The season-opening day of Ranji Trophy, India's numero uno domestic red-ball tournament, has begun at various venues across the country on Friday (October 11). The first round consists of four matches in each of the four Elite groups — A, B, C and D. (Streaming and Guide | More Cricket News)
The clashes in Group C are: Kerala vs Punjab, Haryana vs Bihar, Bengal vs Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh vs Karnataka. A number of current and former international cricketers are in action in Group C, including Mayank Agarwal, Siddarth Kaul, Mayank Markande and Rajat Patidar.
Kerala Vs Punjab
Punjab won the toss and chose to bat against Kerala at the St Xavier's College Ground in Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram.
Playing XIs
Punjab: Abhay Choudhary, Naman Dhir, Anmolpreet Singh, Prabhsimran Singh(w/c), Nehal Wadhera, Ramandeep Singh, Krish Bhagat, Gurnoor Brar, Mayank Markande, Siddarth Kaul, Emanjot Singh Chahal.
Kerala: Vishnu Vinod, Sachin Baby(c), Baba Aparajith, Rohan Kunnummal, Jalaj Saxena, Mohammed Azharuddeen(w), Vathsal Govind, Akshay Chandran, Salman Nizar, Aditya Sarwate, Basil Thampi.
Haryana Vs Bihar
Haryana won the toss and opted to field against Bihar at the Ch. Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium in Rohtak, Haryana.
Playing XIs
Bihar: Ayush Loharuka, Sharman Nigrodh(w), Veer Pratap Singh(c), Sakibul Gani, Babul Kumar, Raghuvendra Pratap Singh, Bipin Saurabh, Sachin Kumar, Himanshu Singh, Anuj Raj, Abhijeet Saket.
Haryana: Ankit Kumar, Lakshhya Dalal, Himanshu Rana, Nishant Sindhu, Ashok Menaria(c), Dheeru Singh, Kapil Hooda(w), Sumit Kumar, Jayant Yadav, Anshul Kamboj, Aman Kumar.
Bengal Vs Uttar Pradesh
Bengal won the toss and elected to bat first against Uttar Pradesh at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Playing XIs
Bengal: Sudip Chatterjee, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Anustup Majumdar(c), Abishek Porel(w), Wriddhiman Saha, Shahbaz Ahmed, Writtick Chatterjee, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Mohammed Kaif, Mukesh Kumar
Uttar Pradesh: Aryan Juyal(w/c), Swastik Chikara, Priyam Garg, Akshdeep Nath, Nitish Rana, Siddarth Yadav, Saurabh Kumar, Vipraj Nigam, Yash Dayal, Ankit Rajpoot, Aaqib Khan
Madhya Pradesh Vs Karnataka
Karnataka won the toss and chose to bowl first against Madhya Pradesh at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore.
Playing XIs
Karnataka: Mayank Agarwal(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Nikin Jose, Manish Pandey, Smaran R, Hardik Raj, Sujay Sateri(w), Shreyas Gopal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Vasuki Koushik, Prasidh Krishna.
Madhya Pradesh: Shubham Sharma(c), Kumar Kartikeya, Rajat Patidar, Venkatesh Iyer, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Subhranshu Senapati, Himanshu Mantri(w), Saransh Jain, Avesh Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Yash Dubey.
