Day two of the opening round of the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy took place on Thursday (October 16). Here's a round-up of the action.
Group A
Odisha crumbled early on day two, losing their last five wickets for 66 runs. Baroda responded slowly, getting to 127-2 in 61 overs. In Coimbatore, Ishan Kishan carried on from where he left off, scoring 173 to put Jharkhand firmly in the driver's seat against Tamil Nadu. Sahil Raj and Jatin Pandey then reduced the hosts to 18-5, before rain forced an early call of stumps.
Shaik Rasheed backed up KS Bharat with his own century for Andhra, and they took one Uttar Pradesh wicket by stumps. In Bengaluru, Vidarbha posted 463, and Nagaland crawled to 81-3 at the end of the day.
Scores at stumps, day two:
- Odisha 271 (Rajesh Dhuper 94, Atit Sheth 4-67) vs Baroda 127-2 (Shivalik Sharma 75*, Govinda Poddar 1-34). Baroda trail by 144 runs.
- Andhra Pradesh 470 (KS Bharat 142, Vipraj Nigam 4-136) vs Uttar Pradesh 73-1 (Madhav Kaushik 31*, KV Sasikanth 1-11). Uttar Pradesh trail by 397 runs.
- Jharkhand 419 (Ishan Kishan 173, Gurjapneet Singh 4-71) vs Tamil Nadu 18-5 (Pradosh Ranjan Paul 9, Jatin Pandey 3-10). Tamil Nadu trail by 401 runs.
- Vidarbha 463 (Aman Mokhade 183, Rongsen Jonathan 4-98) vs Nagaland 81-3 (Dega Nischal 32*, Parth Rekhade 1-11). Nagaland trail by 382 runs.
Group B
First-class debutant Abhinav Tejrana (205) and Lalit Yadav (213) notched double centuries to power Goa to 566. Chandigarh lost one wicket by stumps. Madhya Pradesh captain Rajat Patidar continued his stellar form with a century against Punjab, with support from Venkatesh Iyer (73).
Karnataka's R Smaran and Shreyas Gopal scored half-centuries against Saurashtra, even as Dharmendrasinh Jadeja took seven wickets. In reply, opener Chirag Jani scored 90 as Saurashtra made 200-4. On a rain-interrupted day two in Thiruvananthapuram, Maharashtra managed 239, before reducing Kerala to 35-3.
Scores at stumps, day two:
- Maharashtra 239 (Ruturaj Gaikwad 91, MD Nidheesh 5-49) vs Kerala 35-3 (Rohan Kunnummal 27, Rajneesh Gurbani 2-20). Kerala trail by 204 runs.
- Goa 566 (Lalit Yadav 213, Vishu Kashyap 7-173) vs Chandigarh 34-1 (Arjun Azad 21*, Arjun Tendulkar 1-10). Chandigarh trail by 532 runs.
- Punjab 232 (Uday Saharan 75, Saransh Jain 6-75) vs Madhya Pradesh 305-6 (Rajat Patidar 107*, Prerit Dutta 3-55). Madhya Pradesh lead by 73 runs.
- Karnataka 372 (Devdutt Padikkal 96, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 7-124) vs Saurashtra 200-4 (Chirag Jani 90, Shreyas Gopal 3-51). Saurashtra trail by 172 runs.
Group C
Opener Sudip Chatterjee fell two short of a century for Bengal, but did enough to help his side take the first-innings lead over Uttarakhand. Services wicketkeeper Nakul Sharma made 96 before Tripura stumbled to 56-4 by stumps. Assam's last four wickets added 92 runs before Gujarat openers Abhishek and Aarya Desai took their side to 166-0 at stumps.
Thirteen more wickets fell on day two between Haryana and Railways, but Parth Vats distinguished himself with a century in an innings where the next best score was 25.
Scores at stumps, day two:
- Services 359 (Nakul Sharma 96, Swapnil Singh 5-104) vs Tripura 56-4 (Hanuma Vihari 16, Amarjeet Singh 2-20). Tripura trail by 303 runs.
- Assam 310 (Sibsankar Roy 113, Siddharth Desai 3-68) vs Gujarat 166-0 (Abhishek Desai 80*, Ayushman Malakar 0-5). Gujarat trail by 144 runs.
- Haryana 171 (Parth Vats 52, Akash Pandey 3-27) & 201-9 (Parth Vats 106*, Himanshu Sangwan 4-31) vs Railways 128 (Pratham Singh 50, Sumit Kumar 5-16). Haryana lead by 244 runs.
- Uttarakhand 213 (Bhupen Lalwani 71, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal 4-54) vs Bengal 274-6 (Sudip Chatterjee 98, Devendra Singh Bora 4-65). Bengal lead by 61 runs.
Group D
Shams Mulani's 91 helped Mumbai add 50 runs on day two, but veteran Paras Dogra's century ensured Jammu & Kashmir closed in on the total of 386 by stumps. All-rounder Deepak Hooda's century put Rajasthan in a strong position against Chhattisgarh.
Delhi's Ayush Doseja became the second double centurion on first-class debut of the day, with 209 against Hyderabad. Delhi declared at 529-4, and took one wicket by stumps. Himachal Pradesh posted 305, before Mukul Negi and Mayank Dagar scythed through Puducherry.
Scores at stumps, day two:
- Himachal Pradesh 305 (Mayank Dagar 83, Sagar Udeshi 7-88) vs Puducherry 96-8 (Aman Khan 41, Mayank Dagar 3-30). Puducherry trail by 209 runs.
- Mumbai 386 (Siddhesh Lad 116, Yudhvir Singh 5-96) vs Jammu & Kashmir 273-7 (Paras Dogra 112*, Tushar Deshpande 2-34). J&K trail by 113 runs.
- Chhattisgarh 332 (Ajay Mandal 144, Aniket Choudhary 3-67) vs Rajasthan 215-4 (Deepak Hooda 101*, Ravi Kiran 2-26). Rajasthan trail by 117 runs.
- Delhi 529-4d (Ayush Doseja 209, Chama Milind 3-57) vs Hyderabad 77-1 (Rahul Singh 35, Ayush Badoni 1-12). Hyderabad trail by 452 runs.
Plate Group
Sikkim added 43 to their day one score, getting to 308 before picking up four Manipur wickets. Bihar's Ayush Loharuka went on to score a double century against Arunachal Pradesh as they declared with a 437-run lead before taking three wickets.
Scores at stumps, day two:
- Meghalaya v Mizoram - no play on days one and two.
- Sikkim 308 (Gurinder Singh 83, Bishworjit Konthoujam 4-69) vs Manipur 189-4 (Kangabam Priyajit 68*, Gurinder Singh 2-48). Manipur trail by 119 runs.
- Arunachal Pradesh 105 (Siddarth Balodi 24, Sakib Hussain 6-51) & 94-3 (Techi Neri 29*, Sakib Hussain 1-15) vs Bihar 542-9d (Ayush Loharuka 226, Techi Neri 3-70). Arunachal Pradesh trail by 343 runs.
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