Tripura produced a historic win over domestic powerhouse Saurashtra on day four of the fourth round of the 2026/27 Ranji Trophy, with Sandip Sarkar taking four for 81 in the second innings. Elsewhere, Hyderabad chased down 259 against Chhattisgarh with one wicket to spare, and Maharashtra’s openers cruised to a 10-wicket win over Bengal.
Group A
Group A produced two outright victories. Vidarbha beat Madhya Pradesh by an innings and 20 runs, and Goa crushed Bihar by an innings and 177 runs.
Adarsh Singh (162) and Madhav Kaushik (137) powered Uttar Pradesh to 492, before Chennai Super Kings youngster Prashant Veer took 3-42. Uttar Pradesh had to settle for a draw. After Jammu & Kashmir piled on 555-6 and took a 170-run lead, Pondicherry held on for a draw, thanks largely to Ankit Sharma‘s 62.
Brief scores
- Goa 397 (Snehal Kauthankar 178 not out) beat Bihar 107 (Vasuki Koushik 3-12) and 113 all out (Lalit Yadav 5-23)
- Pondicherry 385 (Sunil Kumar 6-98) and 269-6 (Ankit Sharma 62) drew with Jammu & Kashmir 555-6 declared (Shubham Khajuria 190, Qamran Iqbal 160)
- Baroda 355 (Kartik Yadav 5-104) and 169-6 (Prashant Veer 3-42) drew with Uttar Pradesh 492 (Adarsh Singh 162, Madhav Kaushik 137, Mahesh Pithiya 5-112)
- Vidarbha 334-9 (Akshay Wadkar 100 not out) beat Madhya Pradesh 209 and 105 (Parth Rekhade 5-14, Harsh Dubey 5-37)
Group B
Tripura’s win over Saurashtra was the standout result in Group B. Sandip Sarkar took four for 81 in the second innings to help seal it. Hyderabad also produced a thrilling chase against Chhattisgarh. They were 220-9 at one stage, before Aniketh Reddy struck an unbeaten 39 to take them over the line.
Andhra forced a draw against Punjab after reaching 505-8 in reply to Punjab’s 592-9. Shaik Rasheed finished on 176, while Kirdant Karan Shinde fell just four short of a century.
Brief scores
- Karnataka 577-6 declared (KV Aneesh 145) beat Assam 135 and 128 (Shreyas Gopal 4-39)
- Tripura 268 (Parth Bhut 5-65) and 191 beat Saurashtra 118 (Parvez Sultan 5-25) and 208 (Sandip Sarkar 4-81)
- Hyderabad 280 and 259-9 (Abhirath Reddy 68, Aniketh Reddy 39 not out) beat Chhattisgarh 284 and 254 (Mayank Verma 81)
- Punjab 592-9 declared (Sanvir Singh 205) drew with Andhra 505-8 (Shaik Rasheed 176, Kirdant Karan Shinde 96)
Group C
Pradeep Dadhe and Hitesh Walunj combined on the final day to bowl Bengal out for 186. Maharashtra’s openers then chased down the required 110 with ease to win by 10 wickets.
Services and Delhi settled for a draw after Services posted 397-9 in their second innings. Yash Dhull smashed a run-a-ball 104 not out before the two sides shook hands. In Gujarat’s match, Urvil Patel scored an unbeaten 210, and Arzan Nagwaswalla took 4-59 and 4-24 across the two innings as Gujarat hammered Kerala by an innings and 58 runs. Rain washed away chunks of overs, so Jharkhand had to settle for a draw against Odisha, who reached 280-7 on the final day.
Brief scores
- Maharashtra 218 (Tanay Sanghavi 60, Mohammed Shami 4-37) and 110-0 beat Bengal 143 and 186 (Abhishek Porel 65, Pradeep Dadhe 4-48, Hitesh Walunj 4-53)
- Jharkhand 433-8 (Aditya Singh 104, Robin Minz 100, Anukul Roy 89) drew with Odisha 280-7
- Services 266 and 397-9 declared (Mohit Ahlawat 142) drew with Delhi 344 (Sumit Mathur 99, Jayant Goyat 5-65) and 168-4
- Gujarat 534-9 declared (Urvil Patel 210 not out, Vishal Jayswal 50 not out) beat Kerala 279 (Vishnu Vinod 66, Arzan Nagwaswalla 4-59) and 197 all out (Arzan Nagwaswalla 4-24)
Group D
Pukhraj Mann scored a magnificent 153 not out on the final day to help Himachal Pradesh hold out for a draw against Rajasthan. Tamil Nadu needed three wickets to win heading into the final day, and Ajith Ram got them all by himself, finishing with 7-48.
Shams Mulani took 4-69 on the final day, while Tanush Kotian finished with nine wickets in the match as Mumbai beat Railways by 106 runs.
Brief scores
- Tamil Nadu 571-7 declared (Pradosh Paul 208, Sriram Ajith Ram 115 not out) beat Chandigarh 94 (Sonu Yadav 4-18) and 218 (Ajith Ram 7-48)
- Rajasthan 78 and 521-8 declared (Rohan Rajbhar 140, Mahipal Lomror 97) drew with Himachal Pradesh 153 and 313-7 (Pukhraj Mann 153 not out)
- Mumbai 396 (Shams Mulani 71, Himanshu Sangwan 4-88) and 234-4 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 79) beat Railways 259 (Tanush Kotian 7-45) and 265 (Shams Mulani 4-69)
- Uttarakhand 305 (Dega Nischal 153, Nishant Sindhu 5-89) and 9-0 beat Haryana 153 and 159 (Jagadeesha Suchith 4-50)
Plate Group
All three Plate Group matches produced results. Satyajeet Bachhav took 6-50 in the first innings and followed up with 7-33 in the second to help Sikkim beat Manipur by 201 runs. Nagaland beat Meghalaya by 122 runs after bowling them out for 172 in the second innings. Following Chinmay Sutar‘s 175 in the first innings, Bobby Zothansanga starred in the second with a five-wicket haul as Mizoram beat Arunachal Pradesh by an innings and 29 runs.
Brief scores
- Nagaland 254 and 184 (Dippu Sangma 3-17, Swarajeet Das 3-36) beat Meghalaya 144 (Anil Gupta 4-50) and 172
- Sikkim 432 and 216-1 declared beat Manipur 289 (Jotin Pheiroijam 137, Satyajeet Bachhav 6-50) and 158 (Satyajeet Bachhav 7-33)
- Mizoram 571-9 declared (Chinmay Sutar 135 not out) beat Arunachal Pradesh 285 and 257 (Bobby Zothansanga 5-104)