Fate of Ranji Trophy hangs in balance as most states prefer white-ball cricket

He had played two first class matches for Maharashtra, and been the fitness trainer of senior and age-group teams

Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant could not put in big scores for their teams

Comfortable among the stars and in his own skin, the Maharashtra batsman has gained prominence in a short span of time, and is a regular in the India A set-up now

Spinners help Gujarat earn their first points, Mumbai stay in the race to the final with convincing victory over Vidarbha, Delhi finish with win

Karnataka and Jharkhand made it two in two , while Maharashtra had little trouble putting it past Bengal

After the bowlers restricted Maharashtra to a low score, Jharkhand's batsmen did enough in the rain-truncated affair to seal a victory via the VJD method

Mumbai, Maharashtra, Delhi, Andhra, Hyderabad and Bihar had already qualified

The opener made his sixth 80-plus score in seven innings in the tournament and added 155 with Karun Nair in a nine-wicket win against Maharashtra

Baroda captain Deepak Hooda's 34-ball 57 helped his team chase down a target of 179 against Maharashtra while Aditya Garhwal's 51* set up Rajasthan's six-wicket win over Vidarbha