Jammu and Kashmir need 222 runs on the final day to beat a star-studded Mumbai.
Senior pro Ajinkya Rahane failed for the second time in the match as Jammu and Kashmir pacer Auqib Nabi took five wickets to send Mumbai crashing for a below-par score, on Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy Group D match at Sher E Kashmir Cricket Stadium, Srinagar, on Friday.
Jammu and Kashmir need 222 runs on the final day to beat a star-studded Mumbai who had a first-innings lead of 61 in the morning session only to lose some advantage getting all-out for 181 in their second innings.
At stumps, Jammu and Kashmir were 21 for 1 chasing a target of 243.
Having scored 386 in their first essay, Mumbai had bowled out Jammu and Kashmir for 325 on the third morning after the hosts started the day at 273 for 7. Skipper Paras Dogra was finally out for 144.
Tushar Deshpande (3/57) had the best figures while Shardul Thakur, Shams Mulani and Tanush Kotian got two wickets apiece.
However, Mumbai with a first-innings lead were all-out for 181 in just 56.5 overs as Nabi took 5 for 52 and Abid Mushtaq got a couple of wickets. Mumbai were 70 for 5 at one stage but Shams Mulani (41) once again proved to be the saviour adding 50 for the sixth wicket with Akash Anand (31).
The established batters like Musheer Khan (8), Ayush Mhatre (13), Rahane (0), Sarfaraz Khan (32) didn't do much.
Badoni gets five-for including Tilak for duck
In Hyderabad, skipper Ayush Badoni's career-best figures of 5/69, including the prized scalp of Hyderabad captain Tilak Varma, put Delhi in line for a first-innings lead.
Replying to Delhi's mammoth first-innings score of 529/4 declared, Hyderabad lost senior batter Rohit Rayudu off the last ball of the day to finish on 400 for 7 at stumps.
Hyderabad still need 130 runs to take the first-innings lead and while the pitch at the Next-Gen ground is conducive for batting, the hosts are only left with keeper Rahul Radesh (41 batting) along with the tail-enders.
On the day, Hyderabad batters showed a lot of intent to score 323 runs in the entire day's play with senior opener Tanmay Agarwal scoring 132 with the help of 15 fours. He added 140 for the second wicket with Gangam Anikethreddy (87).
Brief Scores:
In Srinagar: Mumbai 386 and 181 (Shams Mulani 41, Auqib Nabi 5/69) vs Jammu and Kashmir 325 (Paras Dogra 144, Shardul Thakur 3/57) and 21/1.
In Hyderabad: Delhi 529/4 decl. vs Hyderabad 400/7 (Tanmay Agarwal 132, G Aniketreddy 87, Ayush Badoni 5/69).
In Rajsamand: Chhattisgarh 332 & 64/4 (Manav Suthar 4/25) vs Rajasthan 386 (Deepak Hooda 130, Ravi Kiran 4/68).
In Puducherry: Himachal Pradesh 305 and 91/4 (Sagar Udeshi 3/34) vs Puducherry 183 (Jayant Yadav 42, Mayank Dagar 3/56, Aryaman Singh 3/45)
5-star Jatin puts Jharkhand in control
Jharkhand put themselves in a commanding position and, possibly, in sight of an innings victory after pacer Jatin Pandey marked his first-class debut with an excellent five-for, forcing Tamil Nadu to follow-on in their Elite Group A match in Coimbatore.
At stumps on the third day, hosts Tamil Nadu were in deep trouble at 52 for three in their second innings after being bowled out for 93 in their first essay, thanks to Pandey's 5/35 and his pace bowling colleague Sahil Raj, who also finished with exceptional figures of 4/21 in 13.4 overs.
Jharkhand rode on their skipper Ishan Kishan's monumental 173 to pile up 419 all out in their first innings after being 157 for six at one stage on Wednesday.
With the young pace duo of Pandey and Raj combining to take nine wickets between them to pack off Tamil Nadu for 93, Jharkhand grabbed a huge first-innings lead of 326 runs and invited the home team to bat again on a pitch that offered some assistance with the new ball.
When the stumps were drawn for the day, Tamil Nadu were trailing by 274 runs with Jeganathan Hemchudeshan and C Andre Siddarth batting on identical 3.
Resuming the day at a precarious 18 for five, Tamil Nadu could add just 75 runs to their overnight total with debutant and India U-19 star RS Ambrish making 28 off 44 balls, their highest scorer in a pathetic performance with the bat.
Hemchudeshan (14) and Gurjapneet Singh (12) were the other two Tamil Nadu batters to reach double digits in their first innings.
Brief scores:
In Bengaluru: Vidarbha 1st innings 463 all out in 130.2 overs (Aman Mokhade 183; Yash Rathod 71; Jonathan Rongsen 4/98) beat Nagaland 171 in 69.3 overs and 113 in 46.3 overs (Chetan Bist 55; Harsh Dubey 4/51) by innings and 179 runs.
In Kanpur: Andhra 470 all out in 143 overs (KS Bharat 142, Shaik Rashdee 136; Vipraj Nigam 4/136) vs Uttar Pradesh 294/6 in 111 overs (Aryan Juyal 66, Rinku Singh 82, Madhav Kaushik 54).
In Cuttack: Odisha 271 all out in 116.1 overs (Rajesh Dhuper 94; Atit Seth 4/67) vs Baroda 413/7 in 146 overs (Shivalik 124, Mitesh Patel 100, Sukirt Pandey 71; Sumit Sharma 3/104).
