Ranji Trophy Highlights, Round 7 Day 4 updates: Karnataka settles for draw with Chandigarh; Kerala draws with Andhra

At Agartala, Railways beat Tripura by 5 wickets

At Jamshedpur, Jharkhand beat Rajasthan by 89 runs

At Kolkata, Bengal beat Bihar by an innings and 204 runs

At Rajkot, Saurashtra beat Manipur by an innings and 243 runs

At Palam, Services drew with Maharashtra (Services took first innings lead)

At Nagpur, Vidarbha beats Haryana by 115 runs

At Vizianagaram, Kerala drew with Andhra (Kerala took first innings lead)

At Mumbai, Mumbai beats Assam by an innings an 80 runs

At Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh drew with Chhattisgarh (Chhatisgarh took first innings lead)

At Hubli, Karnataka drew with Chandigarh (Karnataka took first innings lead)

At Salem, Tamil Nadu beat Punjab by 7 wickets

At Porvorim, Gujarat beat Goa by 7 wickets

At Indore, Madhya Pradesh beat J&K by 256 runs

At Dehradun, Uttarakhand drew with Baroda (Uttarakhand took first innings lead)

At Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh beat Pondicherry by an innings and 63 runs

At New Delhi, Delhi beat Odisha by 7 wickets

The last wicket pair holds on as Andhra conjure up a point from the game against Kerala. The visitor picks three on account of the first innings lead.

Shoaib Mohammed Khan and Raju holding on against Kerala at the moment. Just one wicket away for Kerala. Result has no bearing on qualification as Andhra has already made it through.

Ruturaj Gaikwad comes in at 8 and holds on as Maharashtra eke out a draw versus Services. Despite the first innings lead Services fail to make it through to the QF.

Vaisakh Chandran gets Manish Golamaru for 4. Kerala one wicket away!!

Wicket number 3 for Basil Thampi. Girinath Reddy is dismissed for a duck. Kerala now two wickets away.

Anshul Kamboj is dismissed after an entertaining 25-ball 46 and captain Ashok Menaria is absent hurt as Vidarbha gets the better of Haryana by 115 runs and seal top spot in Group A.

Gripping climax here at the Palam grounds as Maharashtra loses one more wicket. Services need four more for a bonus point win which will take it above Saurashtra in the table. 

Basil Thampi removes the set Sheikh Raheed to maintain Kerala’s chances of beating Andhra. Just three more wickets to get.

Jaskirat’s 81 helps Meghalaya post 243 in the second innings and set a decent 197 target for Hyderabad to chase in the Plate final.

Ayush Badoni’s quickfire unbeaten 40 helps Delhi chase down the 122-run target for the loss of three wickets. Yash Dhull unbeaten on 16 at the other end.

Gagan Vats is next to go. Yash Dhull and Ayush Badoni now at the middle with 31 more runs to win.

Haryana plummets to 135/7 against Vidarbha. The visitor still needs 156 runs while the home team look favourites with just three wickets needed.

Kaushal Tambe falls for 44 to Pulkit Narang. Captain Ankit Bawane joins Anurag Kawade at the crease. Still trails by 69 runs.

Karnataka happy to settle for a draw with Chandigarh to qualify for the knockouts as the second placed team from group C.

Captain Himmat Singh falls for 32. Delhi needs another 53 runs to win against Odisha.

Jalaj Saxena gets Hanuma Vihari for 5. Kerala needs four more wickets for an outright win against Andhra.

Priyam Garg scores a fourth-innings century to help Uttar Pradesh draw the game against Chhatisagarh. Chhatisgarh gets 3 points for the first innings lead while UP pockets one.

Ankit Kumar and Nishant Sindhu fall in quick succession with Yash Thakur and Wakhare picking up the wickets. Haryana need 214 runs to win.

Meghalaya’s lead increases to 150 as Jaskirat nears his 50. Hyderabad needs to pick up the five remaining wickets quickly to curb the target to chase.

Delhi with a brisk start despite the fall of Anuj Rawat. Rajesh Mohanty with the wicket. Delhi needs 89 runs to win. 

