Ranji Highlights: Sai Kishore hattrick seals innings victory for TN; Bengal, UP record wins

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Walking at 54 for 5 with Tripura staring at a massive innings defeat, captain Manisankar Murasingh blitzed a sensational @L0$ to force a fourth innings, although Assam cantered home by nine wickets.

Ruturaj Gaikwad’s first hit out with the bat in this Ranji Trophy season was a fruitful one, stroking his way to an unbeaten 101 at No.7. Ankit Bawne remained not out on 169 to give Maharashtra a @L1$, while Shikhar Mohan ended the day batting on 74 for Jharkhand.

K Himateja enhanced a burgeoning reputation with a magnificent unbeaten 123, allowing Hyderabad to set Andhra a @L2$. Tanay Thyagarajan chipped in with a valuable unbeaten half-century of his own.

Manan Hingrajia’s ton @L3$ in the company of Jaymeet Patel’s 72, keeping the Delhi bowlers at bay.

In a @L4$ for the first-innings lead, Samar Gajjar’s 79 and Arpit Vasavada’s defiant 65 tilted the scales Saurashtra’s way against Karnataka. A noteworthy mention for Parth Bhut and Jaydev Unadkat, whose 40-run stand for the ninth wicket secured a slender lead for Saurashtra.

Akash Anand converted his fifty into a hundred, while Sarfaraz Khan’s brilliance ended on 154 as Mumbai @L5$ over Himachal Pradesh to 388.

Chhattisgarh’s Amandeep Khare waged a valiant battle with his 91, but it could not prevent a follow-on @L6$. He ended the day unbeaten on 37 in the second innings.

Gurinder Singh became Sikkim’s third centurion against Arunachal Pradesh. His 146 set up a declaration at 572/5 before Sikkim romped to a @L7$.

Mangal Mahrour’s 138 led a @L8$ from Bihar in the second dig. But his efforts were in vain as the visitors crashed from 203 for 2 to 251, before Baroda knocked off a 2-run target.

A pair of seventies for Aryan Juyal and Suyash Prabhudessai, but it was bittersweet for the latter as Goa @L9$ in pursuit of 235 against Uttar Pradesh.

Bhargav Merai top-scored with 73, while Eshaan Goyal and Ravi Singh contributed fifties in Railways’ @L10$ against Rajasthan.

Sedezhalie Rupero put up a @L11$, staying unbeaten on 108 off 297 deliveries against Mizoram. Nagaland need 258 runs to enter the lead, with Yugandhar Singh’s 98 equally critical in setting up the foundation.

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Captain Sai Kishore bagged a hat-trick to spin Tamil Nadu to an innings win over Uttarakhand @L12$. His six-fer meant he finished with a match haul of 10/74, while fellow left-arm spinner Ajith Ram took the remaining four wickets in the second dig.

Harpreet Brar registered a career-best 7 for 56 as Punjab @L13$ against Chhattisgarh.

Yash Kasvankar’s second five-fer of the match bowled Uttar Pradesh out for 197. But Goa succumbed to Kartik Yadav’s own five-wicket haul, going down @L14$ in the end.

In a contest dominated by spin, Bengal had the final say over Services as Pradipta Pramanik (4 for 48) and Shahbaz Ahmed (3 for 44) scripted an impressive @L15$.

Bhargav Bhatt’s 6 for 53 triggered an alarming Bihar collapse, setting up Baroda’s @L16$.

Off-spinner Vaisakh Chandran scalped four as Odisha were bowled out @L17$. Kerala duly enforced the follow-on and picked up four more wickets.

Sagar Trivedi celebrated his birthday with a four-fer for Puducherry as Madhya Pradesh lost five wickets for 19 runs @L18$.

Mohit Thakur picked up a five-wicket haul to go with his three-fer in the first innings, setting up Assam’s @L19$ over Tripura.

Sunil Kumar bagged four wickets as Jammu and Kashmir threatened to defend 78 against Vidarbha. But the visitors @L20$ with one of their bowling heroes, Nachiket Bhute (5 for 48 in the second innings) seeing them through with the bat.

Satyajeet Bachhav’s 5 for 27 routed Arunachal Pradesh for 123, sealing an innings and 328-run victory @L21$.

Vidwath Kaverappa turned in an impressive four-wicket haul for Karnataka, even as Saurashtra hung on to @L22$.

Abhishek Kumar’s four-fer secured a 103-run lead for Meghalaya. But Manipur @L23$ through Jotin Pheiroijam’s own four-wicket haul to bowl the hosts out for 172.