Three out of four matches had an outright result in Ranji Trophy Elite Group A, with Uttar Pradesh, Baroda and Vidarbha beating Bihar, Goa and Puducherry respectively. It was a tough start for the defending champions Jammu and Kashmir, who held on to a thrilling draw against Madhya Pradesh. Chasing 326, J&K collapsed to 12-5 on the final day, but their lower-order managed to hold on to a draw as they finished on 78-7.

Brief scores

Uttar Pradesh 540 beat Bihar 141 & 132 (Zeeshan Ansari 4-40)

Baroda 472-8d beat Goa 199 & 138 (Bhargav Bhatt 5-32, Mahesh Pithiya 4-66)

Vidarbha 428 & 175-3d beat Puducherry 313 & 130 (Harsh Dubey 4-29)

Madhya Pradesh 196 & 249-6d drew with Jammu & Kashmir 120 & 78-7

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Only one out of four matches yielded a result in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B as Hyderabad defeated Tripura by an innings and 40 runs. The other three witnessed high-scoring draws as Punjab, Saurashtra and Andhra earned points based on the first-innings lead. Among these, Karnataka managed to eke out a draw against Andhra, thanks to a stunning effort from ’s unbeaten 155 in the second innings.

Brief scores

Hyderabad 294 beat Tripura 134 & 120 (Tanay Thyagarajan 6-52)

Assam 373 & 157-6 drew with Punjab 478-6d

Saurashtra 392 & 229-1d (Chirag Jani 127*) drew with Chhattisgarh 312 (Ravindra Jadeja 3-40)

Karnataka 274 & 337-9d (Karun Nair 155*) drew with Andhra 418 & 104-4

In Group C, Bengal, Maharashtra and Gujarat emerged defeated Delhi, Services and Odisha respectively. Jharkhand, on the other hand, had to contend with a draw after posting 587 in the first innings against Kerala.

Brief scores:

Jharkhand 587 drew with Kerala 395 & 62-2

Bengal 429 (Abishek Porel 149) & 89-1 beat Delhi 240 & 277 (Pradipta Pramanik 3-72)

Maharashtra 333 & 141 (Arjun Sharma 5-58) beat Services 227 & 120 (Vicky Ostwal 5-50)

Gujarat 439 & 47-0 beat Odisha 324 & 161 (Siddharth Desai 5-36)

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Mumbai stamped their authority on Chandigarh to start their campaign on a high with an innings and a 155-run win. Haryana, stuttering in a modest 71-run chase on the third day but eventually sealed a seven-wicket win over Himachal Pradesh. The other two games – Rajasthan vs Tamil Nadu and Railways vs Uttarakhand – ended in high-scoring draws.

Brief scores:

Mumbai 429 defeated Chandigarh 78 & 196 (Shams Mulani 3-69, Tanush Kotian 3-30)

Rajasthan 363 & 192-6d drew with Tamil Nadu 274 & 73-0

Railways 278 & 272-4 (Vivek Singh 58) drew with Uttarakhand 470 (Saurabh Rawat 107)

Himachal Pradesh 253 & 113 lost to Haryana 296 & 74-3

Gurinder Singh shone for Sikkim on the final day as their clash against Meghalaya ended in a tame draw. Manipur recovered from 52-5 to chase 228 on the final day on the back of Pheiroijam Jotin’s 105 not out.

Sikkim 245 & 291-7 (Gurinder Singh 100*) drew with Meghalaya 395 (Jaskirat Singh 127).

Manipur 251 & 228-7 (Pheiroijam Jotin 105*) beat Mizoram 183 & 295.

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