Group A

Abdul Samad played a heroic 143-run knock in the second innings to help the defending champions Jammu & Kashmir eke out a draw against Baroda. Puducherry held Uttar Pradesh for a thrilling draw as they finished the day at 211-8 in their second innings.

The other two matches of the group yielded outright results with Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha winning against Bihar and Goa respectively.

Brief Scores

Jammu & Kashmir 303 & 316-6 (Abdul Samad 143) drew vs Baroda 616 (Priyanshu Moliya 321, Mahesh Pithiya 102)

Madhya Pradesh 407-8d (Saksham Purohit 132, Rajat Patidar 109) beat Bihar 99 (Mangal Mahrour 42, Saransh Jain 7-40) & 134 (Saransh Jain 6-49)

Uttar Pradesh 333 (Karan Sharma 167, Sagar Udeshi 4-62) drew vs Puducherry 172 & 211-8 (Kartik Yadav 6-42)

Vidarbha 442-8 (Dhruv Shorey 168) beat Goa 220 (Yash Kasvankar 63*, Darshan Misal 51, Nachiket Bhute 5-48) & 195 (Manthan Khutkar 70, Harsh Dubey 4-38)

Group B

Three matches of Group B yielded outright results as Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Saurashtra won their respective matches against Andhra, Tripura and Assam. Shreyas Gopal was the star for Karnataka, picking up a five-for in the second innings while Parth Bhut accounted for an eight-wicket haul against Assam. Meanwhile, the match between Hyderabad and Punjab ended in a tame draw

Brief Scores

Chhattisgarh 231 & 182-5 beat Andhra 231 (SV Rahul 89, Jayant Yadav 4-75) & 184-3d (Ricky Bhui 72*)

Hyderabad 380 (Abhirath Reddy 97, Rahul Radesh 86) drew vs Punjab 431 (Salil Arora 151, Chama Milind 4-79) & 240-6d

Karnataka 490-9d (Aneeshwar Gautam 100) beat Tripura 194 (Bikramkumar Das 51, Shikhar Shetty 5-54) & 180 (Shreyas Gopal 5-36)

Saurashtra 387 (Hetvik Kotak 80) beat Assam 281 (Denish Das 90, Sibsankar Roy 100, Jaydev Unadkat 3-50) & 94 (Parth Bhut 8-17)

Group C

Group C witnessed only one outright result in this round of Ranji Trophy as Bengal rode on a 10-wicket match haul to beat Kerala. Jharkhand vs Delhi and Services vs Odisha matches were affected due to rain, while Maharashtra earned points based on the first-innings lead against Gujarat.

Brief Scores

Jharkhand 131-4 (Utkarsh Singh 53*) drew vs Delhi 515-5d (Ayush Badoni 210*, Sumit Mathur 150*)

Services 40-0 drew vs Odisha 194 (Swastik Samal 39, Pulkit Narang 6-47)

Bengal 350 (Shahbaz Ahmed 121, Aditya Sarvate 4-95) & 198 beat Kerala 141 (Vishnu Vinod 41, Pradipta Pramanik 4-44)) & 120 (Pradipta Pramanik 6-51)

Maharashtra 330 & 141-4 drew vs Gujarat 223 & 446-5d (Aarya Desai 151, Jaymeet Patel 119*)

Group D

Tanush Kotian picked up a staggering eight-wicket haul as Mumbai defeated Haryana by 10 wickets in a Group D fixture while Tamil Nadu thumped Railways by five wickets. Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh played out a high-scoring draw while Rajasthan earned crucial points based on the first-innings lead against Uttarakhand.

Brief Scores

Himachal Pradesh 559-6 (Akash Vashisht 126*, Innesh Mahajan 121) drew vs Chandigarh 685-5d (Nehal Pajni 222, Arjun Azad 147)

Mumbai 430 & 97-0 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 67*) beat Haryana 270 & 256 (Tanush Kotian 8-81)

Tamil Nadu 165 & 130-5 beat Railways 184 & 108 (Sai Kishore 4-39)

Rajasthan 272 (Kartik Sharma 73, Devendra Bora 6-72) & 290-5d (Karan Lamba 100*) drew vs Uttarakhand 194 (Kookna Ajay Singh 5-66) & 38-0

Plate Group

In the Plate Group, Manipur defeated Arunachal Pradesh despite Techi Doria and Salil Malhotra smashing tons for the latter side in the second innings. Manipur stumbled in the tricky run chase but they eventually got over the line with four wickets in hand. Nagaland earned points based on the first-innings lead of three runs against Sikkim, while Mizoram and Meghalaya were involved in a high-scoring draw.

Brief Scores

Nagaland 187 (Joshua Ozukum 59) & 117-5 drew vs Sikkim 184 (Leeyong Lepcha 43, Imliwati Lemtur 5-40) & 208 (Chetan Bist 97)

Manipur 364 (Jotin Pheiroijam 166, Likha Sonia 4-56) & 180-6 beat Arunachal Pradesh 111 (Ajay Singh 4-27) & 431 (Techi Doria 160, Salil Malhotra 135)

Mizoram 430 (Chinmay Sutar 125) drew vs Meghalaya 562 (Ajay Duhan 239, Kishan Lyngdoh 198) & 60-2