India wicketkeeper batter Ishan Kishan gave a timely reminder of his T20 prowess with a blistering 50-ball 113 that powered Jharkhand to an eight-wicket victory over Tripura in their Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group D match.
Pacer Auqib Nabi continued his rich vein of form to return 3/30 as Hyderabad, yet to lose a match this season, were trailing by 82 runs at stumps.
Left-arm spinner Parth Rekhade returned with a five-wicket haul as Vidarbha registered a 100-run win over Odisha to move to the top of Group A in the Ranji Trophy.
Kumar Kushagra hit 13 fours and three sixes during his 225-ball 133-run knock.
Jharkhand humbled former champions Tamil Nadu by an innings and 114 runs with young off-spinner Rishav Raj grabbing four wickets on the fourth and final day.
The big knock by the out of favour India player helped Jharkhand end strongly after they were 157 for six at one stage on the first day.
Jharkhand captain Ishan Kishan lifted his team from a tricky situation with a statement hundred as the visitors reached 307 for six against hosts Tamil Nadu.
Captain Ayush Badoni showed his appetite for runs with an unbeaten 116 off 144 balls in Delhi's day end score of 238 for 5 in reply to Jharkhand's healthy first innings total of 382.
Left-arm spinner Ninad Rathva came up with career-best match figures as Baroda crushed Meghalaya by an innings and 261 runs in under two days to earn a bonus point in their Ranji Trophy Group A match Thursday.
India batter Ishan Kishan on Wednesday returned to the Jharkhand Ranji team as its captain, following his controversial pullout last season that led to his exclusion from the BCCI central contract
Ishan Kishan kept the flow of runs in check, conceding just five from his two overs.
Jharkhand needed 12 runs to win with two wickets remaining, and captain Ishan Kishan took the onus to guide his team to a win.
Ishan Kishan skipped the Ranji Trophy matches towards the end of the 2023-24 season, and this proved costly for him, as he was removed from the central contract list for not prioritising domestic cricket.
Ishan Kishan didn't feature in the Jharkhand team that took on Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy match, starting February 16.
A five-wicket haul by pace-bowling stalwart Chirag Jani and a half-century by opener Harvik Desai helped defending champions Saurashtra take the honours on day one of their Ranji Trophy
East Zone selectors were baffled when they came to know that Ishan Kishan didn't want to play the first-class tournament.
Riding on half-centuries from opener Yash Dubey and Rajat Patidar, defending champions Madhya Pradesh completed their remarkable fightback as they beat Andhra by five wickets to enter the Ranji Trophy semifinals in Indore on Friday.
Karnataka gained three points after its Ranji Trophy Group C match against Kerala petered out to a draw on the fourth and final day in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday