Ranji Trophy Live Score Today: Rohit Sharma strikes twice for J&K; Bad light stops Punjab-Assam game

Shami took 4/30 to help Bengal bowl out Delhi for 240. | Photo Credit: PTI

he Ranji Trophy 2026-27 season begins on Sunday, October 11, with 19 matches scheduled in the opening round. Defending champion Jammu and Kashmir takes on Madhya Pradesh, while Ravindra Jadeja features for Saurashtra against Chhattisgarh. Follow Sportstar for highlights, wickets, match updates and results from across the country.

A long day of action comes to an end but we’ll be back before you know it for Day 2. But until then, this is Siddanth Nair signing off! Take care and see you soon!

Who were the other centuries on Day 1?

Rinku Singh and Madhav Kaushik for Uttar Pradesh, Yash Rathod and Akshay Wadkar for Vidarbha, Gaurav Choudhary for Odisha, and Vivek Singh for Railways.

Mumbai 249/5 vs Chandigarh

Saurashtra 308/4 vs Chattisgarh

Andhra Pradesh 16/2 vs Karnataka

Railways 278 vs Uttarakhand

Jharkhand 289/5 vs Kerala

Vidarbha 300/5 vs Puducherry

Maharashtra 287/5 vs Services

Rajasthan 286/4 vs Tamil Nadu

Uttar Pradesh 287/3 vs Bihar

Avesh Khan strikes to hand MP an early breakthrough. Shubham Khajuria is trapped leg before.

Karan Lamba brings up his second FC century with a backfoot square drive for four off Saravana Kumar! 103 off 133 balls. 11x4, 1x6

Update from Prasanna- Sonu Yadav walks off the field with injury

All-rounder Sonu Yadav goes down at backward point, trying to field a cut from Mahipal Lomror. He hobbles off the field. Tamil Nadu will be a bowler down if he doesn’t return, Prasanna says.

Five-wicket haul for Rohit Sharma!

A five-wicket haul from Rohit means MP is bundled out for 196.

Delhi 240 in 77.3 overs at stumps.

Top scorer Shokeen (56) was the last wicket to fall after Delhi’s lower order showed resistance. Shami captured 4/30 to lead Bengal’s attack. Gani took 3/45.

Auqib Nabi's long wait for a wicket ends

After 69 overs, Auqib Nabi takes a wicket. Replays showed that the LBW was missing stumps but fortunately for Auqib, there’s no DRS in the Ranji Trophy.

Spinners causing problems for Jharkhand

Spinners are turning things around for Kerala. Vaisakh Chandran has taken his second wicket, cleanbowling Robin Minz for 10. Earlier, Jalaj Saxena took his second; he had Utkarsh Singh (71) well caught by Sachin Baby at slip.

Skipper Virat Singh is still there, not out on seven. Jharkhand 269 for four in the 84th over.

Rajasthan loses two in quick succession

Rohan reluctantly walks off the field. He added 125 runs for the third-wicket stand with Karan. And the Kartik Sharma departs for 1 off 5 balls.

PKA pings from Jamshedpur

Spinners are turning things around for Kerala. Vaisakh Chandran has taken his second wicket, cleanbowling Robin Minz for 10. Earlier, Jalaj Saxena took his second; he had Utkarsh Singh (71) well caught by Sachin Baby at slip. Skipper Virat Singh is still there, not out on seven. Jharkhand 269 for four in the 84th over.

More on Smaran's scintillating hundred

Smaran Ravichandran hits his eighth first-class century and becomes the third Ranji player to score a hundred on captaincy debut.

Two hattricks missed in the span of seconds

Sunil Kumar breaks the partnership as Aryan Pandey is caught behind at 35 off 60 deliveries as MP loses its eighth wickets for 162. Sunil follows it up with the wicket of Avesh Khan. However, he missed out in a hattrick- Shayan

Sandip sends Rahul Singh and Pragnay back in consecutive balls. Misses out on a hat-trick though. Hyderabad now 66/3 after 20.2 overs- Anirudh

Heartbreak for Rajasthan's Rohan Rajbhar

The debutant falls five runs short of a maiden hundred! So close yet so far! Gloves through to the keeper off P. Saravana Kumar, who has his third wicket (3/43). Rajasthan 230/3 in 68.1 overs.

Shubham Sharma leads MP's fightback

A gritty fifty by MP captain Shubham Sharma. He has built partnerships to ensure there are no slip-ups.

