Goa’s Shadab Jakati and S Bandekar helped bowl Tripura out on the first day of the fourth round of the ongoing Ranji Trophy while R Gahlaut’s unbeaten 127 helped shape the Services innings. Chhattishargh’s Pankaj Rao and S Ruikar kept the Kerala lineup in check while the match between Haryana and Andhra was evenly poised at the end of first day’s play. Group C, Round 4 – Day 1 Round-up: Hyderabad vs Himachal in Guwahati: HP 1st inn 8/2 in 4.1 overs (P Chopra 4, N Gangta 4*, M Ravi Kiran 1/4 , CV Milind 1/4) After M Ravi Kiran and CV Milind struck upfront to leave Himachal reeling on eight for two, rain stopped play. With weather continuing to play spoilsport, play was called off later in the afternoon. Haryana vs Andhra in Mumbai: Andhra 1st inn 217/6 89 overs (DB Prasanth Kumar 74, GH Vihari 62, Y Chahal 3/57)

After Mohit Sharma elected to field first A Hooda claimed KS Bharat for two to give his side an early breakthrough. However, DB Prasanth Kumar and GH Vihari joined forces to lay a platform in order to build a decent total. The pair had taken Andhra to 107 until the captain was bowled by S Pahal. Yuzvendra Chahal then followed up with the wickets of SR Koripalli and Kumar a while later to leave the side on 181 for four. The spinner later claimed Ravi Teja as Haryana looked to create breakthroughs. AG Pradeep and Siva Kumar took Andhra to 217 for six at the end of Day 1. Chahal finished with three wickets while Hooda, Mohit Sharma and Pahal picked a wicket each. Tripura vs Goa in Bhubaneshwar: Tripura 1st inn 283/10 in 80 overs (RA Dey 87, AA Dey 58, S Jakati 4/67, S Bandekar 3/44) Put into bat, Tripura were left reeling on 13 for two R Singh and S Bandekar, who accounted for the openers in the morning. Shadab Jakati then followed up with the wicket of SK Patel a while later while Snehal Kuathankar was run out with the score still on 69. Complemented by rest of the attack Jakati continued to strike at regular intervals to help bowl the opposition out for 283 until stumps. Jakati finished with a four-for, Bandekar took three wickets while R Singh and Darshan Misal chipped in with a wicket each. Jammu & Kashmir vs Services in Jaipur: Services 1st inn 287/3 in 90 overs (R Gahlaut 127*, S Yadav 72*, P Rasool 2/68) After Ram Dayal claimed Services opener Anshul Gupta for five, Soumik Chatterjee and Ravi Chauhan helped the team to 65 until Parvez Rasool bowled the former. A while later he also disrupted the No 3 bat’s stumps to leave Services on 84 for three. However, R Gahlaut (127*) with his maiden century and S Yadav then ensured that there were no further disruptions for the team. With an unbroken 199-run partnership the pair took the team to 283 for three until stumps. Chhattisgarh vs Kerala in Jamshedpur: Kerala 1st inn 194/8 in 65 overs (R Prem 62, S Samson 41, P Rao 3/35, S Ruikar 3/45) Captain Rohan Prem top-scored for Kerala on the first day with 62 runs while, Sanju Samson contributed 41 and opener Bhavin Thakker chipped in with 33 runs. Barring the three contributions, the rest of the Kerala lineup succumbed to the Pankaj Rao-led attack on the first day. Rao and S Ruikar claimed three wicket each while P Sinha took one to leave Kerala on 194 for eight at the end of day’s play.