The 2019–20 Ranji Trophy is the 86th season of India’s premier First-Class tournament. It will be played between December 2019 and March 2020. This season sees Chandigarh competing as the newest team in the tournament, while Vidarbha is the defending champions.
Wasim Jaffer became the first cricketer to play 150 Ranji Trophy matches and this season is also the first to use a limited DRS system, which does not use Hawk-Eye and UltraEdge.
Here is the brief summary of the scores from Round 1:
Hyderabad v Gujarat- Gujarat won by 8 wickets
HYD 233 (S KOLLA 69*; P CHAWLA 3/61) & 266 (T AGARWAL 96; R KALARIA 5/45) and GUJ 313 (M JUNEJA 94; M HASAN 4/78) & 187/2 (P PANCHAL 90, B MERAI 69*)
Kerala v Delhi – Match drawn; Kerala took 1st innings lead
KER 525/9d (S BABY 155, ROBIN 102; T BAROKA 3/128) and DEL 142 (D SHOREY 19; J SAXENA 6/63) & 395/4 (K CHANDELA 125, N RANA 114; J SAXENA 2/119)
Rajasthan v Punjab- Punjab wins by 10 wickets
RAJ 257 (M LOMROR 60; S KAUL 4/69) & 168 (M LOMROR 43; S SINGH 3/28) and PUN 358 (M SINGH 122; S SHARMA 4/82) & 68/0 (S GILL 36*)
Andhra v Vidarbha- Match Drawn; Vidarbha took first-innings lead
ANDH 211 (G VIHARI 83; A SARVATE 4/50) & 314/3 (K BHARAT 102*, R BHUI 100*) and VID 441 (G SATISH 237; STEPHEN 5/110)
Himachal Pradesh v Saurashtra- Saurashtra Won by 5 Wickets
HP 120 (P CHOPRA 33; P MANKAD 3/13) & 182 (A BAINS 74; J UNADKAT 6/51) and SAU 141 (D JADEJA 47; V ARORA 6/48) & 165/5 (P MANKAD 47; V ARORA 3/57)
Uttar Pradesh v Railways- Match Drawn; Railways took first-innings lead
RLYS 253 ( D MOR 91*; Y DAYAL 5/48) & 270 (D MOR 102; S MAVI 4/19) and UP 175 (A SHAUKAT 92*; A MISHRA 4/52) & 62/2 (A SHAUKAT 33)
Baroda v Mumbai - Mumbai Won by 309 Runs
MUM 431 (S MULANI 89; Y PATHAN 3/26) & 409/4d (P SHAW 202, SK YADAV 102*) and BAR 307 (K JADHAV 160*; S MULANI 6/99) & 224/9 (D HOODA 61; S MULANI 4/72)
Haryana v Maharashtra - Haryana Won by an innings and 68 Runs
HAR 401 (S ROHILLA 142, S CHAUHAN 117; A SANKLECHA 4/82) and MAH 247 (N SHAIKH 60; H PATEL 4/70) & 86 (N SHAIKH 27; H PATEL 5/22)
Uttarakhand v Jammu & Kashmir- Jammu & Kashmir won by 253 Runs
J&K 182 (S KHAJURIA 47; R SHAH 3/18) & 304 (F RASHID 73*; R SHAH 5/74) and UK 84 (D NEGI 24*; M MUDHASIR 5/13) & 149 (D NEGI 55*; R DAYAL 5/58)
Chandigarh v Arunachal Pradesh- Chandigarh Won by an innings and 173 Runs
AP 147 (T NERI 45; S NIMROTI 5/26) & 183 (R DALAL 81; G SINGH 6/50) and CDG 503/2d (A KHAN 233*, S BHAMBRI 105, M VOHRA 124)
Goa v Sikkim- Goa won by 9 wickets
SIK 136 (LY LEPCHA 56; L GARG 3/23) & 374 (I ABDULLA 135; F ALEMAO 3/76) and GOA 436/6d (S KAUTHANKAR 134, A VERMA 113) & 75/1 (S PRABHUDESAI 49*)
Chhattisgarh v Odisha- Odisha won by an innings and 3 runs
CG 134 (A MANDAL 47; R MOHANTY 6/47) & 78 (A SINGH 43; R MOHANTY 4/19) and ODI 215 (S LENKA 56; P DATEY 58/4)
Bihar v Pondicherry- Pondicherry won by 10 wickets
BIH 173 (RATHOUR 31; S UDESHI 6/50) & 196 (V RANJAN 85*; R VINAY KUMAR 4/57) and PON 300 (P DOGRA 70; VIVEK 5/51) & 70/0 (P DOGRA 42*)
Manipur v Mizoram- Manipur won by 6 wickets
MIZ 65 (T Kohli 34; REX 8/22) & 290 (PAWAN 124; LANGLONYAMBA 2/16) and MANI 289 (B CHINGANGBAM 89; BOBBY 5/92) & 69/4 (JAYANTA 16*; T Kohli 2/26)
Nagaland v Meghalaya- Meghalaya won by 110 runs
MEGH 285 (P BISHT 125; IMLIWATI 7/53) & 142 (DIPPU 36*; IMLIWATI 6/54) and NAGA 136 (NAGAHO 33*; SANJAY 9/52) & 181 (AOSASHI 44; SANJAY 4/60)
Assam v Services – Stumps Day 3- Assam needs 168 runs to win
SER 124 (V HATHWALA 34; A DAS 4/34) & 279 (R PALIWAL 89; A DAS 5/44) and ASSAM 162 (R PARAG 66; D PATHANIA 5/58) & 74/5 (S PURKAYASTHA 18*; S PANDEY 2/12)
Tripura v Jharkhand- Jharkhand won by 54 runs
TRI 289 (MILIND 59; A KUMAR 3/40) & 211 (M SINGH 103; A KUMAR 5/67) and JKND 136 (V SINGH 47; R DATTA 4/42) & 418/8 dec (S TIWARY 122*, I JAGGI 107*; M SINGH 3/97)
Karnataka v Tamil Nadu – Karnataka won by 27 runs
KAR 336 (D PADDIKAL 78; R ASHWIN 4/76) & 151 (D PADDIKAL 39; R ASHWIN 4/46) v TN 307 (D KARTHIK 113; K GOWTHAM 6/110) & 154 (A MUKUND 42; K GOWTHAM 8/60)