Smaran Ravichandran scores eighth FC hundred!

Smaran hundred. With a punched four off Lalith Mohan. On Karnataka captaincy debut, classy innings from the southpaw.

Abhishek with some not so encouraging news from New Chandigarh

Hyderabad loses first wicket

Abhirath falls to Sandip on 32. Hyderabad 60/1, 18.2 overs.

Hyderabad grinding it out, says Anirudh

Hyderabad 46/0, 15 overs. Tanmay and Abhirath start cautiously.

Shikhar Mohan departs for 143, a fine innings comes to an end

Shikhar Mohan’s fine innings comes to an end; he is bowled by Vaisakh Vaisakh Chandran for 143. Skipper Virat Singh is the new man in, he has joined Utkarsh Singh, who is batting on 70. Jharkhand 251 for two in the 73rd over. And finally, the sun is out in full glory.

Rajasthan 207/2 in 58 overs (Rohan Rajbhar 85 n.o., Karan Lamba 67 n.o., P. Saravana Kumar 2/43) vs. Tamil Nadu. Unbroken 102-run third-wicket partnership between Rohan and Karan.

MP is at 142 for 6, with Shubham Sharma on 43 (109b) and Aryan Pandey at 23 (28b).

Hyderabad 30/0, 11 overs. Tanmay on 9, Abhirath on 19.

Mumbai 153/4 in 57 overs at Tea. Lad 29* (91b, 2x4)

Karnataka 206 for seven. R. Smaran unbeaten on 85 on his captaincy debut, continuing his recent purple patch

Khan brothers depart on the cusp of Tea

It takes 11 balls to see the back of both the brothers. Musheer is the first to perish after poking to a wide ball while walking out of the crease. In Rohit Dhanda’s next over, Sarfaraz Khan shoulders arms and Dhanda gets one to jag it back and the lbw appeal is upheld.

Smaran plays lone hand for Karnataka

Smaran’s fighting innings of 80* has kept Karnataka afloat but the team continues to lose regular wickets at the other end. Karnataka 196/7.

Sai Sudharsan puts down a chance at first slip! Rohan Rajbhar went for a drive and edged to be dropped on 80 off Nidhish Rajagopal.

PKA pings from Jamshedpur

A lot more players will score hundreds during the season, but the honour of the first belongs to Shikhar Mohan. After spending an eternity in the 90s, he reached the milestone with a clean six off Jalaj Saxena over wide long-on. He is still there not out on 129. Utkarsh Singh batting on 61. Jharkhand 228 for one in 61 overs. And that is tea.

Delhi 164/7 in 55. Divij Mehra 12 batting, Hrithik Shokeen 10 batting. Gani dismissed Dev Lakra.

Hyderabad 30/0, 11 overs. Tanmay on 9, Abhirath on 19

Tripura bowled out for 134!

Advantage Hyderabad as Tripura loses six wickets for four runs to become the first team to get bowled out in the elite division this season.

Rohit continues wicket-taking spree

Four wickets for Rohit Sharma. It has been a day to remember for the young fast bowler.

Century for Shikhar Mohan!

The top-order bat continues from where he left off in the Irani Cup, where he scored a half-century, and back-to-back half-centuries at the Duleep Trophy! Take a bow young man!

Tripura's collapse needs to be studied.

The visitor has lost its last five wickets for zero runs. Wonder if it is some kind of record.

From 130/4 to 130/9. Anirudh said he’ll ping back on the record once he gets confirmation.

Rohit Sharma picks his third wicket of the day

Rohit Sharma strikes again as Chanchal Rathore is caught behind for 33(75balls). MP loses its fourth wicket for 106. The partnership is broken.

Aniket strikes again for Hyderabad to leave Tripura reeling

Aniketh gets his third wicket. Rajat Dey out, caught by Tanmay at first slip. Sandip falls on the first ball. Caught by Himateja at silly point. Aniketh cannot get the hat-trick though.

Tripura 131/8 in 41.3 overs.

Sportstar understands Sai Sudharsan had arrived at around 10 p.m. yesterday, with his inclusion being a last-minute decision rather than part of the original plan. Interesting.

Hyderabad keeps chipping away

Aniketh strikes twice in one over. Mandeep LBW, Mura Singh (duck out) bowled. Debutant Ruthik strikes the following over, set batter Bikram out. Bowled.

Tripura 130/5, 39.4 overs.

