Ranji Trophy 2026-27: Gurjapneet, Sai Kishore run through Uttarakhand on opening day
R. Sai Kishore (left) and Gurjapneet Singh (right) claimed four wickets apiece for Tamil Nadu. | Photo Credit: B JOTHI RAMALINGAM
R. Sai Kishore (left) and Gurjapneet Singh (right) claimed four wickets apiece for Tamil Nadu. | Photo Credit: B JOTHI RAMALINGAM
Gurjapneet Singh (four for 34) and R. Sai Kishore (four for 40) shared eight wickets as Tamil Nadu enjoyed a near-perfect day one against Uttarakhand in the second-round Elite Group-D Ranji Trophy match at the MAC Stadium here on Sunday.
Opting to bowl under overcast skies after overnight rain delayed the start by an hour, TN bundled out Uttarakhand for just 134. In reply, the home team finished on 85 for two.
TN pacers Gurjapneet and Saravana Kumar hit their stride immediately and made full use of the favourable conditions, keeping the batters on tenterhooks.
The efforts paid off when Gurjapneet struck twice in three overs, removing openers Aarav Mahajan and Dega Nischal. The tall left-arm pacer mixed up angles by going around the wicket and moved the new ball both ways to keep the batters on tenterhooks.
He then went back to over the wicket, slanted one across Kunal Chandela, and had the Uttarakhand skipper edge to B. Indrajith in the slip for his third scalp of the morning.
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Once the pacers took a breather, Sai Kishore took over, removing Lakshya Raichandani at the stroke of launch, leaving the visitors tottering at 41 at four.
Post the break, things went further south for last year’s semifinalist when J. Suchith was run out at the striker’s end, scampering for a single. From 44 for six, Avneesh Sudha (54) and Mayank Mishra finally steadied things, stitching a 66-run seventh-wicket stand. Sudha stepped out to the spinners and found a few boundaries. He then took two more fours off Saravana Kumar to reach his half-century but was stumped in the next over, trying to charge down to Sai Kishore, beaten by the extra bounce and turn.
In reply, the hosts lost opener Vimal Khumar, caught behind off Devendra Bora in the first over. However, N. Jagadeesan and Pradosh Ranjan Paul added 64 for the second wicket, weathering the pacers’ opening burst and putting their team firmly in control before the former was dismissed for 37.
The scores:
Uttarakhand — 1st innings: Aarav Mahajan c Jagadeesan b Gurjapneet 8, Dega Nischal lbw b Gurjapneet 3, Kunal Chandela c Indrajith b Gurjapneet 6, Lakshya Raichandani c Vimal b Sai Kishore 15, Avneesh Sudha st. Jagadeesan b Sai Kishore 54, J. Suchith (run out) 0, Saurabh Rawat c Andre b Sai Kishore 0, Mayank Mishra c Ajith Ram b Hemchudesan 33, Aditya Rawat c Nidhish b Sai Kishore 0, Devendra Bora c Vimal b Gurjapneet 0, Janmejay Joshi (not out) 2; Extras (b-8, lb-3, w-2): 13
Total (in 56.2 overs): 134.
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-15, 3-23, 4-41, 5-43, 6-44, 7-110, 8-110, 9-132.
Tamil Nadu bowling: Gurjapneet 13-3-34-4, Saravana Kumar 8-2-18-0, Sai Kishore 18-5-40-4, Ajith Ram 11-4-21-0, Hemchudesan 6.2-0-10-1.
Tamil Nadu — 1st innings: R. Vimal Khumar c Saurabh b Bora 0, N. Jagadeesan b Sudha 37, Pradosh Ranjan Paul batting 37, B. Indrajith batting 9;
Extras (b-2): 2
Total (for two wickets in 27 overs): 85.
Fall of wickets: 0-1, 2-64. Uttarakhand bowling: Bora 7-1-18-1, Joshi 3-0-11-0, Aditya 2-0-11-0, Mayank 7-1-23-0, Sudha 3-0-10-1, Suchith 5-2-10-0.
Toss: Tamil Nadu.
Published on Oct 18, 2026
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