Ranji Trophy LIVE Day 1, Round 2 Updates: Sudharsan, Jagadeesan start steadily for Tamil Nadu; Maharashtra struggling vs Mumbai

An attritional spell of play since the wicket. The runs have dried up as Rishi and Manan Hingrajia have relied on picking singles against the spinners.

- Abhishek Saini

There will be a pitch inspection at 11 am as the match between Bengal and Bihar awaits a green signal to start.

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Royston H Dias is the latest Mumbai bowler to get a wicket. The left-arm pacer traps Satyajeet Bachhav in front in his first over. 

Maharashtra 41 for five vs Mumbai

Madhya Pradesh takes the early initiative against Punjab, reducing the home side to 23 for three inside the opening 11 overs. 

Pondicherry’s Sagar P Udeshi picks his second of the innings.

Vidarbha 15/4 vs Pondicherry

Maharashtra is four-down inside the first hour. Mohit Avasthi gets another wicket. 

Maharashtra 33/4 vs Mumbai

Steady start from the Tamil Nadu openers. B Sai Sudharsan and N Jagadeesan taking their time to get going. Just 17 runs from the first seven overs. 

Maharashtra loses another wicket. Siddhesh Veer is sent back by Mohit Avasthi.

Maharashtra 26/3 vs Mumbai

Little to no help for the seamers early on. Nitish Kumar Reddy bowled the solitary delivery, to Rishi Patel, that has beaten an edge in the first four overs. Left arm orthodox Lalith Mohan in attack already. 

-Abhishek Saini

Pondicherry is cruising at the moment after picking three early wickets against Vidarbha. Gourav Yadav takes two as Sagar P Udeshi picks one.

VID 8/3 (3.4 overs)

Shardul Thakur strikes twice in the first over. He removes Maharashtra skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sachin Das in the first over. 

Gujarat: P K Panchal, Rishi Patel, M A Hingrajia, Umang, Jaymeet Patel, Urvil Patel (wk), S A Desai, C T Gaja (c), A Nagwaswalla, Rm Bishnoi, P N Jadeja

Andhra: Abhishek Reddy, Maheep Kumar, SK Rasheed, K S Bharat (wk), Ricky Bhui (c), G H Vihari, Nithish Kumar Reddy, K V Sasikanth, T Vijay, Lalith Mohan, PVSN Raju

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Tamil Nadu has been put to bat first against Delhi, which won the toss.

Jammu and Kashmir has won the toss against Odisha and decided to bat first.

On the other hand, the match between Meghalaya and Tripura has been delayed due to rain. Toss for Bengal vs Bihar seems to be delayed too.

Nagaland won the toss and chose to bat first against Manipur.

Sikkim won the toss and chose to bat first as well against Goa.