Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Harvik Desai †	c Kunnummal b Nidheesh	0	5	-	0	0	0.00
Chirag Jani	c Akarsh b Nidheesh	5	20	-	1	0	25.00
Jay Gohil	c Akarsh b Eden Apple Tom	84	123	-	11	2	68.29
Arpit Vasavada	c Aparajith b Nidheesh	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Prerak Mankad	c †Mohammed Azharuddeen b Nidheesh	13	47	-	2	0	27.65
Ansh Gosai	c †Mohammed Azharuddeen b Nidheesh	1	5	-	0	0	20.00
Sammar Gajjar	c †Mohammed Azharuddeen b Aparajith	23	56	-	3	0	41.07
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja	lbw b Aparajith	11	12	-	2	0	91.66
Jaydev Unadkat (c)	b Nidheesh	16	32	-	2	0	50.00
Yuvrajsinh Dodiya	not out	4	26	-	0	0	15.38
Hiten Kanbi	c †Mohammed Azharuddeen b Aparajith	1	6	-	0	0	16.66
Extras	(nb 1, w 1)	2
Total	55.2 Ov (RR: 2.89)	160
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Harvik Desai, 0.5 ov), 2-7 (Chirag Jani, 6.5 ov), 3-7 (Arpit Vasavada, 6.6 ov), 4-76 (Prerak Mankad, 24.5 ov), 5-82 (Ansh Gosai, 26.3 ov), 6-123 (Jay Gohil, 39.6 ov), 7-139 (Sammar Gajjar, 44.3 ov), 8-140 (Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, 44.6 ov), 9-159 (Jaydev Unadkat, 54.2 ov), 10-160 (Hiten Kanbi, 55.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
MD Nidheesh	13	4	20	6	1.53	-	-	-	0	0
Nedumankuzhy Basil	14	4	42	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Eden Apple Tom	12	0	58	1	4.83	-	-	-	1	0
Ankit Sharma	7	0	24	0	3.42	-	-	-	0	1
Baba Aparajith	9.2	1	16	3	1.71	-	-	-	0	0

Kerala 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Archana Akarsh	b Kanbi	18	51	-	2	0	35.29
Rohan Kunnummal	b Jani	80	96	-	12	1	83.33
Sachin Baby	c Gosai b Kanbi	1	13	-	0	0	7.69
Ahammed Imran	c & b Unadkat	10	41	-	1	0	24.39
Baba Aparajith	c Mankad b Unadkat	69	145	-	6	1	47.58
Mohammed Azharuddeen (c)†	c †Desai b Unadkat	0	14	-	0	0	0.00
Ankit Sharma	c Gosai b Jadeja	38	67	-	5	1	56.71
Varun Nayanar	c Vasavada b Mankad	0	9	-	0	0	0.00
Nedumankuzhy Basil	run out (Jay Gohil)	0	5	-	0	0	0.00
Eden Apple Tom	b Unadkat	4	8	-	0	0	50.00
MD Nidheesh	not out	1	2	-	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 2)	12
Total	74.5 Ov (RR: 3.11)	233
Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Archana Akarsh, 14.6 ov), 2-75 (Sachin Baby, 18.4 ov), 3-103 (Ahammed Imran, 28.5 ov), 4-128 (Rohan Kunnummal, 40.2 ov), 5-136 (Mohammed Azharuddeen, 44.4 ov), 6-214 (Ankit Sharma, 65.5 ov), 7-219 (Varun Nayanar, 68.5 ov), 8-221 (Nedumankuzhy Basil, 70.1 ov), 9-232 (Eden Apple Tom, 72.6 ov), 10-233 (Baba Aparajith, 74.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jaydev Unadkat	16.5	2	42	4	2.49	-	-	-	0
Hiten Kanbi	13	2	53	2	4.07	-	-	-	0
Chirag Jani	14	2	43	1	3.07	-	-	-	2
Prerak Mankad	12	1	37	1	3.08	-	-	-	0
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja	16	2	32	1	2.00	-	-	-	0
Yuvrajsinh Dodiya	3	1	16	0	5.33	-	-	-	0

