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Sai Kishore stars in TN's innings win; Sarfaraz's 154 puts Mumbai in command

Tamil Nadu’s Sai Kishore dominated proceedings in the Ranji Trophy, claiming a match-defining hat-trick and finishing with 10 wickets for 74 runs as his team dismantled Uttarakhand by an innings and 66 runs. The left-arm spinner dismantled Uttarakhand’s batting twice, taking 6 for 34 in their second collapse to 113, while Ajith Ram added four more wickets to seal the victory after Tamil Nadu posted 313 in their first innings.

Uttarakhand’s brief resistance—top-scoring with Dega Nischal’s 25—was no match for the spinners, who reduced them to 9 for one before a swift capitulation followed the follow-on.

Elsewhere, Mumbai’s Sarfaraz Khan set the tone with a commanding 154 against Himachal Pradesh, putting his team in a commanding position. Bengal and Uttar Pradesh also secured wins, with Pradipta Pramanik (4 for 48) and Shahbaz Ahmed (3 for 44) guiding Bengal past Services, while Yash Kasvankar’s second five-wicket haul of the tournament helped Uttar Pradesh defeat Goa by 68 runs.

Assam wrapped up a nine-wicket victory over Tripura despite Manisankar Murasingh’s defiant 161, while Sikkim’s Gurinder Singh (146) led a 572-run declaration in a thumping 328-run win over Arunachal Pradesh. Punjab’s Harpreet Brar, with career-best figures of 7 for 56, enforced the follow-on against Chhattisgarh, and Baroda completed a 10-wicket win over Bihar after Bhargav Bhatt’s 6 for 53 triggered a collapse.

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