Ranji Trophy Highlights, Round 7 Day 1: Siraj Puts Chhattisgarh On Backfoot; Mumbai In Ascendancy Against Delhi

Good Morning and a very warm welcome to the round 7 coverage of the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season. This is the start of our live blog, stay tuned for all the real-time updates, live scores and more.

Elite Group A

• Vidarbha vs Uttar Pradesh – VCA Stadium, Nagpur

• Tamil Nadu vs Baroda – Salem Cricket Foundation Ground, Salem

• Nagaland vs Andhra – Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima

• Jharkhand vs Odisha – Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur

Elite Group B

• Madhya Pradesh vs Maharashtra – Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore

• Goa vs Kerala – GCA Academy, Porvorim

• Punjab vs Karnataka – Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium, Mullanpur

• Chandigarh vs Saurashtra – Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh

Elite Group C

• Tripura vs Gujarat – MBB Stadium, Agartala

• Haryana vs Bengal – Chaudhary Bansi Lal Stadium, Lahli

• Uttarakhand vs Assam – Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun

• Services vs Railways – Air Force Complex Ground, New Delhi

Elite Group D

• Mumbai vs Delhi – Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy (BKC), Mumbai

• Hyderabad vs Chhattisgarh – Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

• Puducherry vs Rajasthan – Siechem Stadium, Puducherry

• Himachal Pradesh vs Jammu & Kashmir – Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun

Mumbai Vs Delhi: Delhi elected to field

Hyderabad Vs Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh elected to bat

Punjab Vs Karnataka: PUN elected to bat

Tamil Nadu Vs Baroda: Tamil Nadu elected to bat

Vidarbha Vs Uttar Pradesh: UP elected to field

Pondicherry Vs Rajasthan: Rajasthan elected to bat

Bengal Vs Haryana: Bengal elected to field

Tripura vs Gujarat: Gujarat elected to field

Nagaland vs Andhra: Nagaland elected to bat.

Jharkhand vs Odisha: Jharkhand elected to field.

Madhya Pradesh vs Maharashtra: MP elected to bat.

Goa vs Kerala: Kerala elected to field.

Services vs Railways: Railways elected to bat

Maharashtra: Prithvi Shaw, Arshin Kulkarni, Niraj Joshi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ankit Bawne(c), Saurabh Nawale(w), Siddharth Mhatre, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Jalaj Saxena, Vicky Ostwal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar

Madhya Pradesh: Yash Dubey, Himanshu Mantri(w), Shubham Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Rajat Patidar(c), Saransh Jain, Aryan Pandey, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Sagar Solanki, Kumar Kartikeya, Kuldeep Sen

Punjab has won the toss and they are batting first at the PCA stadium. The big news is that Karnataka have handed a start to national team star KL Rahul, who is expected to open alongside newly appointed captain Devdutt Padikkal.

PUN have scored 21 runs at the loss of 1 wicket in 8 overs. Also, Shubman Gill has not started for the Punjabi team in round 7.

Yash Dubey and Himanshu Mantri have opened the innings for Madhya Pradesh in this crucial encoutner against a strong Maharashtra side. Prithvi Shaw has started for MAH in this match.

Saurashtra's decision to bowl first has proved fruitful as they have reduced the Chandigarh batting line-up to 5 wickets for just 77 runs after 23 overs.

Jaydev Unadkat and Chirag Jani scalped two wickets each, while Chandigarh skipper Manan Vohra got run out for a golden duck.

At Lunch, Nagaland are 194/4 after 62 overs with number 6 batter Chetan Bist scoring 91 off 129 so far. He is supporting number 3 batter Dega Nischal, who is standing strong at 71 off 178. Andhra bowlers Kavuri Saiteja and Satyanarayana Raju have scalped two wickets each.

Delhi have got off to a decent start after batting first. Opening batter Sanat Sangwan departed after scoring 91 off 152. Dhruv Kaushik and Vaibhav Kandpal have scored 7 and 32 each.

Mohammed Siraj is leading Hyderabad from the front with the ball against Chhattisgarh. The large-hearted India seamer has scalped four wickets (for 55 runs) and sent down 15 overs already, reducing the visitors to 279 for eight in 68 overs. Sahban Khan (10 not out) and Dev Aditya Singh (14 not out) in the middle for Chhattisgarh.

The Jaydev Unadkat-led Saurashtra are in an excellent position to take the first innings lead against Chandigarh. After skittling the hosts for just 136 in 42.1 overs, with Unadkat claiming four wickets himself, Saurashtra have sped to 68 for no loss in 19-odd overs, with openers Harvik Desai and Chirag Jani at the crease.

After bundling Delhi out for 221 in 76.4 overs, Mumbai end the first day at 13 for 1, losing Akash Anand three balls before stumps. Divij Mehra takes the wicket for the visitors, who need a fruitful Day 2 morning to avert a first-innings lead for Mumbai.

• Nagaland end Day 1 at 322 for 6 against Andhra 

• Odisha get to 242 for 6 versus Jharkhand 

• Vidarbha get to stumps at 33 for no loss after dismissing Uttar Pradesh for 237

• Baroda get to 247 for 5 against Tamil Nadu

• Madhya Pradesh, after getting bowled out for 187, limit Maharashtra 52 for 2 at stumps

• Goa end day at 279/8 vs Kerala

• Punjab reach 303 for 9 against Karnataka

• Saurashtra batting at 167/1 after skittling Chandigarh for 136 all out

• Gujarat get to 267/7 vs Tripura

• Bengal batting at 168/5 vs Haryana

• Uttarakhand at 279/3 vs Assam

• Services batting at 174/3 vs Railways

• Rajasthan, after getting bowled out for 168, limit Pondicherry to 77/2

• Delhi 221 all out vs Mumbai 13/1

• Hyderabad reach 56/0 after bowling Chhattisgarh out for 283

• Jammu and Kashmir get to 20/0 after bundling out Himachal Pradesh for 168