Ranji Trophy LIVE Score, Day 1 Round 5: UP 41/6 vs Karnataka; Shami in playing XI for Bengal vs Madhya Pradesh, Haryana wins toss and elects to bowl vs Kerala

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Odisha vs Maharashtra 103/3

Chhattisgarh vs Assam 98/3

Baroda vs Meghalaya 103 all-out

Jammu & Kashmir vs Tripura 118/6

Services 25/2 vs Mumbai

Vidarbha vs Gujarat 85/3

Himachal Pradesh vs Pondicherry 83/8

Hyderabad 91/1 vs Andhra

Uttarakhand vs Rajasthan 124/2

UP 56/7 vs Karnataka 

Madhya Pradesh vs Bengal 109/5

Punjab vs Bihar 43/5

Haryana vs Kerala (Toss delayed)

Chandigarh vs Saurashtra 113/1

Delhi vs Jharkhand 16/0

Railways 88/2 vs Tamil Nadu

PLATE GROUP

Goa 9/0 | Arunachal Pradesh 84 all-out

Manipur 67/4 vs Sikkim

Mizoram vs Nagaland 135/2

Lunch called in Vadodara as Aryan is the last Meghalaya batter to walk back. Mahesh Pithiya ends the innings with six wickets.

Sagar P Udeshi scores a single run and walks back to the pavilion as Vaibhav Arora removes the batter and picks his second.

Delhi wins the toss and elects to field first against Jharkhand.

Another wicket goes as Meghalaya continues to struggle. This time its Dippu who is removed N A Rathva for a duck.

Aryan Pandey returns for his second spell and strikes. He breaks the fifth wicket partnership on 37 and gets Writtik Bijoy Chatterjee on 19.

Mahipal Lomror, on 34 off 43, has ensured the wicket of Abhijeet Tomar did not deter Rajasthan’s momentum in the first session. His partnership with Ravi Chauhan is worth 59 runs now.

Three wickets apiece for VK Galetiya and Mukul Negi have pushed Pondicherry on the backfoot. Fabid Ahmed and captain Sagar Udeshi at crease right now.

The procession continues. Debutant Yashovardhan Parantap gets the set batter Rituraj Sharma caught at slips off an outside edge. 

Half the UP side is back in the hut. Vipraj Nigam falls on 6 as he rocks back onto his back foot against off-spinner Mohsin Khan but fails to cover the line of the ball. Sees his off stump crashed.

Mumbai wins the toss and opts to field against Services.

Mahesh Pithiya has been the pick of Baroda’s bowling line-up after he completed his five-for against Meghalaya.

Kulwant Khejroliya picks up a second wicket as he removes Bengal’s Rohit Kumar, who walks back without opening his account. 

Vidhyadhar Patil has his second scalp, strangling Aaditya Sharma down the leg.

Fog still on. Match officials yet to confirm a definite start time. A tennis ball game has started off in front of the Haryana dressing room though.

Kulwant Khejroliya breaks the second-wicket partnership. Sudip Gharami has to walk back on 10. Sudip Chatterjee batting on 14.

Sachin Dhas and Ramakrishna Ghosh have put together 37 runs for the second wicket and put Maharashtra in control after the first hour of play.

Gurjapneet accounts for the second Railways opener as well. Pratham Singh hands a catch to Pradosh Ranjan Paul and departs for 1.

Manan Hingrajia falls on just 1 as Aditya Thakare pins him leg before. Priyank Panchal is now joined by vice captain Umang Patel.

Abhijeet Tomar has scored 20 off 23 and done the bulk of the scoring in the opening partnership. Ravi Chauhan’s 3 off 26 working towards blunting the bowling unit.

A watchful start by the Hyderabad openers, Tanmay Agarwal and Abirath Reddy, who have added just eight runs in the first seven overs.

Gurjapneet with the first wicket for Tamil Nadu. He traps Vivek Singh in front on 6.

A golden duck for Aryan Juyal. V. Koushik castles him and UP plunges deeper into trouble.

