Strange feats keep happening from time to time in Indian domestic cricket. This time the cricketer who did wonders is Amit Shukla, who took 8 wickets in a single innings of the Ranji Trophy match against Haryana. Playing for Services, left-arm off-spin bowler Amit Shukla dismissed 8 batsmen for just 27 runs in 20 overs.

This achievement of Amit Shukla is also special because he had taken 5 wickets in his very first spell. No runs were scored against his bowling until five batsmen were dismissed. This is the best bowling figure of 22 year old Amit’s career.

In this match of Elite Group C, Amit Shukla took 8 wickets, due to which Services all out Haryana’s batsman for just 11 runs. Earlier, Services had scored 205 runs in its first innings. Amit’s 8-wicket performance gave his team a huge lead of 94 runs over Haryana in the first innings. Earlier, Amit Shukla’s best performance in an innings of a first-class match came in November 2024. At that time he had taken 7 wickets for 65 runs in an innings played in Pune.

Amit Shukla had also performed strongly in the match against Gujarat last week. He took four wickets each in both the innings of that match. Despite Amit’s performance of 8 wickets in the match, Services lost to Gujarat by 6 wickets in that match. Let us tell you that Shukla is currently at sixth place in terms of taking most wickets in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season. He has taken 23 wickets in the tournament so far.

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Ranji Trophy 2025-26: The fourth round of Ranji Trophy 2025-26 has started. Till now, many batsmen have attracted everyone’s attention with their brilliant performances, but what happened at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur surprised everyone. Uttar Pradesh fast bowler Shivam Mavi, who usually does wonders with the ball, shone with the bat this time. Coming in at number 8, he scored a century which no one expected.

The bowler’s bat also ‘spoke’

Uttar Pradesh won the toss and chose to bat first against Nagaland. After this, the UP team declared its first innings after scoring 535 runs for 6 wickets. The batsmen had laid a good foundation from the beginning, but the most talked about thing was Shivam Mavi’s innings. As soon as he landed at number 8, Mavi started his storm on the pitch. He scored 101 runs in just 87 balls. During this, he hit 10 fours and 5 sixes.

This century of Mavi is also special because he touched the figure of 100 runs for the first time in his first class career. Earlier, he had never been able to score even 50 runs in 21 matches, but this time he not only scored a half-century but also converted it into a brilliant century.

Batsmen also added color

Apart from Shivam Mavi, the top order batsmen of the team also performed brilliantly. Wicketkeeper batsman Aryan Juyal played a brilliant inning of 140 runs in 205 balls. During this period he hit 18 fours. Whereas Madhav Kaushik presented a great example of patience and class. He scored unbeaten 185 runs on 374 balls and remained at the crease till the end of the innings. Opener Abhishek Goswami also gave a solid start to the team by contributing 55 runs.

Nagaland bowlers were ineffective

No bowler from Nagaland could put pressure on the batsmen of Uttar Pradesh. Mavi especially attacked the spinners fiercely. His sixes were reaching the spectators’ gallery of Green Park. Nagaland’s bowling rhythm completely deteriorated.

This innings of Mavi can not only prove to be the turning point of his career, but is also considered to be one of the most memorable innings of the Ranji season.

Ajinkya Rahane is still hoping to make a comeback in the Indian Test team. He has sent a strong message to the selection committee of Team India by scoring the 42nd century of his first-class career in the Ranji Trophy match against Chhattisgarh. He says that age should not be a criterion for team selection. He also said that he was ready to play in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but no one contacted him for selection.

My team needs…

After the end of the second day’s play in the Mumbai vs Chhattisgarh Ranji Trophy match, Ajinkya Rahane said, “I believe that experienced players like me should be given more opportunities. I was not approached. I can only focus on the things which are under my control, that’s what I am doing at the moment. Team India needed me in Australia, I was fully prepared to play there.”

The question is whether Rahane was really ready to play against Australia? Last Ranji season, Rahane was not even among the top-4 batsmen of Mumbai. His average in 9 matches was 35.92. On the basis of these figures, Rahane is claiming to be selected in the BGT series. India lost 1-3 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Selection should not be done according to age

There was also speculation about Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma that due to their increasing age, the pressure of retirement may increase on them. Rohit scored 202 runs in the series and Virat scored 74 runs in Sydney, putting all those speculations to rest.

