Ranji Trophy 2025/26 live score for Round 1: Live updates from every match today

Punjab are collapsing at the hands of the MP off-spinner, who has now picked up 3-10 from six overs. 

The left-arm quick from Rajasthan has dismissed both of Chhattisgarh's openers in his opening spell, bowling alongside Deepak Chahar.

Skipper Bawane falls for a duck - the fourth in the innings. Their score now reads 5-0 in 3.2 overs with no runs scored off the bat!

Against Uttarakhand, Mohammed Shami and Akash Deep opened the bowling for Bengal, bowling nine overs in tandem at the Eden Gardens. No wickets to show for their efforts so far, but they have kept the runs down. Uttarakhand are 24-0 after 10 overs.

The Punjab opener has been dismissed for four off 11 balls by Madhya Pradesh off-spinner Saransh Jain.

After Shaw and Veer, it was all-rounder Arshin Kulkarni's turn to go on the first ball of the second over. 

Scores of Maharashtra's top three:

Prithvi Shaw - 0(4)
Arshin Kulkarni - 0(1)
Sidhesh Veer - 0(1)

Ruturaj Gaikwad and captain Ankit Bawane are now at the crease.

The India Test batter was surprisingly pushed up to open for Mumbai vs J&K, but could only last three balls. 

Ajinkya Rahane is in at three.

After trapping Shaw, the Kerala seamer removes No.3 Sidhesh Veer for a golden duck to set himself up for a potential first over hat-trick!

Evenful start to the new season's proceedings as the former India U19 captain first Ranji Trophy outing for Maharashtra ends in disappointing. 

Kerala's MD Nidheesh traps him lbw for 0.

Padikkal came on as a substitute fielder for India on several occasions in the second Test in Delhi, which finished yesterday. 

Less than 24 hours later, he is playing the Ranji Trophy opener for Karnataka in Rajkot.

Many, in fact. Here's a non-exhaustive list of some big names featuring in the first round:

Maharashtra - Prithvi Shaw, Ruturaj Gaikwad
Kerala - Sanju Samson
Mumbai - Ajinkya Rahane, Shardul Thakur, Sarfaraz Khan
Karnataka - Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Devdutt Padikkal
Hyderabad - Tilak Varma
Madhya Pradesh - Rajat Patidar
Punjab - Prabhsimran Singh, Naman Dhir, Nehal Wadhera
Uttar Pradesh - Rinku Singh, Shivam Mavi
Bengal - Abhimanyu Easwaran, Mohammed Shami, Akash Deep
 

• Tamil Nadu vs Jharkhand: Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat
• Nagaland vs Vidarbha: Nagaland won the toss and elected to field
• Kerala vs Maharashtra: Kerala won the toss and elected to field
• Services vs Tripura: Services won the toss and elected to bat
• Gujarat vs Assam: Assam won the toss and elected to bat
• Railways vs Haryana: Haryana won the toss and elected to bat
• J&K vs Mumbai: Jammu and Kashmir won the toss and elected to field
• Rajasthan vs Chhattisgarh: Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field
• Hyderabad vs Delhi: Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field

In case you missed it, 14-year-old sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been named Bihar’s vice-captain for the season. 

• Bengal vs Uttarakhand: Bengal have won the toss and elected to field
• Odisha vs Baroda: Odisha won the toss and elected to bat
• Bihar vs Arunachal Pradesh: Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat
• Sikkim vs Manipur: Sikkim won the toss and elected to bat

These four games will start earlier than the usual 9:30 am because of early sunrise in eastern parts of India.

The toss is scheduled for 9 am local time across most matches. 

Live streaming of the Ranji Trophy matches will be available on the JioHotstar app, while live telecast will be on the Star Sports Khel TV channel in India. 

The details of which games will be streamed and which won't will be updated in due course.

India's premier first-class tournament will span the length and breadth of the country, with matches being held in as many as 60 venues. 

A total of 38 teams - 32 Elite and 6 Plate - will play out a whopping 137 first-class games in the span of four months. 

119 of those will be in the Elite Division, while the Plate championship will have 18 matches.

Hello and welcome to the start of a new season of the Ranji Trophy. 

You can find live scores and updates from all Round 1 games right here.