The home side in trouble at the Ekana. V Koushik, who has been in rich vein of form, gets the other opener Madhav Kaushik for a duck.

Praful Hinge gets a breakthrough for the home team. Aarya Desai hands a feather to wicketkeeper Akshay Wadkar and departs without troubling the scorers.

Vidyadhar Patil starts off with consecutive maiden overs with the second one yielding him a wicket too. Abhishek Goswami departs for 5 after he is cleaned up by Patil.

VK Galetiya with twin strikes off consecutive deliveries has jolted Pondicherry early. Aman Khan goes for a golden duck after Ajay Rohera’s six-ball duck.

Another match that sees a wicket of the first delivery of the match. Jagjit Singh Sandhu accounts for Tarang Gohel and completes a wicket maiden.

A wicket off the first delivery for Aryan Pandey of MP. Shuvam Dey holes out to Rajat Patidar. Sudip Gharami and Sudip Chatterjee at crease.

Arshin Kulkarni was quick off the blocks with two boundaries but his cameo is ended by Suryakant Pradhan. He gets 16 off 15 deliveries.

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Services vs Mumbai

Delhi vs Jharkhand

Punjab vs Bihar

Haryana vs Kerala

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Odisha vs Maharashtra - Maharashtra won the toss and opted to bat.

Chhattisgarh vs Assam - Chhattisgarh won the toss and opted to field.

Baroda vs Meghalaya - Meghalaya won the toss and opted to bat.

Jammu & Kashmir vs Tripura - J&K won the toss and opted to field.

Services vs Mumbai - Mumbai wins the toss and opted to field.

Vidarbha vs Gujarat - Vidarbha won the toss and opted to field.

Himachal Pradesh vs Pondicherry - Himachal won the toss and opted to field.

Hyderabad vs Andhra - Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bat.

Uttarakhand vs Rajasthan - Uttarakhand won the toss and opted to field.

UP vs Karnataka - Uttar Pradesh won the toss and opted to bat.

Madhya Pradesh vs Bengal - Madhya Pradesh won the toss and opted to field.

Punjab vs Bihar - Punjab won the toss and opted to field

Haryana vs Kerala - Toss delayed

Chandigarh vs Saurashtra - Chandigarh won the toss and opted to field.

Delhi vs Jharkhand - Toss delayed

Railways vs Tamil Nadu - Tamil Nadu won the toss and opted to field.

PLATE GROUP

Goa vs Arunachal Pradesh - Arunachal won the toss and opted to bat.

Manipur vs Sikkim - Sikkim won the toss and opted to field.

Mizoram vs Nagaland - Mizoram won the toss and opted to field.

Select matches from the fifth round will be telecast on Sports18 and Sports18 HD. A few games will also be live streamed on the JioCinema app and website.

Perhaps the biggest development in this round of fixtures is the inclusion of Mohammed Shami to the Bengal squad. With the Indian team for the Border Gavaskar Trophy already in Australia for the five-match Test series, Shami faces a race against time to prove his match fitness and join the side. 

Mohammed Shami set to return to competitive cricket with Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh starting Wednesday

Shami hasn’t featured in a competitive game since the ODI World Cup final last year.

Odisha vs Maharashtra

Chhattisgarh vs Assam

Baroda vs Meghalaya

Jammu & Kashmir vs Tripura

Services vs Mumbai

Vidarbha vs Gujarat 

Himachal Pradesh vs Pondicherry

Hyderabad vs Andhra

Uttarakhand vs Rajasthan

UP vs Karnataka 

Madhya Pradesh vs Bengal

Punjab vs Bihar

Haryana vs Kerala

Chandigarh vs Saurashtra

Delhi vs Jharkhand 

Railways vs Tamil Nadu

PLATE GROUP

Goa vs Arunachal Pradesh

Manipur vs Sikkim

Mizoram vs Nagaland

The fifth round of matches get underway today as this Ranji Trophy season moves towards the final set of fixtures. The fifth round will be the last before the tournament breaks to accomodate the white-ball competitions - Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The last two rounds of Ranji Trophy will start from January 23.