New Delhi. The first day of Ranji Trophy 2024-25 proved to be excellent for Gujarat-Himachal Pradesh while the Bihar team put its fans to shame. On Friday, the first day of the tournament, 32 teams competed. Among these, Bihar team ended up scoring the lowest score. Saurashtra's Cheteshwar Pujara, who is trying to make a comeback for Team India, also did not have a good start. He was out against Tamil Nadu after scoring only 16 runs.
Haryana bowled out Bihar for 78 runs on the first day of Ranji Trophy. Only 3 batsmen from Bihar could touch the double figures. At one time the Bihar team had lost 8 wickets for 34 runs. It must be good for Anuj Raj, who was batting at number 10, who scored 29 runs and took the team to 78 runs. In response, Haryana scored 184 runs for 7 wickets by the end of the day's play. Now it has a lead of 106 runs over Bihar in the first innings.
Apart from Haryana, among the teams which started the Ranji Trophy season well, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat were at the forefront. Himachal Pradesh scored 300 for one wicket against Uttarakhand. Both its openers Prashant Chopra (122 not out) and Shubham Arora (118) scored centuries.
Gujarat's Manan Hingrajiya's innings was also the center of great attraction on the first day of Ranji Trophy. Manan played an unbeaten inning of 174 runs against Hyderabad. Thanks to his innings, Gujarat scored 334 runs for 8 wickets by the end of the day's play. This was the biggest score of any team on the first day of the current season.
Defending champions Mumbai started the match well, but as the game progressed, Baroda made a comeback. Baroda, which lost 4 wickets for 71 runs, scored 241 runs for 6 wickets at the time of stumps. Mitesh Patel played an inning of 86 runs.
Tags: Ranji Trophy
FIRST PUBLISHED: October 11, 2024, 23:11 IST