Samson hits fifty in comeback match
Sanju Samson stroked a fluent half-century to rally Kerala on Day 3 of their Elite Group B match against Maharashtra, in Thiruvananthapuram.
Samson made 54 from 63 balls, with five fours and a six, while Salman Nizar was unbeaten on 49 off 93 balls but Kerala were all out for 219 in 63.2 overs to concede a 20-run lead.
This was Samson's first Ranji Trophy match after a year, having last played in October 2024. At stumps, Maharashtra were 51 without loss with Prithvi Shaw 37 off 34b, 7x4) and Arshin Kulkarni 14 off 20b, 3x4) at the crease.
Maharashtra had bounced back after a top order collapse to post 239 in their first innings courtesy of Ruturaj Gaikwad's 91.
In Rajkot, Saurashtra's last-wicket pair of Chetan Sakariya and Yuvrajsinh Dodiya waged a grim battle to give their team a crucial four-run first innings lead despite Karnataka leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal grabbing eight wickets in an excellent spell.
Resuming from their overnight 200 for four, Saurashtra were in danger of conceding the innings lead after slipping to 342 for nine with Shreyas (8/110) doing the bulk of damage.
But Chetan Sakariya (29, 72 balls) and Yuvrajsinh Dodiya (13 not out, 34 balls) added 34 runs for the 10th wicket as the home side made 376, against Karnataka's 372.
In their second innings, Karnataka were 89 for on for a lead of 85 runs.
Skipper Mayank Agarwal (31) and Devdutt Padikkal (18) are batting at stumps
Brief scores:
In Thiruvananthapuram: Maharashtra: 239 all out and 51/0 in 9 overs (Prithvi Shaw 37 batting) vs Kerala: 219 all out in 63.2 overs (Sanju Samson 54, Salman Nizar 49; Rajneesh Gurbani 2/49, Jalaj Saxena 3/46).
In Rajkot: Karnataka: 372 all out and 89/1 in 28 overs (Mayank Agarwal 31 batting, DevduttPadikkal 18 batting) vs Saurashtra: 376 all out 121.3 overs (Chirag Jani 90, Harvik Desai 41, Arpit Vasavada 58; Shreyas Gopal 8/110).
In Porvorim: Goa: 566 all out vs Chandigarh: 137 all out in 53.3 overs (Jagjit Singh Sandhu 31; Darshan Mishal 3/31, Lalit Yadav 3/17) and 159/3 in 40 overs (Arjun Azad 76 batting, AK Kaushik 38 batting; Arjun Tendulkar 1/35).
In Indore: Punjab: 232 all out vs Madhya Pradesh: 519/8 in 146 overs (Rajat Patidar 205 batting, Venkatesh Iyer 73, Arshad Khan 60 batting; Prerit Dutta 4/145, Naman Dhir 3/110).
Shami goes wicket-less
In Kolkata, a superb six-wicket haul by Devendra Singh Bora and composed batting, led by Prashant Chopra and skipper Kunal Chandela, helped Uttarakhand fight back strongly against Bengal in their Group C clash.
Resuming at 274 for 6, Bengal were bowled out for 323, thanks largely to Bora's fiery spell that fetched him career-best figures of 6 for 79.
The right-arm seamer struck twice in quick succession in the morning session, removing overnight batter Sumanta Gupta for 82, and later accounting for Akash Deep to complete his six-wicket haul.
Gupta's dismissal ended Bengal's hopes of stretching their total beyond 350, as the last four wickets fell for just 49 runs.
In reply, Uttarakhand showed remarkable grit with the bat, reaching 165 for 2 at stumps to lead by 55 runs.
Senior pacer Mohammed Shami was disciplined, conceding just 21 runs in 15 overs but he did not get any breakthroughs for the hosts. In the first innings also he could get wickets only in the latter half of the day, while bowling to lower-order batters.
With eight wickets in hand and a long batting day ahead, Uttarakhand will now look to extend their lead and ensure they walk out with a draw.
Haryana seal win inside 3 days
In Surat, Haryana beat Railways by a comprehensive 96-run margin with Parth Vats hitting an unbeaten 110. Defending 248, Haryana bundled out Railways for 152.
Brief scores:
In Kolkata: Bengal 1st innings: 323 all out in 108.5 overs (Sudip Chatterjee 98, Sumanta Gupta 82; Devendra Singh Bora 6/79) vs Uttarakhand: 213 and 165/2 in 67 overs (Prashant Chopra 82, Kunal Chandela 68 batting; Akash Deep 1/39, Vishal Bhati 1/39).
In Surat: Haryana 171 and 205 in 65 overs (Parth Vats 110 not out, Himanshu Sangwan 4/35, Kunal Yadav 4/52) beat Railways 128 and 152 all out in 49.4 overs (Suraj Ahuja 44, Vibesk Singh 44; Nikhil Kashyap 5/53, Nishant Sindhu 4/35) by 96 runs.
In Delhi: Services 359 all out in 133.3 overs vs Tripura 176 and 114/7 in 42 overs (Follow-on)
In Ahmedabad: Assam 310 and 28/3 in 17 overs vs Gujarat 382 (Aarya Desai 101, Abhishek Desai 96; Riyan Parag 4/86, Rahul Singh 4/93
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