Ranji Trophy 2025-26, Round Two, Day 1 Highlights: Rahane Shines For Mumbai; ASM Vs SER Likely To End On Day 2

Hello! We’re back with another live blog, it’s Ranji Trophy 2025-26, Round Two Day 1. Stay tuned for live updates!

Only three Ranji Trophy 2025-26 round two matches will be available for live streaming on the JioHotstar app and website.

The games that will be live-streamed:

• Bengal vs Gujarat

• Saurashtra vs Madhya Pradesh

• Mumbai vs Chhattisgarh

Elite Groups

• Andhra vs Baroda at ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram

• Uttar Pradesh vs Odisha at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur

• Nagaland vs Tamil Nadu at CoE Ground, Bengaluru

• Vidarbha vs Jharkhand at VCA Stadium, Nagpur

• Punjab vs Kerala at IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali

• Chandigarh vs Maharashtra at Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh

• Delhi vs Himachal Pradesh at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

• Bengal vs Gujarat at Eden Gardens, Kolkata

• Saurashtra vs Madhya Pradesh at Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot

• Haryana vs Tripura at Chaudhry Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Lahli

• Jammu & Kashmir Haryana vs Rajasthan at Sher E Kashmir Cricket Stadium, Srinagar

• Karnataka vs Goa at KSCA Navule Stadium, Shimoga

• Mumbai vs Chhattisgarh at BKC Ground, Mumbai

• Uttarakhand vs Railways at Kaushiki Cricket Ground, Jim Corbett, Ramnagar

• Assam vs Services at Tinsukia District Sports Association Ground, Tinsukia

• Puducherry vs Hyderabad at Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry

Plate Division

• Meghalaya vs Sikkim at MCA Cricket Ground, Polo Ground, Shillong

• Manipur vs Bihar at Gokulbhai Somabhai Patel Stadium, Nadiad

• Arunachal Pradesh vs Mizoram at Gujarat College Cricket Ground 'A', Ahmedabad

The morning’s action is kicking off with some interesting toss results across the country.

• Vizianagaram: Baroda has won the toss and decided to bat first against Andhra. Looking to set a solid foundation early on.

• Kolkata: Gujarat opts to field after winning the toss, putting Bengal into the spotlight first.

• New Chandigarh: Punjab chooses to bat against Kerala, hoping to get runs on the board quickly.

• Bengaluru: Tamil Nadu wins the toss and elects to bat vs Nagaland. Early runs could be crucial here.

• Puducherry: Hyderabad decides to bat first against Pondicherry, looking to take control from the start.

• Lahli: Tripura has elected to bat vs Haryana, aiming to build a big innings.

• Ramnagar: Railways chooses to bat against Uttarakhand, hoping to put pressure with the bat.

• Chandigarh: Chandigarh opts to field vs Maharashtra, giving the bowlers the first shot.

• New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh goes for fielding first against Delhi. Let’s see how their bowlers respond.

• Rajkot: Saurashtra elects to bat against Madhya Pradesh, looking to set a strong platform.

• Srinagar: J&K chooses to field vs Rajasthan, hoping early wickets will set the tone.

• Kanpur: Odisha wins the toss and bats first vs Uttar Pradesh, aiming for a solid total.

• Mumbai: Chhattisgarh opts to field against Mumbai, giving their bowlers the first bite.

• Tinsukia: Assam elects to bat vs Services, looking to get runs on the board early.

Chandigarh strike early! Maharashtra are struggling at 19/1. Prithvi Shaw couldn’t get going today, falling cheaply for 8 off 9 balls. Jagjit Singh Sandhu draws first blood, giving Chandigarh an early boost. Maharashtra will need someone to steady the ship fast.

