Best Batting Performances

Chinmay Sutar became just the second batter in Ranji Trophy history to post a quadruple century, with 400 of Mizoram’s 581 against Nagaland coming off his bat. Sutar was on 231 when the ninth wicket fell, going on to scale a remarkable milestone, while sharing an unbroken 199-run tenth wicket stand with Lalrempuia Chhakchhuak.

Ayush Badoni’s stellar 217 off 246 balls set up a declaration for Delhi, who amassed 648 against Gujarat. Sumit Mathur and Anuj Rawat chipped in with valuable half-centuries.

Karan Lamba and Sachin Yadav fell for identical scores of 194, sharing a partnership of 338 for the third wicket before Rajasthan collapsed to 497 against Railways.

Sarfaraz Khan’s 18th first-class hundred drove Mumbai’s lead to 258 against Himachal Pradesh. Musheer Khan, Akash Anand and Siddhesh Lad made half-centuries - the latter falling in the eighties again.

Nishant Sindhu’s 92 and Yashvardhan Dalal’s 95 gave Haryana a 142-run lead over Chandigarh, before the hosts sealed an innings win in Rohtak.

Salil Arora struck his second consecutive hundred while Uday Saharan was dismissed for 161, as the duo headlined Punjab’s score of 456 against Chhattisgarh.

Ravikumar Samarth’s 143 not only bailed Vidarbha out of strife, but also took them into the lead against Jammu and Kashmir. Rajneesh Gurbani, batting at No.9, scored a crucial 64*.

Pradosh Ranjan Paul’s 136 helped Tamil Nadu march into the lead against Uttarakhand in Chennai. Baba Indrajith complemented him with a defiant 77.

Digvijay Patil’s 148 was backed up by another Ankit Bawne ton as Maharashtra extended their lead over Jharkhand to 234 by Stumps.

Rajat Patidar struck 13 fours in his unbeaten 107 as Madhya Pradesh surged into the lead against Puducherry. Chanchal Rathore and Shubham Sharma too played their part with fifties.

Manvanth Kumar completed his maiden first-class hundred, piling further frustration on Saurashtra on the second morning as Karnataka posted 342. Harvik Desai responded with a rapid 77 for the visitors.

Sikkim’s Parth Palawat and Nilesh Lamichaney hit hundreds to further put Arunachal Pradesh under the cosh in Nadiad.

Priyanshu Moliya’s 132 was backed up by fifties from Mahesh Pithiya and Deepak Hooda, securing a massive 250-run lead for Baroda over Bihar.

Mohammed Azharuddeen remained unbeaten on 139 in Kerala’s first-innings total of 404 against Odisha. He managed a partnership of 99 with Aditya Sarvate, who scored a fifty.

Karnajit Yumnam’s patient unbeaten 93 saw Manipur respond strongly to Meghalaya’s total of 380.

Best Bowling Performances

Nishant Sindhu wrapped up an innings and 24-run win for Haryana with returns of 6 for 27, as Chandigarh were dismantled for 118. Nishunk Birla’s 5 for 63 earlier in the day went in vain.

Dharmendrasinh Jadeja bowled nearly 56 overs and was rewarded with seven wickets, even as the rest of the Chhattisgarh attack didn’t have much to show against Punjab. Harpreet Brar then snared a five-wicket haul that reduced Chhattisgarh to 45 for 5.

Zeeshan Ansari ran through Goa with a five-fer, handing Uttar Pradesh a pivotal 38-run lead in Kanpur.

Tanay Thyagarajan continued his excellent start to the season with a five-fer that gave Hyderabad a 91-run lead over Andhra.

After Shahbaz Ahmed and Aamir Gani bagged four apiece to help Bengal bundle Services out for 122, left-arm spinner Rahul Singh took five as the visitors crashed to 146 in their second dig.

Offspinner Avneesh Sudha returned 4 for 34 from 20 overs as Uttarakhand triggered a Tamil Nadu collapse of 6 for 31. Mayank Mishra took five wickets of his own.

Nachiket Bhute rocked the Jammu and Kashmir top-order to reduce them to 7 for 4, handing Vidarbha the edge in Srinagar. Earlier in the day, Umar Nazir and Sunil Kumar bagged four-fers for the hosts.

Mukhtar Hussain’s 3 for 23 led a clinical bowling effort from Assam, who shot Tripura out for 62 and enforced the follow-on.

Pheiroijam Jotin’s 29-over toil saw him come away with a five-fer for Manipur against Meghalaya.