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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.

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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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