Del 126/6 in 41.1 overs. Badoni was caught behind chasing a wide delivery off Mukesh Kumar. Next over, Akash removed Anuj Rawat for a duck.

Shami trapped the fighting left-hander, Doseja, in front as Delhi found itself in trouble.

Smaran, Shrijith score fifties

The pair has taken Karnataka from 22-4 to 133-4. Solid comeback. When in doubt, call Smaran Ravichandran.

Saravana Kumar strikes again

The pace bowler gives Tamil Nadu some respite, breaks the partnership for his second wicket of the day. Sumit Godara falls for 49! Saravana has him nick through to the keeper, breaks 104-run second-wicket partnership between Rohan and Sumit.

Sumit, interestingly, was originally named as the 12th man but got his chance after Mukul Choudhary picked up an injury during the pre-match warm-up.

Bikram brings up half-century for Tripura

The opener brings up his sevent FC half century. Off 102 balls. He will be looking to convert into his first FC hundred.

Rohan shines on debut for Rajasthan

Debutant Rohan Rajbhar brings up his maiden fifty with a cover drive for four off Sonu Yadav! 52 off 112 balls.

Abhishek pings- Bad weather continues in Chandigarh

After a short break, we dive back in once again. Action will resume shortly as the players, tummies full after a sumptious meal, make their way out to the middle. Two more sessions to go in Day 1.

Rajasthan 100/1 in 33 overs (Rohan Rajbhar 47 n.o., Sumit Godara 49 n.o., Saravana Kumar 1/31) vs. Tamil Nadu. Unbroken 99-run secon-wicket stand between Rohan and Sumit.

Tripura 103/3 in 31 overs. Hyderabad gets three wickets after drinks. Opener Bikram Kumar Das (43 off 89) the top scorer and will look build on it after lunch. Tanay picked all three wickets for the home team.

MP 77 for 3, with Chanchal Rathore at 17 and Shubham Sharma at 20. Auqib Nabi has looked out of rhythm so far.

Musheer Khan (26, 79b, 2x4) has played time as Mumbai 84/2 off 30 overs

After 32 overs, Sai Kishore hands the ball to the all-rounder. Does not get the greatest of starts though as Rohan Rajbhar gives him the charge, hits a straight four and moves to 47.

Karnataka 118 for four. The team has recovered well after losing four wickets in the first 45 minutes.

PKA with the Lunch update from Jamshedpur

At lunch, Jharkhand 113 for one in 34 overs. Opener Shikhar Mohan is not out on 58 and he is looking good. Utkarsh Singh on 17. Jalaj Saxena, who dismissed Sharandeep Singh for 33, has been the pick of the Kerala bowlers. Seamer M.D. Nidheesh has bowled his heart out, as he always does.

The newly-appointed Mumbai vice-captain falls two runs shy of a well-made half-century. Rohit Dhanda bowls a peach to get rid of him, hits top of off after pitching on middle.

Two brings three for Hyderabad

Quick turnaround in fortunes for Mohammed Siraj and his troops as Hanuma Vihari falls for a duck.

Karnataka consolidate after early wobble

Smaran and Shrijith batting well. Smaran solid but Shrijith more expansive with a number of reverse sweeps.

Lightning strikes twice for Hyderabad

Another wicket for Tanay and Hyderabad.

Delhi 89/3 in 31 overs, Doseja 25 batting, Badoni 9 batting. Offspinner Aamir Gani broke a 47-run stand between Ayush Doseja and Sarthak Ranjan.

Pragyan Ojha in the house in the Secunderabad

The interim head of BCCI men’s selection committee is in attendance for the Hyderabad vs Tripura game and is monitoring proceedings. Wonder who has impressed him the most so far......

Tanay Thyagarajan opens account for Hyderabad!

Tripura’s opening partnership comes to an end as Tanay gives the home side a much-need breakthrough. Tripura 80/1.

Bad light stops Punjab-Assam game!

There’s a brutal dust storm that’s hit the ground. Rain is around the corner and covers put in place, says Abhishek.

MP now three down! Shayan with the bird's eye view of all the action breaks it down

An animated celebration by Rohit Sharma as J&K bags another wicket. Harsh Gawli is caught at slips by Abdul Samad as MP struggles at 41 for 3.

PKA pings from Jamshedpur

Finally, Kerala gets the breakthrough. Provided by who else but Jalaj Saxena, who has cleaned up Sharandeep Singh (33). The other opener Shikhar Mohan is still there, batting on 51. Utkarsh is on eight, Jharkhand 102 for one in the 30th over.