Meanwhile, Ajinkya Rahane said, “Age should not be a criterion for selection, it all depends on passion. How much passion do you have for playing red ball cricket? Michael Hussey made his debut after the age of 30, yet he scored runs. Experience matters in red ball cricket. Personally, I believe that Team India needed me in Australia.”

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A new history has been written in Ranji Trophy. Assam and Services have become the shortest ending match in Ranji history. This was the shortest Ranji Trophy match in its 63-year history, which ended in just 90 overs. Riyan Parag gave a tremendous all-round performance in this match, yet he could not stop Services from registering an 8 wicket victory. This was Services’ second consecutive win in the 2025-26 season.

The match ended in just 90 overs

Assam batted 17.2 overs in the first innings, in which it could score only 103 runs. The condition of the Services team was also very bad, but somehow, thanks to Irfan Khan’s inning of 51 runs, it scored 108 runs. Services played 29.2 overs in the first innings. The two innings were over in just 46.4 overs.

When Assam’s second innings came, it batted 29.3 overs, but this time it could score only 75 runs. Services got the target of 71 runs on the basis of a lead of five runs in the first innings. Services achieved this small target by losing two wickets in just 13.5 overs. The entire match ended in exactly 90 overs, which is equal to 540 balls.

25 wickets fell on the first day and the remaining 7 wickets fell in the morning session of the second day. Earlier, the match which ended in the fewest balls was played between Delhi and Railways in 1962, which ended in 547 balls.

Assam lost, but Riyan Parag shined

Riyan Parag plays for Assam in domestic cricket. In the first innings he played an innings of 36 runs in 31 balls. When it came to bowling, he played an important role in reducing Services to 108 runs by taking 5 wickets. He could score only 12 runs in the second innings, but Riyan Parag also took both the wickets in the second innings of Services. Along with scoring 48 runs in the entire match, he also took 7 wickets.

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The matches of Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season have started from today. The first day was difficult for the batsmen of most of the teams, but Ishan Kishan scored a century, Devdutt Padikkal missed the century by just 4 runs. Karun Nair, who failed on the England tour, played an innings of 73 runs. Meanwhile, everyone’s eyes were also on 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who was made the vice-captain of the Bihar team before the start of the season. He was out in the first match of the season after scoring only 14 runs.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi flopped

Bihar bowlers had bowled out Arunachal Pradesh’s first innings at a score of just 105 runs. Shakib Hussain took 6 wickets for Bihar. Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Arnav Kishore came to open for Bihar. Vaibhav swung the bat in the beginning as if he was playing a T20 match. He had scored 14 runs in just 4 balls, but was clean bowled by Nia.

Suryavanshi may have been out early, but Bihar has reached a strong position. Arnav Kishore scored 52 runs, while Ayush Loharuka is playing with 155 runs, on the other hand, captain Sakibul Ghani returned unbeaten after scoring 56 runs. Till stumps on the first day, Bihar has scored 283 runs at the loss of 2 wickets and its total lead has become 178 runs.

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Jharkhand showed strength in batting in the match against Tamil Nadu. Jharkhand team has scored 307 runs after losing 6 wickets on the first day. His team had lost 6 wickets for 157 runs, but Kishan, playing the captaincy innings, scored 125 runs and he is still at the crease.

Mohammed Shami is also playing for Bengal, who took 3 wickets for 37 runs in 14.5 overs in the match against Uttarakhand. Let us tell you that Shami has been out of Team India since Champions Trophy 2025.

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14 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been dominating the cricket world for the last two years. He has been made the vice-captain of the senior team of Bihar for the first 2 matches of Ranji Trophy 2025-26, while Sakibul Ghani has been made the captain of the team. Suryavanshi has become the youngest cricketer to become the vice-captain in Ranji Trophy history. Bihar has to play its first match in Ranji Trophy with Arunachal Pradesh from October 15. After that, it has to play a match with Manipur from 25th October.