Plate Division

Meghalaya vs Sikkim

Meghalaya won the toss and elected to field at MCA Cricket Ground, Polo Ground, Shillong. Check playing XIs

Meghalaya: Akash Choudhary, Arpit Bhatewara (wk), Kishan Lyngdoh (c), Jaskirat Singh Sachdeva, Dippu Sangma, Chengkam Sangma, Arien Sangma, Aryan Bora, Swastic Chettri, Rahul Dalal, Ajay Duhan

Sikkim: Arun Chettri (wk), Anwesh Sharma, K Sai Satwik, Ashish Thapa, Lee Yong Lepcha (c), Amit Rajera, Gurinder Singh, Kranthi Kumar, Palzor Tamang, Ankur Malik, Bijay Prasad

1. Jammu & Kashmir vs Rajasthan at Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium, Srinagar

Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and opted to bowl first at Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium, Srinagar. Check teams

Jammu & Kashmir: Paras Dogra (c), Shubham Khajuria, Kanhaiya Wadhawan (wk), Auqib Nabi, Abdul Samad, Qamran Iqbal, Yudhvir Singh, Abid Mushtaq, Umran Malik, Yawer Hassan, Sunil Kumar, Rohit Sharma, Vanshaj Sharma, Vivrant Sharma, Musaif Ajaz, Sahil Lotra, Mujtaba Yousuf, Umar Nazir Mir

Rajasthan: Mahipal Lomror (c), Abhijeet Tomar, Sumit Godara, Deepak Hooda, Kartik Sharma, Mukul Choudhary (wk), Deepak Chahar, Manav Suthar, Ashok Sharma, Aniket Choudhary, Akash Singh, Rahul Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Kukna Ajay Singh, Kunal Singh Rathore (wk)

2. Mumbai vs Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh won the toss and chose to field against Mumbai at BKC Ground. Check playing XIs

Mumbai: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Musheer Khan, Siddhesh Lad, Sarfaraz Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Shams Mulani, Akash Anand (wk), Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Irfan Umair

Chhattisgarh: Amandeep Khare (c), Ashutosh Singh, Shashank Chandrakar (wk), Sanjeet Desai, Aayush Pandey, Ajay Mandal, Aditya Sarwate, Shashank Singh, Sourabh Majumdar, Ravi Kiran, Vashudev Bareth

3. Delhi vs Himachal Pradesh at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Himachal won the toss and chose to field first against Delhi Arun Jaitley Stadium. Check playing XIs

Delhi: Arpit Rana, Sanat Sangwan, Ayush Badoni (c), Yash Dhull, Ayush Doseja, Sumit Mathur, Anuj Rawat (wk), Navdeep Saini, Siddhant Sharma, Rounak Waghela, Money Grewal

Himachal: Ankush Bains (c & wk), Sidhant Purohit, Ankit Kalsi, Ekant Sen, Pukhraj Mann, Akash Vasisht, Mukul Negi, Mayank Dagar, Vaibhav Arora, Arpit Guleria, Divesh Sharma

4. Puducherry vs Hyderabad at Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry

Hyderabad won the toss and chose to bat at Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry. Check playing XIs

Puducherry: Sagar Udeshi (c), Ganga Sridhar Raju, Paras Ratnaparkhe, Anand Bais, Mohit Kale, Siddhant Addhatrao (wk), Aman Khan, Jayant Yadav, Puneet Datey, Sidak Singh, Ajay Rohera

Hyderabad: Tanmay Agarwal, Abhirath Reddy, Rahul Singh (c), Kodimela Himateja, Rahul Radesh (wk), Aelgani Varun Goud, Rohit Rayudu, Chama Milind, Tanay Thyagarajan, Anikethreddy, B Punnaiah

Elite Group A

1. Vidarbha vs Jharkhand at VCA Stadium, Nagpur (delayed)

3. Uttar Pradesh vs Odisha

Odisha won the toss and chose to bat first at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur. Check playing XIs

Uttar Pradesh: Karan Sharma (c), Aryan Juyal (wk), Madhav Kaushik, Abhishek Goswami, Aaradhya Yadav, Priyam Garg, Prashant Veer, Vipraj Nigam, Shivam Sharma, Shivam Mavi, Kunal Tyagi

Odisha: Swastik Samal, Aashirwad Swain (wk), Sandeep Pattnaik, Subhranshu Senapati (c), Govinda Poddar, Rajesh Dhuper, Sambit Baral, Rajesh Mohanty, Sunil Roul, Badal Biswal, Sumit Sharma

4. Nagaland vs Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu won the toss and chose to bat first at CoE Ground, Bengaluru. Check playing XIs.

