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Format:
Total Teams: 37 (Includes 9 newly added teams)

Teams in Elite Group A - 9
Baroda, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Railways, Saurashtra and Vidarbha

Teams in Elite Group B. - 9
Delhi, Bengal, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Hyderabad, Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

Teams in Elite Group C-10
Assam, Goa, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Odisha, Services, Rajasthan, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh

Plate group category - 9 new teams.
Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Pudhucherry, Sikkim and Uttarakhand.

Top five teams from Group A and B combined will get through the knockout rounds, along with the top two teams from Group C and the table topper of the Plate Group.


Fixtures:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/scores/series/8050/season/2018


Ranji Trophy Winner and Runners-up count:


Defending Champions - Vidarbha

Vidarbha also gave a strong performance by winning the match against Rest of India in Irani Trophy. Match was drawn but Vidarbha won the match on basis of first innings total. Every year the Ranji winning team plays the Rest Of India team in trophy named as Irani Trophy.

Broadcast:
Star Sport and Live Streaming on HotStar

Round 4 matches started today:

Mumbai versus Gujarat at Wankhede:
Gujarat won the toss and opted to bowl. They went with 3 pacers and 2 spinners. Mumbai opted for 4 pacers and 1 spin option.

Mumbai had drawn both previous matches and had 4 points. Dhrumil Matkar made FC debut representing Mumbai. The top order was blown away by Gujarat pacers as Mumbai were in precarious position of 74/5 but the team recovered to 297 all out at stumps on Day 1 today.

Mumbai are missing Shreyas Iyer (On A tour of NZ) / Ajinky Rahane , Prithvi Shaw and Rohit Sharma (On Tour of Australia)

Gujarat are missing Parthiv Patel and Jasprit Bumrah (On Tour of Australia)

Other matches can be tracked on Live Blog:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25390413/live-blog-ranji-trophy-4th-round

Punjab versus Delhi at Feroz Shah Kotla

6 fer for Siddharth Kaul as he rattled Delhi to 107 all out at their home ground. Spell of 12.5 - 5 - 32 -6

Punjab in reply are already leading by 29 runs with 7 wickets intact at stumps on Day 1.

Kerala versus Madhya Pradesh


Excellent bowling by Kuldeep Sen and Avesh Khan. Kuldeep took 3 for 17 and Avesh took 4 for 8. Kerala were bowled out for just 63 Madhya Pradesh are leading by 98 runs with half centuries by Rajat patidar and Naman Ojha.

Anmolpreet Singh's catch at deep square leg of bowling of Mayank Markande to dismiss Srikar Bharat is the best catch of Ranji Trophy 2018.

meninblue wrote:Round 4 matches started today:

Mumbai versus Gujarat at Wankhede:
Gujarat won the toss and opted to bowl. They went with 3 pacers and 2 spinners. Mumbai opted for 4 pacers and 1 spin option.

Mumbai had drawn both previous matches and had 4 points. Dhrumil Matkar made FC debut representing Mumbai. The top order was blown away by Gujarat pacers as Mumbai were in precarious position of 74/5 but the team recovered to 297 all out at stumps on Day 1 today.

Mumbai are missing Shreyas Iyer (On A tour of NZ) / Ajinky Rahane , Prithvi Shaw and Rohit Sharma (On Tour of Australia)

Gujarat are missing Parthiv Patel and Jasprit Bumrah (On Tour of Australia)

Other matches can be tracked on Live Blog:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25390413/live-blog-ranji-trophy-4th-round

Mumbai have fought back well and in fact look well positioned to take a lead as Gujarat still trail by 65 runs with 2 wickets remaining. Injury prone pacer Tushar Deshpande has bowled only 7 overs which probably suggests he has got himself injured while playing. Missed the complete Ranji Trophy 2017 edition, played first match this year, missed second match and now injured during third match. He is the fastest of the Mumbai pace attack who took a 6 fer in opening match against Delhi. None of set Gujarat batsmen have converted start into a 100. Good for us. Having said that, out of 17 wickets to have fallen at Wankhede over 2 days of play, the pacers have taken 15. Out of 165 overs bowled in 2 days, 125 overs have been bowled by pacers.

meninblue wrote:Punjab versus Delhi at Feroz Shah Kotla

6 fer for Siddharth Kaul as he rattled Delhi to 107 all out at their home ground. Spell of 12.5 - 5 - 32 -6

Punjab in reply are already leading by 29 runs with 7 wickets intact at stumps on Day 1.