Just before the Indian team’s Australian tour, Bihar announced its squad and handed over the vice-captaincy to Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Suryavanshi has recently been performing well for the India Under-19 team on the Australian tour. He scored a century in 78 balls in the test match played in Brisbane. It is being told that Vaibhav has received this promotion for his talent and experience as well as his recent performance. He was the second highest run scorer in the Test series against Australia Under-19 team.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his first-class debut in 2024 while playing a Ranji Trophy match for Bihar. He made his first-class debut at the age of just 12 and the selectors of the Bihar team, sensing his leadership qualities, entrusted him with the responsibility of vice-captain. However, he could score only 100 runs in the first 10 innings of his first-class career.

Especially in white ball matches, Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s bat has been continuously on fire. Just a few months ago, in IPL 2025, he became the youngest centurion in the history of Men’s T20 cricket. He scored a century for Rajasthan Royals in just 38 balls. In the Under-19 ODI series against Australia, Vaibhav scored runs at an average of more than 41 in 3 innings.

In the same year, he scored 355 runs in 5 innings of the Under-19 ODI series against England at an excellent average of 71. These included one century and one half-century. While playing seven matches in IPL 2025, he scored 252 runs including one century and one half-century. But he came into discussion the most because of his strike rate of 206.

Bihar squad: Sakibul Ghani (Captain), Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Vice-Captain), Piyush Kumar Singh, Bhaskar Dubey, Arnav Kishore, Ayush Loharuka, Bipin Saurabh, Amod Yadav, Nawaz Khan, Saqib Hussain, Raghavendra Pratap Singh, Sachin Kumar Singh, Himanshu Singh, Khalid Alam, Sachin Kumar.

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Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season is starting from October 15. Before that, Mumbai cricket team has announced a 16-member squad for the match against Jammu and Kashmir. The Mumbai vs Jammu and Kashmir match is to be played from 15-18 October, in which Shardul Thakur will be captaining the team. Thakur will replace Ajinkya Rahane, who stepped down from the captaincy of the Mumbai team before the start of the season. Sarfaraz Khan and Shivam Dubey have also got a place in this team.

42-time Ranji champion Mumbai would like to avenge last season’s defeat by defeating Jammu and Kashmir in the very first match. Let us tell you that Delhi has been placed in Elite Group D along with Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Pondicherry.

Shardul Thakur will be the captain

Shardul Thakur will be captaining the Mumbai team in the match against Jammu and Kashmir. Apart from them, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dubey, Sarfaraz Khan and Musheer Khan are also included in this team. All eyes will also be on the Ranji Trophy return of Musheer, who missed most of the matches last season due to a car accident.

Ayush Mhatre, who opened for Chennai Super Kings in IPL and was the captain of India’s Under-19 team, will also be strengthening the batting in the team. A mix of experience and youthful enthusiasm has been created in the Mumbai squad.

Shreyas Iyer not in the team

Shreyas Iyer, who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket, has not got a chance because he is on a break from red-ball cricket due to a back problem. Suryakumar Yadav is also not a part of this team, who was seen playing in the semi-finals last season.

Mumbai squad: Shardul Thakur (captain), Ayush Mhatre, Akash Anand, Hardik Tamore, Ajinkya Rahane, Siddhesh Lad, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dubey, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande, Sylvester D’Souza, Musheer Khan, Irfan Umair, Akhil Herwadkar, Royston Diaz.

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In the season 2018-19, the BCCI included 9 new teams in the Ranji Trophy, including the North-East team. This decision has affected the level of premium cricket played at domestic level. Last season Meghalaya lost all its seven matches in the Ranji Trophy Elite Division. This change will be applicable to cricket tournaments of all ages in red ball cricket. The Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season will begin from October 15 and the first phase will be played till 19 November. At the same time, knockout matches will be played from 6 February to 28 February.

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In the Dilip Trophy, last season teams were named India A, India B, India C and India de. Now the teams are returning on the basis of zone in the Dilip Trophy. This means teams of India West, India East, India South, India North, India Central and India North East will play in the upcoming season. The Dilip Trophy will start from August 28 and the Women’s Inter-Zone Multi-Day Trophy will conclude on 3 April 2026.

The Super League stage is being added to the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Senior Women’s T20 Trophy instead of the knockout stage. The Vijay Hazare Trophy, Senior Women’s ODI Trophy and Men’s Under-23 State-A Trophy will be implemented 4 Elite Group and one plate group model.

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