The opening day of the 2024-25 season of Ranji Trophyph dream, India's premier domestic red-ball competition, got underway at various venues across the country on Friday (October 11). The first round features four matches in each of the four Elite groups — A, B, C and D. (Streaming and Guide | More Cricket News)
The clashes in Group A are: Jammu and Kashmir vs Maharashtra, Baroda vs Mumbai, Tripura vs Odisha and Services vs Meghalaya. Several high-profile players are in action, including out-of-favour India batter Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw and Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Jammu and Kashmir Vs MaharashtraMaharashtra won the toss and chose to field against Jammu and Kashmir at the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar.
Playing XIsMaharashtra: Ankit Bawne, Nikhil Naik, Rajneesh Gurbani, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Murtaza Trunkwala, Mukesh Choudhary, Hitesh Walunj, Siddhesh Veer, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Arshin Kulkarni, Sachin Dhas.
Jammu and Kashmir: Paras Dogra (c), Shubham Khajuria, Shubham Pundir, Abhinav Puri, Rasikh Dar Salam, Abdul Samad, Abid Mushtaq, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Auqib Nabi, Shivansh Sharma, Sahil Lotra.
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Playing XIsMumbai: Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Hardik Tamore(w), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Himanshu Veer Singh.
Baroda: Jyotsnil Singh, Shivalik Sharma, Vishnu Solanki, Shashwat Rawat, Krunal Pandya (c), Raj Limbani, Mitesh Patel(w), Atit Sheth, Mahesh Pithiya, Abhimanyu Singh Rajput, Bhargav Bhatt.
Tripura Vs OdishaToss was delayed due to a wet outfield in the Tripura vs Odisha, Elite Group A encounter.
Services Vs MeghalayaMeghalaya won the toss and elected to bowl first against Services at the Airforce Complex ground in Palam, New Delhi.
Playing XIsServices: Suraj Vashisht, S G Rohilla, Nitin Tanwar, Ravi Chauhan, Rajat Paliwal (c), L S Kumar (wk), Pulkit Narang, A P Sharma, P S Poonia, Varun Choudhary, Jayant Goyat.
Meghalaya: Sumit Kumar (wk), Kishan Lyndoh (c), Dippu Sangma, Akash Kumar, Aryan Boraph dream, Bamanbha Shangpliang, Jaskirat Singh, Ram Gurung, Swarajeet Das, Anirudh Balchander , Ajay Duhan.