Punjab replied with 282 to Delhi's first innings of 107. Delhi has not done well in 2nd innings too. They trail by 69 runs with just 4 wickets in hand. Probably an innings loss is on the cards. Siddharth Kaul backs his 6 wicket first inning shaul with 2 in 2nd innings so far.

meninblue wrote:Kerala versus Madhya Pradesh


Excellent bowling by Kuldeep Sen and Avesh Khan. Kuldeep took 3 for 17 and Avesh took 4 for 8. Kerala were bowled out for just 63 Madhya Pradesh are leading by 98 runs with half centuries by Rajat patidar and Naman Ojha.

Batting in second innings Kerala trail by 227 runs with 6 wickets intact. Massive innings loss very likely for Kerala. Kuldeep Sen and Avesh Khan have been very impressive in second bowling innings as well.

meninblue wrote:

meninblue wrote:Round 4 matches started today:

Mumbai versus Gujarat at Wankhede:
Gujarat won the toss and opted to bowl. They went with 3 pacers and 2 spinners. Mumbai opted for 4 pacers and 1 spin option.

Mumbai had drawn both previous matches and had 4 points. Dhrumil Matkar made FC debut representing Mumbai. The top order was blown away by Gujarat pacers as Mumbai were in precarious position of 74/5 but the team recovered to 297 all out at stumps on Day 1 today.

Mumbai are missing Shreyas Iyer (On A tour of NZ) / Ajinky Rahane , Prithvi Shaw and Rohit Sharma (On Tour of Australia)

Gujarat are missing Parthiv Patel and Jasprit Bumrah (On Tour of Australia)

Other matches can be tracked on Live Blog:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25390413/live-blog-ranji-trophy-4th-round

Mumbai have fought back well and in fact look well positioned to take a lead as Gujarat still trail by 65 runs with 2 wickets remaining. Injury prone pacer Tushar Deshpande has bowled only 7 overs which probably suggests he has got himself injured while playing. Missed the complete Ranji Trophy 2017 edition, played first match this year, missed second match and now injured during third match. He is the fastest of the Mumbai pace attack who took a 6 fer in opening match against Delhi. None of set Gujarat batsmen have converted start into a 100. Good for us. Having said that, out of 17 wickets to have fallen at Wankhede over 2 days of play, the pacers have taken 15. Out of 165 overs bowled in 2 days, 125 overs have been bowled by pacers.

Mumbai managed to get a lead of 16 runs but the top order fell again. Shivam Dubey has been exceptional. 172 runs lead with 3 wickets remaining is not at all looking good also considering that Mumbai have an injured pacer.

meninblue wrote:

meninblue wrote:Punjab versus Delhi at Feroz Shah Kotla

6 fer for Siddharth Kaul as he rattled Delhi to 107 all out at their home ground. Spell of 12.5 - 5 - 32 -6

Punjab in reply are already leading by 29 runs with 7 wickets intact at stumps on Day 1.

Punjab replied with 282 to Delhi's first innings of 107. Delhi has not done well in 2nd innings too. They trail by 69 runs with just 4 wickets in hand. Probably an innings loss is on the cards. Siddharth Kaul backs his 6 wicket first inning shaul with 2 in 2nd innings so far.

Easy win for Punjab by 10 wickets. Delhi have lost home game. Shikhar Dhawan who is dropped from test squad has not played this match for Delhi. Wonder if he will play next match.

meninblue wrote:

meninblue wrote:Kerala versus Madhya Pradesh


Excellent bowling by Kuldeep Sen and Avesh Khan. Kuldeep took 3 for 17 and Avesh took 4 for 8. Kerala were bowled out for just 63 Madhya Pradesh are leading by 98 runs with half centuries by Rajat patidar and Naman Ojha.

Batting in second innings Kerala trail by 227 runs with 6 wickets intact. Massive innings loss very likely for Kerala. Kuldeep Sen and Avesh Khan have been very impressive in second bowling innings as well.

MP still favorites as Kerala have 125 runs onboard with just 2 wickets remaining.

Dhrumil Market takes strike to begin Day 4 for Mumbai.
Roosh Kalaria to bowl the first over of the day.

The over rate is pathetic from both teams.

Mumbai are 157/7.

Bad luck for Gujarat. Shivam edged that one down the leg side bowled by Roosh Kalaria. Not given out. Very poor call by umpire Nandan. Good first over by Roosh.

Time to get DRS in Ranji Trophy matches to avoid such blunders.

Wonderful shot by Dhrumil. 4 for that through covers.

Wicket next ball. Dhrumil caught by Dhruv. Mumbai are 167/8. Lead being 183 runs.