Ranji Trophy 2018-19, Round 4, Day 1: Round up

The fourth round of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season kicked off today as some of the top teams clashed against each other to produce some enthralling cricket. Karnataka skittled Maharashtra for a paltry total of 113 runs in the first innings thanks to a four-wicket haul from Jagadeesha Suchith and the pacers also sharing the remaining six wickets. In reply, they ended the day losing three wickets for 70 runs. Dega Nischal has held the fort for them and they would love to take a big lead on the second day now.

In another major face-off, Mumbai locked horns against Gujarat at the Wankhede Stadium and the sparse crowd was treated with a scintillating innings from Shivam Dubey. The hosts lost a plethora of wickets in the first innings to go into the lunch five down. But then Dubey changed the course of the game with his aggressive batting and stitched crucial partnerships with the tail-enders.

In the process, he also slammed a century and eventually went on to score 110 runs with eight fours and six massive maximums. Some valuable runs were added by the the skipper Dhawal Kulkarni and Dhrumil Matkar as well. In the end, Mumbai were bundled out for 287 runs which was a decent total given they were 74/5 at one stage.

Delhi bundled out for 107

Delhi suffered a huge setback as they were skittled for 107 runs in the first innings by Punjab bowlers. Siddarth Kaul scalped four wickets and then Punjab ended the day with a lead of 29 runs over the opponent with still seven wickets in hand. Mandeep Singh is batting on 54 while the veteran Yuvraj Singh has struggled his way to 16 off 47 deliveries. He got off the mark off his 29th delivery after finding it tough to connect the ball for the first 28 balls.

Brief Scores – Day 1, Round 4

Group A

Chhattisgarh vs Vidarbha

Chhattisgarh 188/6 after 82 overs (H Singh 63, M Singh 41*; A Thakare 3/41, L Yadav 2/49)

Karnataka vs Maharashtra

Maharashtra 113 after 39.4 overs (R Gaikwad 39; J Suchith 4/26)

Karnataka 70/3 after 40 overs (D Nischal 32*; R Tripathi 1/7)

Mumbai vs Gujarat

Mumbai 287 after 80.3 overs (S Dubey 110; A Nagwaswalla 5/78)

Saurashtra vs Baroda

Saurashtra  266/6 after 85 overs (A Vasavada 120, P Mankad 85; A Sheth 2/44)

Group B

Delhi vs Punjab

Delhi 107 after 42.5 overs (K Bidhuri 27; S Kaul 6/32)

Punjab 136/3 after 45 overs (M Singh 54*; V Mishra 2/27)

Hyderabad vs Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh 231/4 after 90 overs (P Chopra 110, P Khaduri 59; R Kiran 1/33)

Kerala vs Madhya Pradesh

Kerala 63 after 35 overs (A Chandran 16*; A Khan 4/8)

Madhya Pradesh 161/2 after 53 overs (R Patidar 70*; S Warrier 1/14)

Tamil Nadu vs Bengal

Tamil Nadu 218/7 after 90 overs (B Aparajith 81*; I Porel 3/29)

Group C

Assam vs Haryana

Assam 215/6 after 90 overs (G Sharma 51*; J Yadav 2/37)

Odisha vs Tripura

Tripura 122 after 43 overs (P Singh 43; S Pradhan 7/40)

Odisha 101/3 after 33 overs (S Senapati 36*; M Murasingh 2/9)

Goa vs Jharkhand

Goa 237/2 after 90 overs (A Verma 131*, S Amonkar 84*; A Yadav 1/42)

Services vs Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir 95 after 31.5 overs (S Khajuria 44; A Bamal 5/13, D Pathania 4/30)

Services 131/3 after 53 overs (A Gupta 59, N Singh 58; P Rasool 3/35)

Uttar Pradesh vs Rajasthan

Rajasthan 221/5 after 84 overs (A Gautam 93; A Rajpoor 4/31)

Plate Group

Arunachal Pradesh vs Uttarakhand

Arunachal Pradesh 105 after 46 overs (K Sharma 57; M Mishra 4/23)

Uttarakhand 176/3 after 47 overs (Kartik 99*; V Singh 59)

Bihar vs Sikkim

Bihar 288 after 90.5 overs (A Aman 89, V Mohan 72; I Chaudhary  5/78)

Manipur vs Meghalaya

Manipur 211 after 64.1 overs (P Singh 64; A Singhania 4/42)

Meghalaya 82/1 after 25 overs (R Biswa 47*; T Kishan 1/26)

Puducherry vs Mizoram

Mizoram 92 after 55.4 overs (M Lalremkima 25; P Singh 7/21)

Puducherry 163/3 after 33 overs (V Marimuthu 79*; S Khadir 1/32)

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