Tamil Nadu: Athish SR (wk), Vimal Khumar, Baba Indrajith, M Shahrukh Khan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Sai Kishore (c), C Andre Siddarth, RS Ambrish, DT Chandrasekar, Sandeep Warrier, Gurjapneet Singh

Nagaland: Rongsen Jonathan (c), Sedezhalie Rupero, Imliwati Lemtur, Yugandhar Singh, Saurav Kumar, Tahmeed Rahman, Dega Nischal, Chetan Bist (wk), Ronit More, Odilemba Kichu, Hem Chetri

Yudhvir Singh Strikes! Rajasthan’s opener is back in the hut as Yudhvir Singh picks up a wicket in his very first over, sending Sumit Godara packing for 6. What a start.

J&K Vs Rajasthan 28/2 (13.4 Ov)

Goa won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Karnataka XI: Mayank Agarwal (C), Karun Nair, Nikin Jose, KL Shrijith (WK), Smaran R, Abhinav Manohar, Shreyas Gopal, V. Vyshak, Vidwath Kaverappa, Abhilash Shetty, Yashovardhan Partap.

Goa XI: Snehal Kauthankar (C), Manthan Khutkar, Samar Duhashi (WK), Suyash Prabhudessai, Vijesh Prabhudessai, Abhinav Tejrana, Lalit Yadav, Arjun Tendulkar, Darshan Misal, Mohit Redkar, Koushik V

Tripura Stumble Early! Four top-order wickets tumble, Vijay Shankar the latest to go for 5 off 7 to Nishant Sindhu. Nikhil Kashyap picks up a couple of key scalps. Vihari now at the crease with Swapnil Singh, trying to steady Tripura’s innings.

Maharashtra Struggle to Build Momentum Maharashtra are 98/4 in 25 overs. Arshin Kulkarni put up a solid fight with a 50 off 55 balls but was caught by Mayank Sindu off Abhishek Saini. Skipper Ankeet Bawne’s rough patch continues, falling cheaply for 8 off 11.

Ruturaj and Saurabh Nawale are now at the crease, hoping to rebuild the innings.

Rahane in Control! Mumbai are 97/3 in 34 overs. Ajinkya Rahane brings up a classy fifty, guiding one over the cordon for four. He’s looked in fine touch, stitching together a steady 50-run stand with Siddesh Lad as Mumbai look to build a platform.

• Vizianagaram: Baroda in early trouble at 85/6 in 34 overs vs Andhra.

• Kolkata: Bengal steady at 94/3 in 30 overs vs Gujarat.

• New Chandigarh: Punjab cruising at 107/1 in 36 overs vs Kerala.

• Bengaluru: Tamil Nadu off to a strong start, 117/1 in 31 overs vs Nagaland.

• Puducherry: Hyderabad look comfortable at 108/1 in 34 overs vs Pondicherry.

• Lahli: Tripura 104/4 in 38 overs vs Haryana, some early stumbles.

• Ramnagar: Railways 83/3 in 34 overs vs Uttarakhand, steady recovery needed.

• Chandigarh: Maharashtra 114/4 in 29 overs vs Chandigarh — even contest so far.

• New Delhi: Delhi dominating at 98/0 in 35 overs vs Himachal Pradesh.

• Rajkot: Saurashtra looking composed at 93/1 in 33 overs vs Madhya Pradesh.

• Srinagar: Rajasthan tottering at 70/5 in 32 overs vs J&K.

• Kanpur: Odisha 84/3 in 32 overs vs Uttar Pradesh.

• Mumbai: Mumbai 97/3 in 34 overs vs Chhattisgarh - Rahane holding fort.

• Tinsukia: Assam bowled out for 103 vs Services.

• Shivamogga: Karnataka slow and steady at 15/0 in 12 overs vs Goa.

A fiery spell from Arjun Sharma lights up Tinsukia as he bags a brilliant hat-trick against Assam! Mohit Jangra joins the party too, picking up key wickets to keep the pressure on. Services are all over Assam at the Tinsukia District Sports Association Ground, a dream start for the bowlers.

