Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Prithvi Shaw	lbw b Nidheesh	0	4	-	0	0	0.00
Arshin Kulkarni	c Kunnummal b Basil	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Siddhesh Veer	c †Mohammed Azharuddeen b Nidheesh	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Ruturaj Gaikwad	lbw b Eden Apple Tom	91	151	-	11	0	60.26
Ankit Bawne (c)	b Basil	0	7	-	0	0	0.00
Saurabh Nawale †	lbw b Nidheesh	12	23	-	1	1	52.17
Jalaj Saxena	lbw b Nidheesh	49	106	-	4	0	46.22
Vicky Ostwal	lbw b Basil	38	110	-	3	0	34.54
Ramakrishna Ghosh	c †Mohammed Azharuddeen b Ankit Sharma	31	76	-	2	1	40.78
Rajneesh Gurbani	c †Mohammed Azharuddeen b Nidheesh	10	25	-	2	0	40.00
Mukesh Choudhary	not out	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 2, w 6)	8
Total	84.1 Ov (RR: 2.83)	239
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Prithvi Shaw, 0.4 ov), 2-0 (Siddhesh Veer, 0.5 ov), 3-0 (Arshin Kulkarni, 1.1 ov), 4-5 (Ankit Bawne, 3.2 ov), 5-18 (Saurabh Nawale, 10.4 ov), 6-140 (Jalaj Saxena, 46.2 ov), 7-164 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 53.3 ov), 8-223 (Ramakrishna Ghosh, 77.1 ov), 9-239 (Rajneesh Gurbani, 83.5 ov), 10-239 (Vicky Ostwal, 84.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
MD Nidheesh	20	7	49	5	2.45	-	-	-	0
Nedumankuzhy Basil	18.1	7	57	3	3.13	-	-	-	1
Eden Apple Tom	11	1	41	1	3.72	-	-	-	1
Ankit Sharma	22	5	54	1	2.45	-	-	-	0
Baba Aparajith	7	0	18	0	2.57	-	-	-	0
Akshay Chandran	6	0	18	0	3.00	-	-	-	0

Kerala 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Akshay Chandran	lbw b Gurbani	0	21	-	0	0	0.00
Rohan Kunnummal	lbw b Jalaj S Saxena	27	28	-	4	0	96.42
Baba Aparajith	c & b Gurbani	6	13	-	1	0	46.15
Sachin Baby	c †Nawale b Ghosh	7	35	-	1	0	20.00
Sanju Samson	c †Nawale b Ostwal	54	63	-	5	1	85.71
Mohammed Azharuddeen (c)†	c †Nawale b Ostwal	36	52	-	6	0	69.23
Salman Nizar	c Jalaj S Saxena b Mukesh Choudhary	49	93	-	3	0	52.68
Ankit Sharma	c †Nawale b Jalaj S Saxena	17	45	-	1	0	37.77
Eden Apple Tom	c †Nawale b Mukesh Choudhary	3	22	-	0	0	13.63
MD Nidheesh	st †Nawale b Jalaj S Saxena	4	4	-	1	0	100.00
Nedumankuzhy Basil	not out	0	4	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, w 7)	16
Total	63.2 Ov (RR: 3.45)	219
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Akshay Chandran, 5.5 ov), 2-35 (Baba Aparajith, 9.4 ov), 3-35 (Rohan Kunnummal, 10.4 ov), 4-75 (Sachin Baby, 21.2 ov), 5-132 (Sanju Samson, 33.4 ov), 6-141 (Mohammed Azharuddeen, 35.6 ov), 7-190 (Ankit Sharma, 54.1 ov), 8-203 (Eden Apple Tom, 59.4 ov), 9-208 (MD Nidheesh, 60.3 ov), 10-219 (Salman Nizar, 63.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Mukesh Choudhary	15.2	2	57	2	3.71	-	-	-	3
Rajneesh Gurbani	12	0	49	2	4.08	-	-	-	0
Jalaj Saxena	16	2	46	3	2.87	-	-	-	0
Ramakrishna Ghosh	4	0	19	1	4.75	-	-	-	0
Arshin Kulkarni	3	0	14	0	4.66	-	-	-	0
Vicky Ostwal	13	4	25	2	1.92	-	-	-	0

