Harpreet Brar's Career-Best 7 for 56 Headlines a Day of Ranji Bowling Masterclasses

Brar's career-best dismantles Chhattisgarh

Harpreet Brar registered a career-best 7 for 56 as Punjab enforced the follow-on against Chhattisgarh, one of the standout returns of a day dominated by the ball.

Five-fers and four-fers around the grounds

Yash Kasvankar's second five-wicket haul of the match bowled Uttar Pradesh out for 197, but Goa then succumbed to Kartik Yadav's own five-wicket haul, going down by 68 runs in the end.

In a contest dominated by spin, Bengal had the final say over Services as Pradipta Pramanik (4 for 48) and Shahbaz Ahmed (3 for 44) scripted an impressive 60-run win. Bhargav Bhatt's 6 for 53 triggered an alarming Bihar collapse, setting up Baroda's facile 10-wicket victory.

Off-spinner Vaisakh Chandran scalped four as Odisha were bowled out for 225, and Kerala duly enforced the follow-on and picked up four more wickets. Sagar Trivedi celebrated his birthday with a four-fer for Puducherry as Madhya Pradesh lost five wickets for 19 runs on Day 3.

Thakur and Bachhav seal big wins

Mohit Thakur picked up a five-wicket haul to go with his three-fer in the first innings, setting up Assam's nine-wicket win over Tripura. Satyajeet Bachhav's 5 for 27 routed Arunachal Pradesh for 123, sealing an innings and 328-run victory for Sikkim.

Narrow escapes and tight contests

Sunil Kumar bagged four wickets as Jammu and Kashmir threatened to defend 78 against Vidarbha, but the visitors held on with one of their bowling heroes, Nachiket Bhute (5 for 48 in the second innings), seeing them through with the bat.

Vidwath Kaverappa turned in an impressive four-wicket haul for Karnataka, even as Saurashtra hung on to eke out a lead. Abhishek Kumar's four-fer secured a 103-run lead for Meghalaya, but Manipur roared back through Jotin Pheiroijam's own four-wicket haul to bowl the hosts out for 172.