Ranji Trophy Live

Services 164 for 3 (Swain 64*) trail Mumbai (toss) 454 for 8 decl. (Agarkar 145, Tare 120) by 290 in Delhi

5.27pm And that is stumps then. Services end the day at 164 for 3, having made a comeback from 72 for 3. Swain and Yashpal have now thwarted Mumbai for 26.2 overs. This is all very interesting, and will continue to be so if we don't get a timely start tomorrow. Yes, now I get to officially say it, the semi-final has now entered a sixth day

And we will be there, in all our glory, to call the final day. The toss is not yet out of the equation. Do join us tomorrow

Mumbai (toss) 454 for 8 decl. (Agarkar 145, Tare 120) drew with Services 240 (Swain 74, Yashpal 58, Kulkarni 5-33) in Delhi

(Mumbai progress to the final on the basis of the first-innings lead, and will host Saurashtra in the final that begins on January 26)

12.05pm So that's all folks. This was a slippery banana peel for Mumbai, what with weather and poor ground conditions taking the match into the sixth day and the toss becoming a possibility. Not to forget they were 23 for 3 on the first day. Anyway, they have come back and finished it off with two sessions still to go. We don't know which ground in Mumbai the final will be played at, but we will bring you the ball-by-ball commentary and reports and features from there. Hoping Cheteshwar Pujara and Rohit Sharma are released for the final, we take your leave. Cheers

11.59am Just waiting to make sure they don't surreally continue to pay. Stumps have been taken out, a lot of applause has happened, the match referee has given the teams a talk. I am sure they won't play any more

4.15pm - It's all over

@ Siddarth Monga, Now Final Day (5th day) is not required for result for all 3 matches. They can stop today itself no.

Gajanan TP, I don't know about the play, but I am stopping this blog now itself. Saurashtra lead by 493, Mumbai by 527, and Punjab have eight wickets in hand with a three-run lead. I don't see declarations coming, I see a lot of "nets" out in the middle, but I don't blame the teams either. The format is such that there is no incentive to put your bowlers back in the sun. I am disappointed the first set of knockout matches didn't match up to the excitement of the league stages, but it was not totally unexpected either. Anyway, thanks for being with us throughout the season. This blog is done for, for this season, that is. It was great fun bringing the Ranji Trophy league stages to you. It's going to be Punjab v Saurashtra and Mumbai v Services in the semis. We will be bringing those as well, but not in the form of this blog. Cheers

Saurashtra (toss) 469 (Vasavada 152*, Jackson 83) and 420 for 3 (Pujara 230*, Jogiyani 70) lead Karnataka 396 (Pandey 177, Uthappa 60, Makvana 3-91) by 493 in Rajkot

Mumbai (toss) 645 for 9 decl. (Jaffer 150, Nayar 132, Tendulkar 108, Tare 64) and 153 for 1 lead Baroda 271 (Rayudu 89*) by 527 in Mumbai

Services (toss) 263 (Paliwal 112, Rajpoot 5-61) and 116 for 5 (Chatterjee 34*, Paliwal 32*, Rajpoot 5-36) beat UP 134 (Imtiaz 53*, Nazar 5-51, Nishan 3-44) and 241 (Srivastava 54, Alam 50, Yadav 7-71) by five wickets in Indore

Karnataka 396 (Pandey 177, Uthappa 60, Makvana 3-91) trail Saurashtra (toss) 469 (Vasavada 152*, Jackson 83) by 73 in Rajkot

Baroda 167 for 5 trail Mumbai (toss) 645 for 9 decl. (Jaffer 150, Nayar 132, Tendulkar 108, Tare 64) by 478 in Mumbai

Punjab 150 for 1 (Jiwanjot 77*) trail Jharkhand (toss) 401 (Jaggi 132, Nemat 100, Ladda 4-118) by 251 in Jamshedpur

Karnataka 45 for 0 trail Saurashtra (toss) 469 (Vasavada 152*, Jackson 83) by 424 in Rajkot

UP 134 (Imtiaz 53*, Nazar 5-51, Nishan 3-44) and 138 for 4 (Srivastava 54, Yadav 4-33) lead Services (toss) 263 (Paliwal 112, Rajpoot 5-61) by 9 in Indore

Mumbai (toss) 524 for 6 (Nayar 122*, Jaffer 150, Tendulkar 108, Tare 64) v Baroda in Mumbai

Jharkhand (toss) 310 for 6 (Jaggi 126*, Nemat 100) v Punjab in Jamshedpur

Saurashtra (toss) 272 for 5 (Jackson 83) v Karnataka in Rajkot

Services (toss) 154 for 5 (Imtiaz 3-54) lead UP 134 (Imtiaz 53*, Nazar 5-51, Nishan 3-44) by 20 in Indore

Mumbai (toss) 272 for 3 (Jaffer 137*, Tendulkar 108) v Baroda in Mumbai

Jharkhand (toss) 195 for 3 (Nemat 97*, Jaggi 50*) v Punjab in Jamshedpur

6.10pm With that we end the last day of the league stages of Ranji Trophy. If you scroll below, you will see great drama involved. Thanks for joining us. We will see you with the quarters. Cheers

Saurashtra (toss) 242 (Vasavada 54, Jackson 53, Makvana 51, Pandey 3-43) and 303 for 4 decl. (Pujara 203*, Vasavada 55) beat MP 135 (Joshi 3-17, Unadkat 3-20) and 183 (Saxena 75, Jadeja 6-51, Makvana 3-43) by 227 in Rajkot

Delhi (toss) 523 for 9 decl. (Rawal 104, Chand 82) drew with Vidarbha 257 and 216 for 7 (Shrivastava 80*) in Nagpur

UP 160 (Deepak Behera 6-37) and 111 (Mohanty 4-31) beat Odisha (toss) 127 (Imtiaz 5-45) and 101 (Imtiaz 5-29, Rajpoot 3-42) by 43 in Cuttack

MP 135 (Joshi 3-17, Unadkat 3-20) and 89 for 2 need another 312 to beat Saurashtra (toss) 242 (Vasavada 54, Jackson 53, Makvana 51, Pandey 3-43) and 303 for 4 decl. (Pujara 203*, Vasavada 55) in Rajkot

Gujarat 244 (Parthiv Patel 101) and 159 for 5 trail Mumbai (toss) 447 (Jaffer 171) by 44 in Mumbai

5.15pm Another exciting day of Ranji Trophy. In Cuttack, 34 wickets have fallen in two days. A thrilling session or so tomorrow. Mumbai have all but ensured progression into knockouts. Other places are still open, and we will see a big tussle for them tomorrow and day after. Do join us for it

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9.20am All cricket fans in India, you must be thinking it's a Sunday between Christmas and New Year, and India are Pakistan are playing in an ODI, that too during the day. Doesn't get better, does it? Of course it does. It gets better right here, at Ranji Trophy Live. This is the most exciting round of Ranji Trophy. It's all happening here

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5pm What an action-packed day. Result-oriented pitches at most venues and wickets have been a-fallin'. Centuries for Parthiv Patel, CM Gautam and Stuart Binny too. In Cuttack, 15 wickets fell, 11 in Mumbai, 10 in Delhi and nine in Rajkot. Expect more breathless action tomorrow. I will see you early in the morning. Cheers

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Saurashtra (toss) 212 for 9 (Vasavada 54, Jackson 53, Pandey 3-37) v MP in Rajkot