Maharashtra 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Prithvi Shaw	c †Mohammed Azharuddeen b Chandran	75	102	-	7	0	73.52
Arshin Kulkarni	lbw b Basil	34	46	-	5	0	73.91
Siddhesh Veer	not out	55	197	-	2	0	27.91
Ruturaj Gaikwad	not out	55	81	-	3	0	67.90
Extras	(b 4, lb 1)	5
Total	71 Ov (RR: 3.15)	224/2
Did not bat: Ankit Bawne (c), Saurabh Nawale †, Jalaj Saxena, Vicky Ostwal, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Rajneesh Gurbani
Fall of wickets: 1-84 (Arshin Kulkarni, 19.1 ov), 2-121 (Prithvi Shaw, 33.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
MD Nidheesh	8	1	36	0	4.50	-	-	-
Ankit Sharma	24	0	75	0	3.12	-	-	-
Akshay Chandran	21	2	51	1	2.42	-	-	-
Nedumankuzhy Basil	7	0	23	1	3.28	-	-	-
Baba Aparajith	11	1	34	0	3.09	-	-	-

Close of Play

Wed, 15 Oct - day 1 - Maharashtra 1st innings 179/7 (Vicky Ostwal 10*, Ramakrishna Ghosh 11*, 59 ov)

Thu, 16 Oct - day 2 - Kerala 1st innings 35/3 (Sachin Baby 0*, 10.4 ov)

Fri, 17 Oct - day 3 - Maharashtra 2nd innings 51/0 (Prithvi Shaw 37*, Arshin Kulkarni 14*, 9 ov)

Sat, 18 Oct - day 4 - Maharashtra 2nd innings 224/2 (71 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Toss	Kerala, elected to field first
Series	Ranji Trophy
Season	2025/26
Player Of The Match	Ruturaj Gaikwad
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days	15,16,17,18 October 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Ajitesh Argal Mohit Krishnadas
TV Umpire	Ulhas Gandhe
Match Referee	Shakti Singh
Points	Maharashtra 3, Kerala 1

Language

English

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Maharashtra Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MD Nidheesh	8	1	36	0	4.5
Ankit Sharma	24	0	75	0	3.12
AR Chandran	21	2	51	1	2.42
NP Basil	7	0	23	1	3.28
B Aparajith	11	1	34	0	3.09

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Elite, Group A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
VIDAR	5	3	0	2	25	1.968
AP	5	3	0	2	22	1.733
JHK	5	2	1	2	18	1.218
UP	5	1	0	3	17	2.032
BRODA	6	2	1	2	16	1.091
ODSA	5	1	3	1	7	0.663
TN	5	0	2	3	5	0.826
NAGA	6	0	5	1	1	0.316

Elite, Group B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
KNTKA	5	2	0	3	21	1.747
SAU	6	2	0	4	19	1.388
MAHA	5	2	0	3	18	1.444
MP	5	1	0	4	16	1.188
GOA	5	1	2	2	11	1.017
PNJB	6	1	2	3	11	0.706
CHD	6	1	4	1	8	0.624
KER	6	0	2	4	8	0.680

Elite, Group C

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
BENG	5	3	0	2	23	1.594
SVCS	5	3	2	0	19	1.360
HRYNA	5	3	2	0	18	0.909
UKHND	5	2	2	1	16	0.895
GUJ	5	2	2	1	15	1.106
RLYS	5	1	2	2	11	1.004
TPURA	5	0	3	2	6	0.708
ASSAM	5	0	1	4	4	0.625

Elite, Group D

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
MUM	5	3	0	2	24	1.528
J + K	5	3	1	1	20	1.321
CGR	5	1	1	3	14	1.198
RAJ	5	1	1	3	13	1.320
HYD	5	1	1	3	13	0.927
DELHI	5	0	1	4	8	0.956
HP	5	0	2	3	5	0.660
PONDI	5	0	2	3	5	0.445

Plate Group

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
MNPR	5	2	0	3	18	1.522
BIHAR	5	2	0	3	16	1.261
MEGHA	5	1	0	3	15	2.117
SIKM	5	1	0	4	15	1.495
MIZO	5	1	2	1	9	1.105
ARP	5	0	5	0	0	0.177