Ranji Trophy 2023-24 Day 4 Scorecard: Gujarat beats Tamil Nadu by 111 runs, Hyderabad information innings victory in opposition to Nagaland

Ranji Trophy 2023-24: The first spherical of the Ranji Trophy this season has come to an finish with groups like Hyderabad and Mumbai recording big wins whereas Tamil Nadu started its season on a dropping observe as Gujarat and Karnataka started their marketing campaign on a profitable observe. Here’s a recap.

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Group-A:

At Rajkot: Jharkhand 142 & 306/3 (Kumar Suraj 113, Kumar Deobrat 91, Virat Singh 51) vs Saurashtra 578/4 decl. in 156 overs (Harvik Desai 85, Sheldon Jackson 54, Cheteshwar Pujara 243 n.o., Arpit Vasavada 68, Prerak Mankad 104 n.o.); Result: Match Drawn; Points: Jharkhand 3, Saurashtra 3

Ranji Trophy Round 1, Day 4 Highlights

At Solapur: Manipur 137 & 114 in 55.2 overs (Siddhesh Veer 4/10) vs Maharashtra 320; Result: Maharashtra gained by an innings and 69 runs; Points: Maharashtra 7, Manipur 0.

At Rohtak: Haryana 100/6 in 42 overs vs Rajasthan – Result: Match Drawn; Points: Haryana 3, Rajasthan 3

At Nagpur: Services 241 & 155 in 54.3 overs (Shubham Rohilla 52, Aditya Thakare 4/44) vs. Vidarbha 219 & 133/2 (Akshay Wadkar 59, Varun Choudhary 6/47, Sanjay Raghunath 84 not out); Result: Vidarbha gained by 7 wickets; Points: Vidarbha 6, Services 0

Group-B:

At Visakhapatnam: Bengal 409 & 82/1 (Sourav Paul 30, Shreyansh Ghosh 29) vs Andhra 445/10 in 165.4 Overs (Prasanth Kumar 41, Hanuma Vihari 51, Ricky Bhui 175). Result: Match Drawn; Points: Andhra 3, Bengal 1

Andhra wicketkeeper-batsman Ricky Bhui was the showstopper with the bat and notched a superb 175. Bhui’s knock helped his crew salvage a draw and pocket three factors in opposition to Bengal in Visakhapatnam.
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At Patna: Mumbai 251 vs Bihar 100 in 44.5 overs & 100 in 35.1 Overs (Mohit Avasthi 6/27) (Shivam Dube 4/10); Result: Mumbai gained by an innings and 51 Runs; Points: Mumbai 7, Bihar 0

At Raipur: Chhattisgarh 327 vs. Assam 159 in 95 overs (Denish Das 52, Sourabh Majumdar 6/41) & 254/10 in 53.2 overs (Riyan Parag 155); Result: Chhattisgarh gained by 10 wickets; Points: Chhattisgarh 6, Assam 0

Ranji Trophy 2023-24: Pacers wreak havoc as Gujarat thrashes Tamil Nadu by 111 runs

At Alappuzha: Uttar Pradesh 302 & 323/3 dec in 92.5 Overs (Aryan Juyal 115 batting, Samarth Singh 43, Priyam Garg 106) vs. Kerala 243 in 74 overs & 72/2 in 24 Overs (Vishnu Vinod 74, Ankit Rajpoot 5/64); Result: Match Drawn; Points: Kerala 3, Uttar Pradesh 3

Group-C:

At Hubli: Punjab 152 & 413 in 114.4 overs (Abhishek Sharma 91, Prabhsimran Singh 100) vs. Karnataka 514/8 dec in 140 overs & 52/3 in 17 Overs (Devdutt Padikkal 193, Manish Pandey 118, Srinivas Sharath 76); Result: Karnataka gained by 7 wickets; Points: Karnataka 6, Punjab 0

