The first round of matches in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season will be played from Wednesday, October 15 to Saturday, October 18.
Defending champion Vidarbha began its campaign with a bonus-point win over Nagaland. Heavyweight Mumbai is visiting Jammu & Kashmir in the opening round.
Scores
Elite Group A
At Kanpur: Andhra 470 vs Uttar Pradesh 294/6 in 111 overs (Madhav Kaushik 54, Aryan Juyal 66, Rinku Singh 82 batting).
Coimbatore: Jharkhand 419 vs Tamil Nadu 93 in 50.4 overs (Sahil Raj 4/21, Jatin Pandey 5/35) & 52/3 in 27 overs.
Cuttack: Odisha 271 vs Baroda 413/7 in 146 overs (Shivalik Sharma 124, Sukirt Pandey 71, Mitesh Patel 100 batting, Rasikh Salam 45 batting).
Bengaluru: Vidarbha 463 bt Nagaland 171 in 69.3 overs (Dega Nischal 50, Chetan Bist 52, Nachiket Bhute 5/34) & 113 in 46.3 overs (Chetan Bist 55, Harsh Dubey 4/51). Points: Vidarbha 7, Nagaland 0.
Elite Group B
Rajkot: Karnataka 372 & 89/1 in 28 overs vs Saurashtra 376 in 121.3 overs (Harvik Desai 41, Chirag Jani 90, Arpit Vasavada 58, Sammar Gajjar 45, Shreyas Gopal 8/110).
Thiruvananthapuram: Maharashtra 239 & 51/0 in nine overs vs Kerala 219 in 63.2 overs (Sanju Samson 54, Salman Nizar 49).
Porvorim: Goa 566 vs Chandigarh 137 in 53.3 overs & 159/3 in 40 overs(Arjun Azad 76 batting).
Indore: Punjab 232 vs Madhya Pradesh 519/8 in 146 overs (Himanshu Mantri 40, Shubham Sharma 41, Rajat Patidar 205 batting, Venkatesh Iyer 73, Arshad Khan 60 batting, Prerit Dutta 4/145).
Elite Group C
Surat: Haryana 171 & 205 in 66.3 overs (Parth Vats 110 no, Himanshu Sangwan 4/35, Kunal Yadav 4/52) bt Railways 128 & 152 in 49.4 overs (Suraj Ahuja 44, Vivek Singh 44, Nikhil Kashyap) 5/53, Nishant Sindhu 4/35). Haryana 6, Railways 0.
Kolkata: Uttarakhand 213 & 165/2 in 67 overs (Prashant Chopra 82, Kunal Chandela 68 batting) vs Bengal 323 in 108.5 overs (Sudip Chatterjee 98, Sumanta Gupta 82, Devendra Singh Bora 6/79).
Ahmedabad: Assam 310 & 28/3 in 17 overs vs Gujarat 382 in 112.5 overs (Abhishek Desai 96, Aarya Desai 101, Vishal Jayswal 55, Riyan Parag 4/86, Rahul Singh 4/93).
Delhi: Services 359 vs Tripura 176 in 77.5 overs (Vijay Shankar 62) & 114/7 in 42 overs.
Elite Group D
Hyderabad: Delhi 529/4 decl. vs Hyderabad 400/7 in 106.4 (Tanmay Agarwal 132, Aniketh Reddy 87, Aelgani Varun Goud 57, Rahul Radesh 41 batting, Ayush Badoni 5/69).
Rajsamand: Chhattisgarh 332 & 64/4 in 26 overs (Manav Suthar 4/25) vs Rajasthan 386 in 128 overs (Abhijeet Tomar 49, Deepak Hooda 130, Mukul Choudhary 45, Kukna Ajay Singh 44, Deepak Chahar 49 no, Ravi Kiran 4/68).
Sirinagar: Mumbai 386 & 181 In 56.5 Overs (SHAMS PLANNI 41, AUQIB NAI 5/52) vs Jamu & Kashmir 325 In 75.1 Overs (Paras Dogra 144, ABDULMAQ 44, 21/1 in seven 40)
Puducherry: Himachal Pradesh 305 & 91/4 in 17 overs vs Pondicherry 183 in 59.2 overs (Aman Khan 41, Jayant Yadav 42, Puneet Datey 43).
Plate Group
Patna: Arunachal Pradesh 105 & 272 in 75.3 overs (Techi Neri 128, Abhinav Singh 56, Sakib Hussain 4/58) lost to Bihar 542/9 decl. Bihar 7, Arunachal Pradesh 0
Rangpo: Sikkim 308 & 97/1 in 40 overs vs Manipur 340 in 118.5 overs (Kangabam Priyojit 102, Pheiroijam Jotin 89, Gurinder Singh 5/72).
Shillong: Meghalaya vs Mizoram (no play).