Group A

The Group A of the Ranji Trophy saw two outright victories on day three, with Vidarbha beating Madhya Pradesh by an innings and 20 runs, and Goa hammering Bihar by an innings and 177 runs. Vidarbha’s Harsh Dubey, who took a nine-wicket haul in the first innings, took 5-37 in the second with Parth Rekhade taking 5-14. Goa, who enforced a follow-on against Bihar, bowled them out for 113 in the second innings with Lalit Yadav taking 5 for 24.

Adarsh Singh (162) and Madhav Kaushik (137) added a 309-run stand for the opening wicket before losing their way to 455-8, although they gained a 100-run lead. Jammu & Kashmir piled on 491-5 on the back of Qamran Iqbal’s 160 and Shubham Khajuria’s 190. The pair added a 344-run opening partnership to gain a lead of 106 runs.

Brief Scores

Goa 397 (Snehal Kauthankar 178*) beat Bihar 107 (Vasuki Koushik 3-12) & 113 f/o (Lalit Yadav 5-23)
Pondicherry 385 (Sunil Kumar 6-98) vs Jammu & Kashmir 491-5 (Shubham Khajuria 190, Qamran Iqbal 160)
Baroda 355 (Kartik Yadav 5-104) vs Uttar Pradesh 455-8 (Adarsh Singh 162, Madhav Kaushik 137, Mahesh Pithiya 5-112)
Vidarbha 334-9 (Akshay Wadkar 100*) beat Madhya Pradesh 209 & 105 (Parth Rekhade 5-14, Harsh Dubey 5-37)

Group B

From Group B, Karnataka demolished Assam by an innings and 314 runs. After posting 577-6, they skittled out their opponents for 128 with Shreyas Gopal picking up 4-39. Meanwhile, Tripura are just three wickets away from victory, reducing Saurashtra to 131-7 with Sandip Sarkar bagging four.

Andhra responded well to Punjab’s 592-9, reaching 240-2 at the end of day three with Shaik Rasheed unbeaten on 110. Hyderabad are 13-2 heading into the final day, needing 246 runs more to win.

Brief Scores

Karnataka 577-6 dec (KV Aneesh 145) beat Assam 135 & 128 (Shreyas Gopal 4-39)
Tripura 268 (Parth Bhut 5-65) & 191 vs Saurashtra 118 (Parvez Sultan 5-25) & 131-7 (Sandip Sarkar 4-55)
Chhattisgarh 284 & 254 (Mayank Verma 81) vs Hyderabad 280 & 13-2
Punjab 592-9 dec (Sanvir Singh 205) vs Andhra 240-2 (Shaik Rasheed 110*, Kirdant Karan Shinde 73*)

Group C

Mohammed Shami took 4-37 in the first innings to help Bengal bowl out Maharashtra for 218 but Bengal find themselves in a tough spot with a one-run lead and only six wickets in hand. Centuries from Aditya Chandresh Singh and Robin Minz lifted Jharkhand to 433-8 after they were 78-4 at one point.

After conceding a 78-run lead in the first innings, Services reached 280-5 in the second with Mohit Ahlawat smashing 142. Gujarat dismantled Kerala for 279 in the first innings and enforced a follow-on. Arzan Nagwaswalla was the pick of the bowlers with 4-59.

Brief Scores

Maharashtra 218 (Tanay Sanghavi 60, Mohammed Shami 4-37) vs Bengal 143 & 76-4
Jharkhand 433-8 (Aditya Singh 104, Robin Minz 100, Anukul Roy 89) vs Odisha 23-0
Services 266 & 280-5 (Mohit Ahlawat 142) vs Delhi 344 (Sumit Mathur 99, Jayant Goyat 5-65)
Gujarat 534-9 dec (Urvil Patel 210*, Vishal Jayswal 50*) vs Kerala 279 (Vishnu Vinod 66, Arzan Nagwaswalla 4-59) & 41-1 f/o

Group D

Uttarakhand defeated Haryana by 10 wickets in Group D on the back of Dega Nischal’s 153 in the first innings and Jagadeesha Suchith’s 4-50 in the second. After piling on 571-7, Tamil Nadu bowled out Chandigarh for 94, and reduced them to 189-7 in the second innings, with Ajith Ram taking 4-32.

Rajasthan piled on 521-8 after being bowled out for 78 in the first innings, and reduced Himachal Pradesh to 83-4. Tanush Kotian was one of the standout performers on day three, snaring 7-45 to help Mumbai take first innings lead of 137.

Brief Scores

Tamil Nadu 571-7 dec (Pradosh Paul 208, Sriram Ajith Ram 115*) vs Chandigarh 94 (Sonu Yadav 4-18) & 189-7 (Ajith Ram 4-32)
Rajasthan 78 & 521-8 dec (Rohan Rajbhar 140, Mahipal Lomror 97) vs Himachal Pradesh 153 & 83-4
Mumbai 396 (Shams Mulani 71, Himanshu Sangwan 4-88) & 174-4 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 79) vs Railways 259 (Tanush Kotian 7-45)
Uttarakhand 305 (Dega Nischal 153, Nishant Sindhu 5-89) & 9-0 beat Haryana 153 & 159 (Jagadeesha Suchith 4-50)

Plate Group

Meghalaya bowled out Nagaland for 184 in the second innings but will need to chase down 295 on the final day. Satyajeet Bachhav picked up 6-50 to hand Sikkim a healthy first innings lead. Chinmay Sutar ended his innings in 175 to power Mizoram to 571-9 in the first innings.

Brief Scores

Nagaland 254 & 184 (Dippu Sangma 3-17, Swarajeet Das 3-36) vs Meghalaya 144 (Anil Gupta 4-50)
Sikkim 432 & 81-0 vs Manipur 289 (Jotin Pheiroijam 137, Satyajeet Bachhav 6-50)
Mizoram 571-9 dec (Chinmay Sutar 135*) vs Arunachal Pradesh 285 & 86-1.

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