Indian captain Shubhman Gill's return to domestic cricket was limited to just 5 balls but captain Uday Saharan played an unbeaten inning of 106 runs to take Punjab to 269/4 at stumps on the first day against Chhattisgarh. Punjab won the toss and decided to bat first. Vihaan Malhotra and Harnoor Singh gave a good start to the team by adding 55 runs for the first wicket. But both of them were out within 10 runs, due to which Punjab's score became 65 runs at the loss of 2 wickets.
The biggest blow to Punjab was when Gill, who was playing in the red ball format before the New Zealand tour, returned to the pavilion as soon as he arrived. He was bowled by left arm spinner Ajay Mandal on the incoming ball. With this, Punjab's score became 68 runs for 3 wickets. From here Saharan played the role of troubleshooter for Punjab. He got a good partner in Prabhsimran Singh (62). Both of them made a partnership of 130 runs for the fourth wicket.
Prabhasimran was out to spinner Dharmendrasinh Jadeja but Saharan and Salil Arora (38 not out) did not allow any wicket to fall after that. Both have made a partnership of 71 runs so far.
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Rinku saved UP from collapsing cheaply
In the Elite Group A match, Rinku Singh rescued Uttar Pradesh from a difficult situation by playing a brilliant inning of 118 not out. The top order of the UP team, which decided to bat first, faltered. Rinku took charge and single-handedly took her team beyond 200. Rinku played an unbeaten inning of 118 runs. During this, he hit 11 fours and 2 sixes.
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UP had lost 6 wickets for 104 runs. By the time he reached 137 runs, 9 wickets had fallen. From here Rinku along with Vansh Chaudhary made a partnership of 65 runs for the last wicket. Vansh's contribution in this was only 4 runs. UP's innings ended at 202. In reply, Goa has scored 43 runs without any loss.