Rajasthan riding its lucky but continues to pile on the runs

Sumit Godara edges a short ball from Saravana Kumar above the keeper for four, says Prasanna.

Bad light forces Punjab to continue with spin, says Abhishek

Punjab wants to get Gurnoor Brar back into the attack but the light isn’t good enough for pacers to bowl. This is the second time Punjab has been asked to continue with spin. Assam 59/3

Abhishek summarises the first hour of play

Rohit Sharma (not to be confused with the India opener) gets the ball to move away, takes Himanshu Mantri’s outside edge and Abdul Samad from second slip completes a fine diving catch to his right.

Samad is ecstatic, celebrates by jumping with his arms flaying in the air.

Sai Kishore is into the attack

The Tamil Nadu captain brings himself on after the drinks break, his side will look to him to provide another breakthrough.

Drinks: Rajasthan 42/1 in 17 overs (Rohan Rajbhar 19 n.o., Sumit Godara 21 n.o., Saravana Kumar 1/21) vs. Tamil Nadu.

Anirudh pings from Secunderabad

Tripura bring up 50 runs in 12.4 overs. Patient approach in scorching heat is frustrating Hyderabad at Gymkhana.

More details on why Arunachal Pradesh forfeited the Ranji opener

Arunachal’s internal crisis leads to a Ranji opener forfeiture, casting doubt over its next fixture with Nagaland and others.

The Narendra Modi Stadium, where the Arunachal Nagaland match was supposed to take place, wears a deserted look

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Jharkhand races to 52/0 in 17 overs

Shikhar Mohan, the man-in-form, is batting on 36 off 46 balls and has helped Jharkhand establish control early.

Sarangi pings from Kalyani

Drinks: Delhi 38/2 in 15 overs. Sarthak Ranjan batting 21 after going through a testing phase of about 75mins of the morning session. Ayush Doseja batting on 2. Akash Deep and Shami took a wicket apiece.

Karnataka on the backfoot early

The defending champion is four wickets down already. Andhra bowlers Kavuri Saiteja and KV Sasikanth have had a field day and picked two wickets apiece so far.

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Shayan pings from Srinagar

Hyderabad turns to spin early

A newly relaid red soil pitch prompts captain Siraj to turn to spin, hands the ball to debutant M.Ruthik Yadav.

Strong start for the defending champion

Sunil Kumar strikes early. Yash Dubey is rapped on the pads, as Madhya Pradesh loses it’s first wicket for 6.

PK Ajith Kumar with an update from Jamshedpur

Good morning from an increasingly warm Keenan Stadium, from where you could hear the noise of all those passing vehicles in front of the old pavilion gate. Things are quieter out in the middle, with the Jharkhand openers Shikhar Mohan and Sharandeep Singh playing the Kerala new ball bowlers M.D. Nidheesh and Edhen Apple Tom without much fuss. The host, batting first after winning the toss, 22 for no wicket from six overs. Shikhar 14 not out, Sharandeep four not out.

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India’s Test number 3 Sai Sudarshan is in Jaipur playing for Tamil Nadu. Not in Pondicherry playing for India A.

Umesh Yadav with his first wicket for Punjab. Rishav Das picks the wrong line on his drive and the ball goes through his gate and into the off stump. Assam 0/2 after 4 overs.

A disastrous start for last season’s finalist as Rahul is caught behind! Karnataka reeling at nine for three.

Safe to say the large crowd that gathered to watch him play would be feeling very disappointed.

Yashasvi Jaiswal’s cautious start results in a 13-ball duck. Jagjit Singh - bowling over the wicket - draws him forward and induces an edge off an attempted drive to second slip. Mumbai 1 for 1 in 3 overs

Shreyas Gopal misses out for Karnataka

Big blow for Karnataka as they will be without Shreyas Gopal, who has missed out with dehydration, says Sudarshan.

KL Rahul fever takes over Vijawada

The wicket-keeper batter is definitely a fan favourite in Vijayawada. Despite the searing heat, a large crowd that has gathered to witness him in action, says Sudarshan.

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KL Rahul fever takes over Vijayawada

The wicket-keeper batter is definitely a fan favourite in Vijayawada. Despite the searing heat, a large crowd that has gathered to witness him in action, says Sudarshan.

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TN, Punjab make early inroads!

Dream start for Tamil Nadu and Punjab! A wicket in the first over for Gurnoor Brar. He lures Nibir Deka into a drive and gets an edge to the keeper. Assam 0/1.

