Ranji Highlights: Saransh Jain bags 13 as Madhya Pradesh hammer Bihar
Ayush Badoni smashed his second double-ton of the season, while spin continued to call the shots between TN and Railways at Chepauk
Best batting performances
Priyanshu Moliya’s marathon triple-hundred subjected Jammu and Kashmir’s bowlers to further toil. Mahesh Pithiya complemented Moliya with his maiden first-class ton as Baroda piled up 616.
Ayush Badoni plundered a second consecutive double hundred, while Sumit Mathur scored an unbeaten 150 to set up Delhi’s declaration against Jharkhand at 515 for 5.
Nehal Pajni struck 222 on first-class debut while Arslan Khan scored 99 as Chandigarh piled more misery on Himachal Pradesh.
Karan Sharma’s sensational unbeaten 162 dug Uttar Pradesh out of a hole against Puducherry, taking their score to 328 for 9 by Stumps. Shivam Mavi chipped in with a fifty of his own.
Salil Arora made it three hundreds in as many games for the season, his 151 headlining Punjab’s total of 431 against Hyderabad. Abhirath Reddy’s 97 and Rahul Radesh’s 72* led Hyderabad's strong riposte.
Kishan Lyngdoh missed out on a double hundred, but Ajay Duhan got to his as the duo forged a 413-run partnership in Mizoram’s total of 562 against Meghalaya.
Shahbaz Ahmed’s 121 took Bengal’s total against Kerala to 350 in Trivandrum. He also chipped in with a couple of wickets to give Bengal a firm grip on the contest.
Rajat Patidar struck another rapid hundred to power Madhya Pradesh into a commanding lead against Bihar, before the bowlers wrapped up an innings victory.
Amandeep Khare’s patient unbeaten 74 kept Chhattisgarh afloat in their pursuit of a first-innings lead against Andhra. They now trail by 15 runs with two wickets in hand.
Saurabh Nawale’s 95 and Harshal Kate’s 84 bailed Maharashtra out of a perilous position against Gujarat, handing them the first-innings lead.
Half-centuries from Rohan Patil, Aneesh KV and Karun Nair defined Karnataka’s steady response against Tripura in Mysuru, with the hosts taking the first-innings lead for the first time this season.
Ravikumar Samarth scored 53, while Dhruv Shorey and Danish Malewar made unbeaten half-centuries to take Vidarbha to the cusp of a lead against Goa.
Baba Indrajith ground out a patient 59 to limit the deficit to 19, after Tamil Nadu were reeling at 112 for 8 against Railways at Chepauk.
Jotin Pheiroijam blitzed 166 and shared 216 for the sixth wicket with Al Bashir Muhammad as Manipur powered their way to a massive lead over Arunachal Pradesh.
Best bowling performances
Saransh Jain took six wickets to finish with a match haul of 13/89, bowling Madhya Pradesh to a resounding innings win over Bihar in Indore.
Spinners Raj Choudhury and Toufik Mondal combined for nine wickets to skittle Tamil Nadu out for 165, handing Railways a slender 19-run lead. Sai Kishore then bagged a four-fer to reduce the visitors to 107 for 9.
Kukna Ajay Singh nabbed five Uttarakhand wickets as Rajasthan secured a vital 78-run lead in Dehradun.
Kerala’s Aditya Sarvate toiled for 32 overs and was rewarded with a four-fer against Bengal.
Imliwati Lemtur bagged five as Nagaland eked out a 3-run lead over Sikkim in Rangpo.