Saurashtra 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Harvik Desai †	c Kunnummal b Nidheesh	5	21	-	0	0	23.80
Sammar Gajjar	b Basil	31	83	-	4	0	37.34
Jay Gohil	lbw b Nidheesh	24	26	-	4	0	92.30
Arpit Vasavada	c sub (Mohammed Azharuddeen) b Aparajith	74	147	-	6	0	50.34
Chirag Jani	b Basil	152	204	-	14	4	74.50
Prerak Mankad	b Nidheesh	62	70	-	10	0	88.57
Ansh Gosai	c Basil b Nidheesh	10	13	-	0	0	76.92
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja	c sub (Mohammed Azharuddeen) b Basil	5	4	-	0	0	125.00
Yuvrajsinh Dodiya	not out	12	13	-	0	1	92.30
Jaydev Unadkat (c)	not out	11	10	-	0	1	110.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 3, w 6)	16
Total	98 Ov (RR: 4.10)	402/8d
Did not bat: Hiten Kanbi
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Harvik Desai, 10.2 ov), 2-50 (Jay Gohil, 18.1 ov), 3-69 (Sammar Gajjar, 24.5 ov), 4-243 (Arpit Vasavada, 72.1 ov), 5-348 (Chirag Jani, 89.3 ov), 6-366 (Prerak Mankad, 92.3 ov), 7-373 (Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, 93.3 ov), 8-378 (Ansh Gosai, 94.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
MD Nidheesh	23	2	83	4	3.60	-	-	-	1	0
Nedumankuzhy Basil	18	3	64	3	3.55	-	-	-	1	0
Eden Apple Tom	15	2	47	0	3.13	-	-	-	0	0
Baba Aparajith	20	1	73	1	3.65	-	-	-	0	0
Ankit Sharma	19	1	111	0	5.84	-	-	-	4	3
Ahammed Imran	3	0	17	0	5.66	-	-	-	0	0

Kerala 2nd Innings (T: 330 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Archana Akarsh	retired hurt	5	24	-	0	0	20.83
Rohan Kunnummal	lbw b Jadeja	5	15	-	0	0	33.33
Sachin Baby	c Gosai b Dodiya	16	46	-	2	0	34.78
Varun Nayanar	not out	66	160	-	7	0	41.25
Abhishek Nair	b Jadeja	19	87	-	3	0	21.83
Ahammed Imran	not out	42	46	-	8	0	91.30
Extras	(b 1)	1
Total	63 Ov (RR: 2.44)	154/3
Did not bat: Baba Aparajith, MD Nidheesh, Nedumankuzhy Basil, Ankit Sharma, Eden Apple Tom, Mohammed Azharuddeen (c)†
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Rohan Kunnummal, 5.5 ov), 2-37 (Sachin Baby, 20.3 ov), 3-96 (Abhishek Nair, 49.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jaydev Unadkat	11.4	3	41	0	3.51	-	-	-
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja	27	7	52	2	1.92	-	-	-
Chirag Jani	5.2	2	9	0	1.68	-	-	-
Hiten Kanbi	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-
Yuvrajsinh Dodiya	13	4	33	1	2.53	-	-	-
Prerak Mankad	3	1	3	0	1.00	-	-	-
Sammar Gajjar	2	0	14	0	7.00	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 08 Nov - day 1 - Kerala 1st innings 82/2 (Rohan Kunnummal 59*, Ahammed Imran 2*, 22 ov)

Sun, 09 Nov - day 2 - Saurashtra 2nd innings 47/1 (Sammar Gajjar 20*, Jay Gohil 22*, 17 ov)

Mon, 10 Nov - day 3 - Saurashtra 2nd innings 351/5 (Prerak Mankad 52*, Ansh Gosai 1*, 90 ov)

Tue, 11 Nov - day 4 - Kerala 2nd innings 154/3 (63 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Match Details

KCA Cricket Ground, Mangalapuram
Toss	Kerala, elected to field first
Series	Ranji Trophy
Season	2025/26
Player Of The Match	MD Nidheesh
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days	8,9,10,11 November 2025 - day (4-day match)
KER Player Replacement	Substitute: Abhishek Nair in, Archana Akarsh out (4th innings, 20.3 ov)
FC debut	Archana Akarsh Abhishek Nair
Umpires	Manu Pasha Nitin Pandit
Match Referee	Rajiv Seth
Points	Saurashtra 1, Kerala 3

Language

English

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Kerala Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JD Unadkat	11.4	3	41	0	3.51
DA Jadeja	27	7	52	2	1.92
CS Jani	5.2	2	9	0	1.68
H Kanbi	1	0	1	0	1
Y Dodiya	13	4	33	1	2.53
PN Mankad	3	1	3	0	1
S Gajjar	2	0	14	0	7

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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	5	1	1	2	9	0.944
ODSA	5	1	3	1	7	0.663
TN	5	0	2	3	5	0.826
NAGA	5	0	4	1	1	0.289

Elite, Group B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
KNTKA	5	2	0	3	21	1.747
MAHA	5	2	0	3	18	1.444
MP	5	1	0	4	16	1.188
SAU	5	1	0	4	13	1.362
GOA	5	1	2	2	11	1.017
PNJB	5	1	1	3	11	0.708
KER	5	0	1	4	8	0.766
CHD	5	0	4	1	1	0.473

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
RAJ	5	1	1	3	13	1.320
HYD	5	1	1	3	13	0.927
CGR	4	1	1	2	11	1.047
DELHI	5	0	1	4	8	0.956
PONDI	5	0	2	3	5	0.445
HP	4	0	2	2	4	0.724

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