Meanwhile, P. Saravana Kumar strikes with his first ball! Removes Sachin Yadav lbw.

Deepesh Devendran makes his TN FC debut!

The young fast bowler from Tamil Nadu had breached the 146kmph mark in the TNPL, can he perhaps cross 150 today? Would certainly garner all the attention if he manages to.

Mithun Manhas gets proceedings underway in Srinagar

The BCCI president rings the bell ahead of the J&K and Madhya Pradesh match

Captain Siraj with the pep talk, probably in Telugu

Three debutants for Karnataka, says Sudarshan

Ritesh Bhatkal, Madhav Bajaj and Manvanth Kumar will make their debuts from last season’s finalist.

Update fron Abhishek- Overcast morning in Punjab

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Meanwhile, elsewhere.....

Chattisgarh opts to field against Saurashtra

Maharashtra opts to bat against Services

Himachal Pradesh opts to bat against Haryana

Punjab opts to field against Assam

Vidarbha opts to bat against Puducherry

Uttarakhand opts to field against Railways

Karnataka opts to bat against Andhra

Odisha opts to bat against Gujarat

Baroda opts to bat against Goa

Chandigarh opts to field against Mumbai

Ankur Paul gets his debut Bengal cap!

392 likes, 1 comments - cabcricket on October 10, 2026: "Ankur Paul makes his debut for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy Elite opener against Delhi at the BCA, Kalyani. Ankur receives his Bengal cap from Sudip Chatterjee as entire team congratulates and wishes the young and talented batsman the best for the match. #CAB".

Bengal wins the toss and opts to bowl first against Delhi but the big news at the centre is that Ankur Paul for Bengal will be making his first class debut.

Elsewhere, J & K has won the toss and opts to bowl against MP

Which games are Sportstar covering?

Eighteen cricket matches in eighteen different venues is exciting stuff for any cricket fan, but following them all parallely could be challenging.

But don’t worry, we have our reporters on the ground and I’m going to make sure you don’t miss out on any update.

We have Anirudh Velamuri covering the Hyderabad vs Tripura game, Abhishek Saini covering the Punjab vs Assam match, Shayan Acharya covering defending champion Jammu and Kashmir’s match against Madhya Pradesh, S. Prasanna Venkatesan covering Rajasthan vs Tamil Nadu, YB Sarangi covering Bengal vs Delhi, N. Sudarshan covering Karnataka vs Andhra, P.K. Ajith Kumar covering Jharkhand vs Kerala, and Amol Karhadkar covering Mumbai vs Chandigarh.

First things first, what’s the weather like? In Chennai where I’m sitting, its October and its still scorching hot...... not even a metro ride with AC could stop me from sweating.

Anyways, on the bright side, things look clear in all 18 venues and we should get underway without any delays.

Bihar vs Uttar Pradesh – Rajgir – begins 9:00AM

Goa vs Baroda – Panaji – begins 9:30AM

Jammu and Kashmir vs Madhya Pradesh – Srinagar – begins 9:30AM

Vidarbha vs Puducherry – Nagpur – begins 9:30AM

Hyderabad vs Tripura – Securandarabad – begins 9:30AM

Andhra vs Karnataka – Vijayawada – begins 9:30AM

Punjab vs Assam – New Chandigarh – begins 9:30AM

Saurashtra vs Chhattisgarh – Rajkot – begins 9:30AM

Jharkhand vs Kerala – Jamshedpur – begins 9:00AM

Bengal vs Delhi – Kalyani – begins 9:00AM

Gujarat vs Odisha – Ahmedabad – begins 9:30AM

Services vs Maharashtra – Delhi – begins 9:30AM

Haryana vs Himachal Pradesh – Rohtak – begins 9:30AM

Railways vs Uttarakhand – Brabourne – begins 9:30AM

Rajasthan vs Tamil Nadu – Jaipur — begins 9:30AM

Mumbai vs Chandigarh – Mumbai – begins 9:30AM

Sikkim vs Meghalaya – Rangpo – begins 8:15AM

Mizoram vs Manipur – Nadiad – begins 9:30AM

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the brand new season of the Ranji Trophy! The 92nd edition of India’s premier red-ball domestic tournament is upon us and we have some mouth-watering matches on the cards in Round 1.

This is Siddanth Nair and stay with me as I bring you all the live updates from the length and breadth of the country.

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