The fourth day of the opening round of the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy took place on Saturday (October 18): here's a round-up of the entire action.
Elite Group A
Baroda declared at 413-7, taking a 142-run first-innings lead. Mahesh Pithiya then took 6-63 to skittle Odisha for 174. Chasing just 33, Baroda won by seven wickets.
In Kanpur,Rinku Singh scored a career-best 165 not outto help Uttar Pradesh secure a narrow one-run first-innings lead over Andhra, with the match ending in a draw.
Meanwhile, Jharkhand enforced the follow-on and skittled Tamil Nadu for 212 to win by an innings. Ishan Kishan was their star, with 173 in the first innings.
Final scores:
- Odisha 271 (Rajesh Dhuper 94, Atit Sheth 4-67) & 174 (Subhranshu Senapati 59*, Mahesh Pithiya 6-63) v Baroda 413-7 d (Shivalik Sharma 124, Badal Biswal 2-131) & 36-3 (Shivalik Sharma 32*, Badal Biswal 2-20). Baroda won by seven wickets.
- Andhra 470 (KS Bharat 142, Vipraj Nigam 4-136) vs Uttar Pradesh 471-8 (Rinku Singh 165*, Prithvi Raj 2-85). Match drawn.
- Jharkhand 419 (Ishan Kishan 173, Gurjapneet Singh 4-71) vs Tamil Nadu 93 (RS Ambrish 28, Jatin Pandey 5-35) & 212 fo (Andre Siddarth 80, Rishav Raj 4-49). Jharkhand won by an innings and 114 runs.
Rinku Singh notched up his highest first-class score of 165* in a rescue act for Uttar Pradesh today 💪
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) October 18, 2025
It has taken his average in the format soaring above 55, with 3,501 runs, along with eight hundreds in 73 innings 🚀 pic.twitter.com/PYAWXuA0oc
Elite Group B
Following on, Chandigarh resumed at 159-3 but were dismissed for 354. Despite a fighting 141 from Arjun Azad, a five-wicket haul from Darshan Misal handed them a 75-run innings defeat.
After conceding a 287-run first-innings lead to Madhya Pradesh, Punjab batted out 63.2 overs in their second innings to secure a draw.
In Thiruvananthapuram, Maharashtra secured a slender first-innings lead. In their second innings, they scored 224-2 declared (Prithvi Shaw 75, Siddhesh Veer 55, Ruturaj Gaikwad 55), as the match ended in a draw.
In Rajkot, Saurashtra set Karnataka a 229-run target. The chase faltered to 43-4, with Shreyas Gopal (following his eight-wicket haul in the first innings) again the main threat. However, Sammar Gajjar and Jay Gohil batted resiliently to secure a draw.
Final scores:
- Goa 566 (Abhinav Tejrana 205, Vishnu Kashyap 7-173) v Chandigarh 137 (Jagjit Singh 31, Lalit Yadav 3-17) & 354 fo (Arjun Azad 141, Darshan Misal 5-124). Goa won by an innings and 75 runs.
- Madhya Pradesh 519-8 d (Rajat Patidar 205*, Prerit Dutta 4-145) vs Punjab 232 (Uday Saharan 75, Saransh Jain 6-75) & 143-5 (Uday Saharan 36, Shubham Sharma 3-20). Match drawn.
- 239 (Ruturaj Gaikwad 91, Nidheesh 5-49) & 224-2 d (Prithvi Shaw 75, Nedumankuzhy Basil 1-23) v Kerala 219 (Sanju Samson 54, Jalaj Saxena 3-46). Match drawn.
- Karnataka 372 (Devdutt Padikkal 96, DA Jadeja 7-124) & 232 (Mayank Agarwal, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya 3-40) v Saurashtra 376 (Chirag Jani 90, Shreyas Gopal 8-110) & 128-5 (Sammar Gajjar 43*, Shreyas Gopal 3-43). Match drawn.
Elite Group C
Mohammed Shami took seven wickets in the match (3-37 and 4-38), ensuring Bengal needed to chase only 156 in the fourth innings. They achieved this comfortably, with captain Abhimanyu Easwaran scoring an unbeaten half-century.
After conceding a 72-run first-innings lead, Assam faced early trouble, slipping to 28-3 overnight. However, they batted for 82 overs in their second innings to secure a draw, finishing at 192-6.
After following on and slumping to 114-7, Tripura's defeat was imminent. They were eventually bowled out for 163, with Services' Arjun Sharma (5-42) securing a 20-run innings victory for his team.
Final scores:
- Uttarakhand 213 (Bhupen Lalwani 71, Suraj Jaiswal 4-54) & 265 (Prashant Chopra 82, Mohammed Shami 4-38) v Bengal 323 (Sudip Chatterjee 98, Devendra Singh Bora 6-79) 156-2 (Abhimanyu Easwaran 71*, Rajan Kumar 1-20. Bengal won by eight wickets.
- Assam 310 (Sibsankar Roy 113, Siddharth Desai 3-68) & 192-6 (Swarupam Purkayastha 44*, Siddharth Desai 2-45) v Gujarat 382 (Aarya Desai 101, Riyan Parag 4-86). Match drawn.
- Services 359 (Nakul Sharma 96, Swapnil Singh 5-104) v 176 Tripura (Vijay Shankar 62, Pulkit Narang 3-33) & 163 fo (Hrituraj Roy 31, Arjun Sharma 5-42). Services won by an innings and 20 runs.
Elite Group D
Delhi secured a 118-run first-innings lead by taking the last three wickets cheaply in the morning. They batted again in a drawn match, with Sanat Sangwan adding a half-century to his unbeaten double-century from the first innings.
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Rajasthan dismissed Chhattisgarh for 109 in their second innings, thanks to an eight-wicket haul from Manav Suthar. Chasing 56, they reached the target in 11.1 overs, winning by nine wickets.
In Srinagar, Shams Mulani guided Mumbai to a narrow victory. Defending 243, his seven-wicket haul restricted the opposition to 208, just 35 runs short. Mulani also contributed significantly with the bat, scoring 91 and 41.
No play was possible in the Himachal Pradesh-Puducherry match in Thuthipet. The game ended in a draw with no change to the overnight scorecard.
Final scores:
- Delhi 529-4 d (Sanat Sangwan 211*, Chama Milind 3-57) & 138-3 (Sanat Sangwan 56, Kodimela Himateja) v Hyderabad 411 (Tanmay Agarwal 132, Ayush Badoni 5-69). Match drawn.
- Rajasthan 386-10 (Deepak Hooda 130, Ravi Kiran 4-68) & 58-1 (Mahipal Lomror 35*, Aditya Sarwate 1-19) v Chhattisgarh 332-10 (Ajay Mandal 144, Ankit Chaudhary 3-67) and 109 (Aayush Pandey 27, Manav Suthar 8-42). Rajasthan won by nine wickets.
- Mumbai 386-10 (Siddhesh Lad 116, Yudhvir Singh 5-59) & 181 (Shams Mulani 41, Auqib Nabi 5-52) v Jammu and Kashmir 325-10 (P Dogra 144, Tushar Deshpande 3-57) and 207 (Qamran Iqbal 56, Shams Mulani 7-46). Mumbai won by 35 runs.
- Himachal Pradesh 305-10 (Mayank Dagar 83, Sagar Udeshi 7-88) and 91-4 v Puducherry 183 (Puneet Datey 43, Aryaman Singh 3-45). Match drawn.
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