Ranji Roundup: Centuries, Collapses & Comebacks on Opening Matches

Ranji Roundup: Centuries, Collapses & Comebacks on Opening Matches

Madhya Pradesh skipper Rajat Patidar played a captain’s knock, scoring an unbeaten 107 to help his team take a 73-run lead over Punjab. MP still have four wickets in hand as the match heads into Day 3 in Indore.

Delhi’s Sanat Sangwan (211) and Ayush Doseja (209) both hit double centuries, turning their overnight partnership into a massive 319-run stand. Delhi declared at 529/4 against Hyderabad, taking early control of the match.

In Goa, Abhinav Tejrana (205) and Lalit Yadav (213) also smashed double tons, helping the home team post a huge first-innings score of 566.

Deepak Hooda scored a gritty unbeaten 101 to lead Rajasthan’s reply after Chhattisgarh posted 332. Coming in early at 26/2, Hooda built key partnerships with Abhijeet Tomar and Kartik Sharma to take Rajasthan past 200 by stumps.

Ishan Kishan converted his overnight century into 173, guiding Jharkhand to 419. He shared a 214-run stand with Sahil Raj, who made a patient 77 at No. 8.

Vidarbha’s Aman Mokhade also missed a double hundred, falling for 183 early on Day 2. Still, lower-order runs took Vidarbha to a solid 463.

J&K captain Paras Dogra scored an unbeaten 112 to rescue his team from 32/3, ending the day at 273/7. Shams Mulani missed a century by just nine runs.

Shaik Rasheed completed his hundred for Andhra, scoring 136 off 284 balls to take the team to 470.

Parth Vats was the lone bright spot for Haryana, scoring a century at No. 7 to push the team’s lead to 244 despite another poor batting show against Railways.

Sudip Chatterjee (98) and Sumanta Gupta helped Bengal take a 61-run lead over Uttarakhand, with four wickets still in hand.

Services wicketkeeper missed his hundred by just four runs, but his partnership with Pulkit Narang (69) lifted the team from 246/6 to 359.

Gujarat openers Abhishek Desai (80*) and Aarya Desai (79*) put together an unbeaten 166-run stand in reply to Assam’s 310.

Chirag Jani scored 90 off 148 to give Saurashtra a good start against Karnataka’s 372. But a late collapse of 4 wickets for 31 runs left them at 200/4 by stumps.

Vipraj Nigam took 4 for 136 for Uttar Pradesh, helping slow down Andhra’s scoring after a strong start.

Vishu Kashyap had a standout day for Chandigarh, picking up 7 for 173 against Goa after a tough couple of days in the field.

Himanshu Sangwan (4 for 31) and Kunal Yadav (3 for 52) helped Railways reduce Haryana to 201/9 in their second innings. Earlier, Sumit Kumar completed a brilliant fifer with figures of 5 for 16 in just 10 overs.

Devendra Singh Bora was the standout for Uttarakhand, taking all of Bengal’s top four wickets, even though his team couldn’t stop Bengal from taking the lead.

Swapnil Singh added two more wickets to his Day 1 tally, finishing with 5 for 104 against Services.