Ranji Trophy 2025-26 Round 2, Day 1: Ajinkya Rahane Hits Hundred; Delhi In Command Against HP
The second-round matches of Ranji Trophy 2025-26 got underway across venues in the country on Saturday (October 25, 2025). In New Delhi, openers Sanat Sangwan, Arpit Rana and vice-captain Yash Dhull scored contrasting fifties but failed to convert them into hundreds as Delhi ended the opening day's play against Himachal Pradesh on 306 for 4 in Group D. In Mumbai, Ajikya Rahane retired hurt after hitting a century as Mumbai were batting at 251 for five at stumps against Chhattisgarh. And 25 wickets fell on a single day in Tinsukia, Assam where the hosts were batting at 56 for five against Services, after being dismissed for 103 and bowling them out for 108 in reply.
Bengal's Abhimanyu Easwaran and Sudip Chatterjee run between the wickets during the first day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Bengal and Gujarat, at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Bengal's Abhimanyu Easwaran and Sudip Chatterjee run between the wickets during the first day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Bengal and Gujarat, at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Gujarat's Arzan Nagwaswalla bowls during the first day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Bengal and Gujarat, at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Bengal's Sudip Kumar Gharami plays a shot during the first day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Bengal and Gujarat, at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Bengal's Sudip Kumar Gharami plays a shot during the first day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Bengal and Gujarat, at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Bengal's Sudip Kumar Gharami celebrates his half-century during the first day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Bengal and Gujarat, at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Bengal's Abishek Porel plays a shot during the first day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Bengal and Gujarat, at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Bengal's Sumanta Gupta plays a shot during the first day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Bengal and Gujarat, at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Saurashtra's Chirag Jani and Harvik Desai run between the wickets during the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Saurashtra and Madhya Pradesh, at Niranjan Shah Stadium, in Rajkot, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI
Saurashtra's Chirag Jani plays a shot during the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Saurashtra and Madhya Pradesh, at Niranjan Shah Stadium, in Rajkot, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI
Saurashtra's Harvik Desai plays a shot during the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Saurashtra and Madhya Pradesh, at Niranjan Shah Stadium, in Rajkot, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI
Gujarat's Siddharth Desai bowls a delivery on day one of a Ranji Trophy cricket match between Bengal and Gujarat, at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Vidarbha's Akshay Karnewar, left, Shubham Kapse, center, and Darshan Nalkande walk on the field as rain and bad light delay the start of the Ranji Trophy match against Jharkhand at VCA Stadium, in Nagpur, Maharashtra. | Photo: PTI
Bengal's Sumanta Gupta celebrates his half century on day one of a Ranji Trophy cricket match between Bengal and Gujarat, at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Gujarat's Chintan Gaja celebrates after dismissing Bengal's Sudip Chatterjee during the first day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Bengal and Gujarat, at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Vidarbha's Parth Rekhade makes an appeal on day one of a Ranji Trophy cricket match between Vidarbha and Jharkhand, at VCA Stadium, in Nagpur. | Photo: PTI
Jharkhand’s Shikhar Mohan celebrates his half century on day one of a Ranji Trophy cricket match between Vidarbha and Jharkhand, at VCA Stadium, in Nagpur. | Photo: PTI
Mumbai’s Ajinkya Rahane and Siddhesh Lad run between the wickets on day one of a Ranji Trophy cricket match between Mumbai and Chhattisgarh, at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI
Saurashtra’s Ravindra Jadeja and Ansh Gosai run between the wickets on day one of a Ranji Trophy cricket match between Saurashtra and Madhya Pradesh, at Niranjan Shah Stadium, in Rajkot. | Photo: PTI
Saurashtra’s Ravindra Jadeja being stumped by Madhya Pradesh’s wicketkeeper Himanshu Mantri on day one of a Ranji Trophy cricket match between Saurashtra and Madhya Pradesh, at Niranjan Shah Stadium, in Rajkot. | Photo: PTI
Saurashtra’s Ravindra Jadeja being greeted by fans in the stands as he returns to pavilion after his dismissal on day one of a Ranji Trophy cricket match between Saurashtra and Madhya Pradesh, at Niranjan Shah Stadium, in Rajkot. | Photo: PTI
Delhi's Sanat Sangwan plays a shot during the first day of the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 cricket match between Delhi and Himachal Pradesh, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
Delhi's Ayush Doseja plays a shot during the first day of the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 cricket match between Delhi and Himachal Pradesh, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
Delhi's captain Ayush Badoni plays a shot during the first day of the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 cricket match between Delhi and Himachal Pradesh, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
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