Two quick wickets as U19 stars Arshin Kulkarni and Sachin Dhas depart with the team trailing by 93 runs versus Services. Digvijay Patil at the crease with Kaushal Tambe. 

Basil Thampi removes Ashwin Hebbar for 72 as Kerala gets the crucial breakthrough. Andhra trails Kerala by 99 runs.

Malik picks up the wicket of Karan Sharma for 10. Shivam Sharma who had retired hurt comes back in to join Priyam Garg. UP needs 251 runs to win. 

Bad light stops play as Baroda loses four needing 206 runs to win. Shivalik Sharma remains unbeaten on 75 with Mitesh Patil on 43.

Basil picks his third wicket to dismiss Karan Shinde. Shaik Rasheed joins Ashwin Hebbar at the crease. Andhra trails Kerala by 115 runs. 

Umesh Yadav gets the first breakthrough. Yuvraj Singh is trapped in front for 10. Haryana needs 268 runs to win.

Raj Biswa is dismissed right after his century as Meghalaya leads Hyderabad by 116 runs in the third innings. Rishab Baslas with the all important wicket.

Vishvash Malik gets the important wicket of Nitish Rana for 20 as Chhatisgarh reduces UP to 90/2, trailing the target by 286 runs.

Arshin Kulkarni and Kaushal Tambe bring up the 50-run partnership. Maharashtra trails Services by 142 runs. 

Nishant Sindhu picks a four-wicket haul as Haryana closes out the Vidarbha innings at 205. A 296-run target now ahead of Haryana with two sessions of play left.

Chandigarh continues to hold on against Karnataka despite the wickets of Manan Vohra and Arslan Khan. The team still trails by 132 runs and will need to bat out two sessions to steal a draw. 

Dipak: Tamil Nadu finally qualified for the quarterfinals of the Ranji Trophy for the first time since the 2016-17 season after beating Punjab by nine wickets in the final league match at the Salem Cricket Foundation Ground here on Monday.

Punjab resumed the day on 180 for four with a lead of 19 runs and was bundled out for 231 within 90 minutes as TN skipper R. Sai Kishore scalped four wickets.

Overnight centurion Nehal Wadhera was the first to go, trapped leg-before by off-spinner Pradosh Ranjan Paul while attempting a reverse-sweep. 

Sai Kishore then removed his opposite number, Mandeep Singh caught at slip trying a similar shot. Pradosh was used tactically against the left-handers, and the latter delivered again by castling Prerit Dutta to take his third wicket. 

From there on, it was just a matter of time, and Sai Kishore quickly wrapped things up, taking the last three wickets to set-up a small target of 71 for his side.

TN opener S. Lokeshwar started by hitting three boundaries against left-arm spinner Prerit Dutta before the latter had him trapped in front, thus denying the hosts a chance to pocket seven points. 

N. Jagadeesan and Pradosh then completed the formalities as the home team blasted the paltry target in just seven overs to post its fourth win and finished with 28 points, enough to secure a berth in the last eight.

Odisha continues to lose wickets in a bunch. The team is seven down for 81 with a lead of 70 over Delhi.

TN makes light work of the 71-run target. Despite the wicket of Lokeshwar, Jagadeesan and Pradosh chase it down within seven overs to seal a QF place ahead of Gujarat. 

Pratham Singh scores an unbeaten 169 to help Railways chase down 378 in the fourth innings against Tripura. Mohammed Saif’s hundred was followed up by crucial contributions from Arindam Ghosh and Upendra Yadav. 

Avesh Khan and Kumar Karthikeya pick two each to reduce J&K to 63. The visitor trails by 318 runs in the fourth innings, 

Dipak: it is all over. Punjab bowled out for 231. Sai Kishore gets his fourth wicket. Siddharth Kaul caught at slip by Indrajith. TN needs 71 to win.

Anshul Kamboj removes Wadkar for 38 and Nishant Sindhu follows it up with the wicket of Wakhare. Vidarbha leads by 263 runs vs Haryana.

Sumit Mathur cleans up Govinda Poddar to reduce Odisha to 42/5. Odisha leads by 31 runs. 