Delhi keep momentum going Despite Arpit Rana falling for 64, Yash Dhull and Sanat Sangwan are holding the fort, stitching together a 32-run stand off 34 balls. Delhi look determined to keep the innings cruising as they build on a solid platform.

Ruturaj Gaikwad brings up his fifty, his second in as many matches, rescuing Maharashtra after two early wickets. He’s been aggressive yet composed, hitting eight fours while building a crucial partnership with Arshin Kulkarni.

The stand continues to grow, now at 76 runs with Saurabh Nawale. Maharashtra are 187/4 in 48.0 overs vs Chandigarh, looking to regain control.

Saurashtra Rebuild After Jani’s Exit Jadeja and Ansh Gosai take charge to steady the Saurashtra innings after Chirag Jani departs for 82, falling to Kumar Kartikeya, who claims his second wicket. The duo look set to anchor the innings and keep Saurashtra in the game.

Excellent bowling display by Jammu & Kashmir as they bowl Rajasthan out for just 152 in the 1st innings. Sunil Kumar starred with his 4/32, Auqib Nabi Dar registered 3/29, Yudhvir Singh Charak (2/48) and Abid Mushtaq (1/11) were also among the wicket takers. J&K will start their 1st innings with the bat after the Tea break.

A 231-run stand between Vimal Khumar and Pradosh Ranjan Paul has helped Tamil Nadu score 261 runs already at a loss of just one wicket of Atish SR. Vimal is batting at 144 while Pradosh is 5 runs away from his century in Dimapur.

In the battle of North Vs South, Punjab have scored 159/4 after 6 overs in Mullanpur with opener Harnoor Singh leading from the front and scoring 86 at the end of 2nd session.

Ajinkya Rahane has scored a century at the MCA Cricket Ground against Chhattisgarh and he is being supported nicely by Siddhesh Lad, who is batting at 80. Rahane and Lad will be aiming to take Mumbai to the 300-run mark at the end of today's play.

The game between Jharkhand and Vidarbha has been stopped due to bad light in Nagpur. Stumps have also been called in Mumbai, Kolkata and other venues.

Andhra Pradesh Vs Baroda - BAR 230/6 after 79 overs in Vizianagaram

Vidarbha Vs Jharkhand - JHKD score 119/0 after 38 overs in Nagpur

Nagaland Vs Tamil Nadu - TN score 399/2 after 90 overs in Dimapur

Uttar Pradesh Vs Odisha - ODI were all out for 243 in the 1st innings. UP are 17/0 after 7 overs, trailing by 226 runs in Kanpur

Punjab Vs Kerala - PUN score 240/6 after 87 overs in Mullanpur

Chandigarh Vs Maharashtra - MAH all out for 313 from 85.5 overs

Karnataka Vs Goa - KAR score 222/5 after 69 overs in Shimoga

Saurashtra Vs Madhya Pradesh - SAUR score 258/8 after 82.3 overs in Rajkot

Assam Vs Services - ASM all out for 103 (1st innings). SER all out for 108 in the 2nd innings and took a lead of 5 runs. Assam ended day 1 at a score of 56/5 (3rd innings) after 21 overs with a lead of 51 runs.

Bengal Vs Gujarat - BEN score 244/7 after 72 overs at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata

Uttarakhand Vs Railways - RLYS score 233/4 after 89 overs in Ramnagar

Tripura Vs Haryana - TRI scored 126 in the 1st innings. HAR ended day 1 at a score of 155/8 after 39 overs in Rohtak

Jammu and Kashmir Vs Rajasthan - RAJ were all out for 152 in the 1st innings. JK trail by 86 runs as they ended day 1 at a score of 66/2 after 24 overs in Srinagar

Mumbai Vs Chhattisgarh - MUM score 251/5 after 84 overs at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy

Puducherry Vs Hyderabad - HYD score 255/1 after 70 overs in Siechem

Delhi Vs Himachal Pradesh - DEL score 306/4 after 86 overs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium