Ranji Trophy Round 9, Day 1 Round-up: Yuvraj and Harbhajan put Punjab in command after bowling out Tamil Nadu for 68

Harbhajan took three wickets against Tamil Nadu

Riding high on Sayan Mondal’s half century, and Sudip Chatterjee's brilliant run throughout the series, Bengal posted 191/4 against Assam in Guwahati on Day 1 of a ninth round game of the 2015 Ranji Trophy. Krishna Das chipped in with two wickets for Assam.

Bengal 191/4 (Mondal 87, Chatterjee 65) v Assam (toss) in Guwahati. Stumps.

Karnataka did a decent job with the ball by bowling out Maharashtra for 212, with skipper R Vinay Kumar grabbing two wickets while assisting Sreenath Aravind’s 3-35. AR Bawane top scored for Maharashtra with an unbeaten 87.

Karnataka (toss) 50/1 trail Maharashtra 212 (Bawane 87*, Aravind 3-35, Vinay 2-44) by 162 runs in Pune. Stumps.

Wickets were plundered throughout the day at Jaipur, first when Rajasthan’s AV Chowdhary took 6/27 while destroying the Odisha’s batting line-up, and then by Odisha’s Alok Sahoo who took 4/18, thereby not letting the other side get away with an early lead. Odisha were bowled out for 151, and in reply, Rajasthan were 28/6, thereby on the verge of conceding a first innings lead.

Rajasthan (toss) 28/6 (Sahoo 4-18) trail Odisha 151 (Sarangi 43, Choudhary 6-27) by 123 runs in Jaipur. Stumps.

In Group B, the Punjab duo of Rajwinder Singh and the veteran Harbhajan Singh ran through the Tamil Nadu side, thereby dismissing them for a meagre 68, after their batsman had also failed to substantiate on what looked like a difficult pitch when they were bowled out for 206. As many as 21 wickets fell on the first day of the game.

Punjab (toss) 206 (Yuvraj 49, Sran 33. Chandrasekhar 3-43) and 36/1 lead TN 68 (Rajwinder 6-29, Harbhajan 3-30) by 174 runs in Dindigul. Stumps.

Akhil Herwadkar and Suryakumar Yadav hit brilliant centuries as Mumbai ended Day 1 of their clash against Gujarat at 370/2. Shreyas Iyer also chipped with a handy 75.

Mumbai 370/2 (Herwadkar 143*, Suryakumar Yadav 103*, Iyer 75) v Gujarat (toss) in Mumbai. Stumps.

Ambati Rayudu remained unbeaten on 70 as Baroda reached 242/5 against Uttar Pradesh in Greater Noida. Praveen Kumar took two wickets for UP.

Baroda (toss) 242/5 (Rayudu 70*, Waghmode 56, Praveen Kumar 2-34) v Uttar Pradesh in Greater Noida. Stumps.

In Group C, Himachal Pradesh’s Rahul Singh took 6-19, as they dismissed Kerala for 103 before getting bowled out for 163. HP lead Kerala by 60 runs.

Himachal Pradesh 163 lead Kerala (toss) 103 (Rahul Singh 6-19) by 60 runs in Mallapuram. Stumps.

Rajat Paliwal scored an unbeaten 147 for Services against Tripura, despite Rana Dutta’s spirited 4-53, as Services finished Day 1 at 282/5.

Services (toss) 282/5 (Paliwal 147*, Hathwala 38*, Rana Dutta 4-53) v Tripura in Agartala. Stumps.

Brief scores of other matches at the end of Day One:

Vidarbha (toss) 284/6 (Fazal 126, Shanware 55, Harshal 2-41) v Haryana in Nagpur. Stumps.

MP (toss) 261/9 (Bhatia 81, Rameez Khan 73*, Ayyappa 5-59) v Andhra in Indore. Stumps .

Saurashtra (toss) 150/2 (Jogiyani 41) lead J&K 138 (Sanandia 5-53) by 12 runs in Jammu. Stumps .

Jharkhand 27/1 (toss) trail Hyderabad 145 (Jaskaran 3-32, Kaushal 3-35) by 116 runs in Hyderabad. Stumps \.