

Mumbai 396 (Shams Mulani 71, Himanshu Sangwan 4-88) vs Railways 116-2 (Mohammad Saif 29*)

Uttarakhand 296-7 (Dega Nischal 148*, Kanishk Chouhan 4-55) vs Haryana 153

Plate Group

Meghalaya, forced to field a different XI from the last game, were bowled out for 144, conceding the first-innings lead to Nagaland. Sikkim finished their first innings at 432 before having Manipur four down by the end of the second day. Chinmay Sutar scored yet another hundred for Mizoram, his third of the season in four matches, which includes a quadruple ton as well.

Brief Scores

Nagaland 254 & 73-3 (Rongsen Jonathan 39*, Swarajeet Das 2-12) vs Meghalaya 144 (Anil Gupta 4-50)

Sikkim 432 (Ashish Thapa 107, Parth Palawat 86) vs Manipur 126-4 (Jotin Pheiroijam 37*)

Mizoram 366-3 (Chinmay Sutar 135*) vs Arunachal Pradesh 285

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