In Group A fixtures, Chandigarh stunned Baroda in a low-scoring thriller, chasing down 149 runs with one ball to spare. Krunal Pandya delivered a brilliant spell for Baroda, conceding only seven runs for two wickets in his four overs. He also scored 40*.

The other three matches were fairly one-sided, as Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Karnataka won their respective encounters against Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh and Bengal, respectively.

Chandigarh 149-7 in 19.5 overs (Shivam Bhambri 45, Krunal Pandya 2-7) beat Baroda 148-6 in 20 overs (Shivalik Sharma 45, Bhagmender Lather 2-27)

Jharkhand 81-4 in 8.3 overs (Utkarsh Singh 45) beat Mizoram 76 all out in 19.2 overs (Pratyush Kumar 3-13, Harsh Raj 3-16)

Rajasthan 172-4 in 15.4 overs (Abhijeet Tomar 63) beat Uttar Pradesh 171-6 in 20 overs (Sameer Rizvi 74*)

Karnataka 184 all out in 20 overs (Karun Nair 53, Sayan Ghosh 4-28) beat Bengal 165-9 (Sudip Kumar Gharami 65, Abhilash Shetty 4-26)

In Group B, Delhi amassed a mammoth 243 against Jammu & Kashmir to start their campaign with a 103-run win. Mayank Yadav starred with his maiden five-wicket haul.

’s captaincy career in T20 cricket started with a loss as Bihar went down to Saurashtra by five wickets while Punjab gunned down 191 runs against Haryana. Tamil Nadu defended 172 runs against Railways to win by six runs.

Punjab 193-6 in 19.1 overs (Vihaan Malhotra 86, Uday Saharan 42*) beat Haryana 190-6 in 20 overs (Dinesh Bana 42, Harpreet Brar 2-34)

Saurashtra 138-5 in 16.3 overs (Harvansh Pangalia 33) beat Bihar 137-9 in 20 overs (Prithvi Raj 38, Prerak Mankad 3-20)

Tamil Nadu 172-7 in 20 overs (Shahrukh Khan 46*, Pradhyumn Parikh 2-29) beat Railways 166-9 in 20 overs (Toufik Uddin Mandal 57, Zubair Ali Khan 46)

Delhi 243-6 in 20 overs (Himmat Singh 63*, Priyansh Arya 58) beat Jammu & Kashmir 140 all out in 19.2 overs (Yawer Hassan 70, Mayank Yadav 5-14)

In Group C, Puducherry and Maharashtra played out a high-scoring game, with the former team scoring 204 runs batting first. In response, Maharashtra fell short by 15 runs despite Sahil Parakh’s brilliant half-century. Andhra, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh registered wins over Tripura, Assam and Kerala in the other three games.

Puducherry 204-9 in 20 overs (Bhanu Anand 46, Parameeswaran Sivaraman 46, Vicky Ostwal 2-23) beat Maharashtra 189-5 in 20 overs (Sahil Parakh 57, Badal Rawat 3-12)

Andhra 141-9 in 20 overs (SDNV Prasad 50*, Viki Saha 3-23) beat Tripura 98 all out in 17.2 overs (KV Sasikanth 3-12, Cheepurapalli Stephen 3-29)

Himachal Pradesh 176-6 in 20 overs (Mridul Surroch 52) beat Assam 119-6 in 15 overs (Saahil Jain 37*) by the VJD method

Madhya Pradesh 142-5 in 18.4 overs (Akshat Raghuwanshi 45, Karthik Nair 2-23) beat Kerala 138-6 in 20 overs (Salman Nizar 69, Tripuresh Singh 3-28)

was the star for Mumbai as he slammed an unbeaten 60 at a strike rate of 285.71. Thanks to his knock, Mumbai chased down 173 runs in just 13.1 overs to begin their campaign on a high. Gujarat smashed 250 runs in 20 overs on the back of Khilan Patel’s 84 off 29. However, Odisha also fought valiantly but could only reach 229 and lost by 21 runs. In the other two games, Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh defeated Goa and Uttarakhand respectively.

Mumbai 174-3 in 13.1 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 60*, Musheer Khan 51) beat Hyderabad 172 all out in 20 overs (Maxwell Swaminathan 3-23)

Gujarat 250-9 in 20 overs (Khilan Patel 84, Urvil Patel 62) beat Odisha 229-8 in 20 overs (Subhranshu Senapati 89, Arzan Nagwaswalla 4-50)

Vidarbha 150-3 in 17.3 overs (Ravikumar Samarth 53, Atharva Taide 52) beat Goa 146-9 in 20 overs (Deepraj Gaonkar 39, Saurabh Dubey 4-30)

Chhattisgarh 202-5 in 18.3 overs (Ajay Jadav Mandal 66, Vikalp Tiwari 50) beat Uttarakhand 197-6 in 20 overs (Avneesh Sudha 48*)

In the Plate Group, all three matches turned out to be pretty one-sided, with Meghalaya beating Nagaland and Manipur getting the better of Arunachal Pradesh. In the final game of the day, Services chased down 167 runs with eight balls and six wickets in hand to beat Sikkim.

Meghalaya 165-6 in 20 overs (Jiwanjot Singh 45, Anil Gupta 2-37) beat Nagaland 147-4 in 20 overs (Rongsen Jonathan 60*, Akshay Karnewar 2-27)

Manipur 167-9 in 20 overs (Ulenyai Khwairakpam 72, Darag Bagra 3-21) beat Arunachal Pradesh 106-9 in 20 overs (Salil Malhotra 53, Sultan Karim 4-14, L Kishan Singha 3-13)

Services 168-4 in 18.4 overs (Suraj Vashisht 67) beat Sikkim 167-7 in 20 overs (Gurinder Singh 42)

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