The first round of the Ranji Trophy 2026-2 has come to an end. Mumbai began the campaign with a massive win over Chandigarh by an innings and 155 runs to take seven points. Bengal, who qualified for the semi-finals last season, began their campaign with a crushing win over Delhi at home.
Haryana dominated proceedings to outwit Himachal Pradesh in Rohtak completely. The first round of games included some India senior men’s team players ahead of the New Zealand tour. A few notable absentees were Jasprit Bumrah and Shubman Gill, who didn’t feature in these matches.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devdutt Padikkal missed the games. Both were part of India A, who took on Australia A in a three-match ODI series in Puducherry. The second round of games will begin on 18th October, and it will be interesting to see how many regular players turn out for the respective teams.
Key performances of Indian players
UP vs Bihar – UP win by an innings and 267 runs.
Left-handed batter Rinku Singh sizzled for Uttar Pradesh with a brilliant 112 off 168 balls with the help of eight boundaries and three sixes. The 29-year-old is aiming to make a comeback to the Indian side.
DEL vs BEN – Bengal won by nine wickets
Mohammed Shami stole the show in the first innings with 4/30 from his 17.3 overs. The 36-year-old then took one more wicket in the second innings to end the game with five scalps. Akash Deep took three wickets in the game, while Mukesh Kumar, fresh off his six-fer in the Irani Cup finals, managed two wickets.
MUM vs CHD- Mumbai win by an innings and 155 runs
Opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal was out for a duck after facing 13 balls in the only innings Mumbai batted. Sarfaraz Khan was out for just a single-digit score to become one of Rohit Danda’s four wickets.
Tushar Deshpande had a great outing, scoring 44 runs and also claiming seven wickets in the game, which included a hat-trick.
RAJ vs TN – Drawn
Skipper Manav Suthar batted just once in the game and scored 17 runs and went wicketless during the course of the game. The 24-year-old would have wanted to do better, considering a huge tour is lined up.
Sai Sudharsan failed to get going as he scored just three runs in the first innings and followed it up with 26 not out in the second innings off 67 balls.
HAR vs HP- Haryana won by seven wickets
Seamer Anshul Kamboj was at his best once again, claiming four wickets for 56 runs in the first innings. The 25-year-old then got two wickets for 18 runs in the second innings to finish the game with match figures of 6/74.
OR vs CHG – Draw
Veteran star Ravindra Jadeja was named Player of the Match for his knock of 102 and also three wickets in the drawn game against Chhattisgarh. Jadeja scored 102 off 209 balls with seven hits to the fence. He also bowled 17 overs for 40 runs and took three wickets that earned his side a lead of 80 runs.
KAR vs AP – Draw
Regular opener KL Rahul was out for scores of four and one in both innings to aggregate a total of five. Karun Nair, who has been out of the national team, scored eight in the first innings and followed it up with 155 not out off 242 balls in the second innings.
PUN vs ASM – Draw
Umesh Yadav showed that he hasn’t lost his spark despite being 38 years old with a fifer in the first innings. The pacer also picked two wickets in the second innings to finish with figures of 7/81 in the game. Gurnoor Brar bowled with great pace and bounce and grabbed a total of three scalps in the game.
HYD vs TRI – Hyderabad won by an innings and 40 runs
The right-arm pacer Mohammed Siraj led his Hyderabad side to an easy win over Tripura at home. The 32-year-old went wicketless in the first innings, but came back to take 2/19 from nine overs in the second innings.
VID vs PDC – Vidarbha beat Puducherry by 160 runs
Harsh Dubey starred with the ball, claiming six wickets in the game, including four wickets in the second innings, and also scored 17 runs with the bat.
MP vs J & K – Draw
Auqib Nabi, who made his debut recently, finished the game with a total of four wickets. Saransh Jain had yet another poor outing, going wicketless with the ball and scoring a total of 35 runs in the game.