Group A

Harsh Dubey created history, picking up a nine-wicket haul against Madhya Pradesh. Snehal Kauthankar slammed a brilliant unbeaten 116, making sure Goa finished the first day against Bihar on top. Dhruv Patel scored 124 runs for Baroda against Uttar Pradesh, while the Pondicherry batters kept the defending champions Jammu & Kashmir bowlers at bay to finish on 261-6.

Brief Scores

Goa 288-6 (Snehal Kauthankar 116*) vs Bihar

Pondicherry 261-6 (Mohit Kale 73, Neyan Kangayan 70) vs Jammu & Kashmir

Baroda 269-6 (Dhruv Patel 124, Karan Sharma 3-39) vs Uttar Pradesh

Vidarbha 56-4 (Kumar Kartikeya 3-23) vs Madhya Pradesh 209 (Atharva Mahajan 85, Harsh Dubey 9-53)

Group B

Karnataka are already on top in the Group B clash after skittling Assam for just 135 runs on the back of five-wicket hauls from Ritesh Bhatkal and Shikhar Shetty. In response, they finished the day on 180-2, with a lead of 45 runs. In the other three matches, teams batted well on the opening day, with Tripura, Chhattisgarh and Punjab putting up a decent show with the bat.

Punjab recovered from a precarious position of 71-5 to finish on 276-5 with Salil Arora and Sanvir Singh smashing timely tons.

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Brief Scores

Karnataka 180-2 (Rohan Patil 89) vs Assam 135 (Ritesh Bhatkal 5-35, Shikhar Shetty 5-53)

Tripura 219-7 (Sridam Paul 86, Parth Bhut 3-52) vs Saurashtra

Chhattisgarh 279-7 (Anuj Tiwary 72, Vikalp Tiwari 69) vs Hyderabad

Punjab 276-5 (Salil Arora 111*, Sanvir Singh 100*) vs Andhra

Group C

The clash between Bengal and Maharashtra is interestingly poised, with 12 wickets falling on the opening day. After skittling Bengal for just 143 runs, Maharashtra also lost two wickets for just 21 runs, with Mohammed Shami picking up both.

Gujarat dominated the proceedings against Kerala as three of their batters scored half-centuries. Only 25 overs of play was possible as Jharkhand were reduced to 37-3 by the Odisha bowlers. Meanwhile, Services were bundled out for 266 runs as their captain Rajat Paliwal slammed an unbeaten century.

Brief Scores

Maharashtra 21-2 (Mohammed Shami 2-6) vs Bengal 143 (Abishek Porel 54, Tanay Sanghvi 3-30)

Jharkhand 37-3 (Rajesh Mohanty 2-15) vs Odisha

Services 266 (Rajat Paliwal 111*, Aman Chaudhary 4-79) vs Delhi

Gujarat 300-5 (Aarya Desai 95, Urvil Patel 63*, Vishal Jayswal 50*) vs Kerala

Group D

Mayank Mishra ran through the Haryana line-up, picking up a six-for and skittling them for just 153 runs. Mumbai batters Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Sarfaraz Khan smashed half-centuries as they stumbled to 247-6 against Railways. Tamil Nadu made the most of the batting conditions against Chandigarh as Pradosh Paul remained unbeaten on 138.

As many as 20 wickets fell in the game between Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. Rajasthan were first bundled out for just 78 runs before they skittled Himachal to 153 runs. In their second essay, Rajasthan finished on 8-0 at the end of day 1.

Brief Scores

Tamil Nadu 320-4 (Pradosh Paul 138*) vs Chandigarh

Rajasthan 78 (Abhishek Kumar 5-14) & 8-0 vs Himachal Pradesh 153 (Ankush Bains 56, Sahil Diwan 5-50)

Mumbai 247-6 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 78, Sarfaraz Khan 55) vs Railways

Uttarakhand 59-0 vs Haryana 153 (Mayank Mishra 6-57)

Plate Group

Salil Malhotra starred yet again for Arunachal Pradesh, smashing 146 runs. On the back of his ton, they posted 285 runs before getting bundled out. Sikkim also finished the day on top, scoring 301-5 against Manipur, with Ashish Thapa slamming a brilliant century.

Meanwhile, Nagaland batters couldn’t convert their starts into a big knock to hand over the ascendancy to Meghalaya after the opening day.

Brief Scores

Nagaland 244-8 (Rongsen Jonathan 69, Nagaho Chishi 68, Manish Sharma 4-64) vs Meghalaya

Sikkim 301-5 (Ashish Thapa 107, Parth Palawat 86) vs Manipur

Mizoram 35-0 vs Arunachal Pradesh 285 (Salil Malhotra 146, Kuldip Yadav 4-44)