Karnataka batsman Devdutt Padikkal sparkled in whites within the opening spherical however narrowly missed a double century. However, his 193 helped Karnataka register a seven-wicket win over Punjab in Hubli.
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At Agartala: Tripura 484 & 151/5 decl. in 33.4 overs (Bikramkumar Das 45) vs. Goa 135 in 48.5 overs & 263 in 97.2 Overs (Ok Siddharth 151 not out, R Dutta 3/45); Result: Tripura gained by 237 runs; Points: Tripura 6, Goa 0

At Chandigarh: Chandigarh 96 in 38.3 Overs & 90/5 in 38 Overs (Ok Mahajan 43, H Sangwan 2/11) vs Railways 313/4 in 83 Overs (V Singh 114, M Saif 58); Result: Match Drawn; Points: Chandigarh 3, Railways 3

At Valsad: Gujarat 236 & 312 in 84 overs (Manan Hingrajia 52, Umang Kumar 89, Ripal Patel 81, Sai Kishore 4/83) vs. Tamil Nadu 250 & 187 in 81.2 Overs (Sai Kishore 48, A Nagwaswalla 4/34); Result: Gujarat gained by 111 runs; Points: Gujarat 6, Tamil Nadu 0

Group-D:

At Vadodara: Baroda 351 & 258/4 decl. in 61 overs (Shashwat Rawat 102, Vishnu Solanki 79) vs. Odisha 178 & 284 in 101.5 (Shantanu Mishra 78, Anurag Sarangi 56, M Pithiya 5/61); Result: Baroda gained by 147 runs; Points: Baroda 6, Odisha 0

At Delhi: Delhi 148 & 145 in 46.4 Overs vs. (A Mathew 5/39) vs Puducherry 244 in 63.3 overs & 51/1 (Paras Ratnaparkhe 60, Krishna Pandey 44, Hrithik Shokeen 4/46); Result: Pondicherry gained by 9 wickets; Points: Pondicherry 6, Delhi 0

Gaurav Yadav (R) picked up a seven-wicket haul, and Abin Mathew scalped 5 as Pondicherry hammered Delhi by 9 wickets on the Arun Jaitley Stadium. As the brand new season started, Delhi’s Ranji Trophy repute hit a brand new low below skipper Yash Dhull. 
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At Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir 100 vs. Himachal Pradesh 120/1 in 30 overs (Prashant Chopra 48 not out, Ankit Kalsi 40 not out); Result: Match Drawn; Points Table: Himachal Pradesh 3, Jammu and Kashmir 3

At Dehradun: Madhya Pradesh 323 & 243/3 decl. in 68 overs (Yash Dubey 59, Shubham Sharma 86, Venkatesh Iyer 53 n.o.) vs. Uttarakhand 192 in 81.5 overs & 266/8 in 95 overs (Ok Chandela 50, P Khanduri 62); Result: Match Drawn; Points Table: Madhya Pradesh 3, Uttarakhand 3

Plate:

At Nagaland: Hyderabad 474/5 dec in 76.4 Overs ( G Rahul Singh 214, Tilak Varma 100) vs Nagaland 153 in 51.3 Overs & 127 in 34.5 Overs (S Kumar 62, CV Milind 4/21); Result: Hyderabad gained by an innings and 194 runs; Points: Hyderabad: 7, Nagaland 0

At Nadiad: Sikkim 442/9 decl. vs. Mizoram 214 in 68.5 overs & 397 in 87.4 Overs (M Jangra 126, A Chopra 92, S Singh 4/111); Result: Sikkim gained by 4 wickets; Points: Sikkim 6, Mizoram 0

At Ahmedabad: Arunachal Pradesh 94 & 238 in 84.5 overs (Siddharth Balodi 43, Techi Neri 46, Dippu Sangma 5/54) vs Meghalaya 504/9 decl.; Result: Meghalaya gained by an innings and 172 runs; Points: Meghalaya 7, Arunachal 0.