Captain Bhui is dismissed for 1 by Vaishakh Chandran. Andhra trails by 186 runs. 

Dipak: Jass Inder Singh gives Sai Kishore his 3rd wicket. tries to sweep, top edge easy catch to Indrajith

A wicket each for Karthikeya Kak and Tanay Thyagarajan reduces Meghalaya to 56/3, a slender lead of 10 runs in the Plate final. 

Dipak: Pradosh gets another left-hander. Prerit Dutta goes for a wild heave and is bowled. Sai Kishore removes Sanvir Singh bowled without offering a shot. Lead by 59 runs.

Anukul Roy picks up a fifer as Jharkhand bowls Rajasthan out for 158 in the final innings to seal an 89-run win. Mahipal Lomror top-scored in the final innings with 48.

Captain Vishnu Solanki departs after his fifty as Baroda tumbles to 88/4 in its mammoth fourth innings chase. The team still needs 336 runs to win against Uttarakhand. 

Basil picks up his second of the innings to remove Maheep Kumar for 13. Andhra trails Kerala by 207 runs. Captain Ricky Bhui joins Ashwin Hebbar at the crease.

Anukul Roy picks up four as Jharkhand reduces Rajasthan to 158/8. Rajasthan needs 90 runs to win.

Varun Choudhary removes opener Trunkwala for 7. Kaushal Tambe joins Arshin Kulkarni in the middle. 

Y V Rathod falls for 4 to Jayant Yadav. Aditya Sarvate joins Akshay Wadkar in the middle with Vidarbha leading by 227 runs.

Himanshu Chauhan and Pranshu Vijayran run through the Odisha top order to leave them reeling at 12/4, leading by a solitary run.

Crucial breakthroughs for Tamil Nadu! 

Dipak: Pradosh, the man with the golden arm. Removes Nehal Wadhera for 109, trapped leg-before. Sai Kishore gets his 1st wicket. Mandeep Singh is out. tries to reverse-sweep and only can hit it straight to Indrajith who moved to his right in anticipation to take an easy catch.

Off-spinner Shashikumar removes opener Shivam Bhambri for 33. Chandigarh trails by 220 runs with skipper Manan Vohra and Arslan Khan at the crease.

Contributions from the lower order helps Services post 432 in its first innings. Maharashtra trails by 207 runs.

Pratham Singh and Arindam Ghosh continue their partnership to take Railways closer to its formidable 4th innings target. Pratham unbeaten on 125. Team needs 85 runs to win. 

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At Agartala, Tripura 149, 330 vs Railways 105, 270/4 in 69 overs

At Jamshedpur, Jharkhand 188, 269 vs Rajasthan 210, 120/6 in 51 overs

At Kolkata, Bengal beat Bihar by an innings and 204 runs

At Rajkot, Saurashtra beat Manipur by an innings and 243 runs

At Palam, Services 430/9 in 189 overs vs Maharashtra 225

At Nagpur, Haryana 333 vs Vidarbha 423, 113/4 in 38.2 overs

At Vizianagaram, Kerala 514/7 dec in 161.4 overs vs Andhra 272, 19/1 in 7 overs

At Mumbai, Mumbai beats Assam by an innings an 80 runs

At Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 238 vs Chattisgarh 414, 124/5 in 37 pvers

At Hubli, Karnataka 563/5 in 136.5 overs vs Chandigarh 267, 61/0 in 11 overs

At Salem, Punjab 267, 180/4 in 40 overs vs Tamil Nadu 435

At Porvorim, Gujarat beats Goa by 7 wickets

At Indore, Madhya Pradesh 200, 409/8 in 124 overs vs J&K 242

At Dehradun, Uttarakhand 382, 221/6 dec in 67 overs vs Baroda 180, 50/2 in 16 overs

At Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh beat Pondicherry by an innings and 63 runs

At New Delhi, Delhi 451 all out vs Odisha 440

Hello and welcome to Day 4 of the seventh and last round of Ranji trophy fixtures taking place across the country. Stay Tuned for live score and updates from all matches.