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New Delhi: Team India’s Test skipperShubman Gill was dismissed for a two-ball duck on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match between Punjab and Saurashtra at the Niranjan Shah Stadium Ground C in Rajkot. Gill was playing his first domestic red-ball match after a year, and came to bat at number five after Saurashtra bowled out for 172 runs on Thursday, January 22.

Punjab got off to a poor start and were in big trouble at 73.3 with Harnoor Singh, Uday Saharan and Nehal Wadhera back in the pavilion. Gill, captaining his state team, walked out to bat and was hit on the pads by spinner Parth Bhut. The on-field umpire adjudged him out for LBW.

Punjab are currently placed in the sixth position in Elite Group B with just 11 points after one victory, one loss and three draws in five matches. They will face Karnataka in their final group match on January 29 in Mohali.

Gill is likely to play the match against Karnataka as well, since the Indian Test and ODI skipper is not part of the squad for the ongoing T20I series against New Zealand, as well as the 2026 T20 World Cup.

Sarfaraz Khan’s hundred and Siddhesh Lad’s 76 helped Mumbai to post a score of 332/4 at stumps on day 1. Mumbai started the match well as Herwadkar and Akash Anand forged an opening partnership of 60 runs, but lost three quick wickets in the space of the next 22 runs.

Sarfaraz Khan and Siddhesh Lad batted close to 40 overs and forged an unbeaten 183-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Lad scored 104 runs off 179 balls and was removed by Rohit Rayudu, while Sarfaraz remained unbeaten, scoring 142 runs off 164 balls with the help of 11 boundaries and five maximums.

Vidarbha got off to a disappointing start in the match against Andhra, losing four wickets early in the match, but Yash Rathod’s hundred brought his team back into the game. Fast bowler K.S. Raju made the most of the moist and windy conditions, but Rathod forged important partnerships with Rohit Binkar (93) and Darshan Nalkande (76) to help his side recover.

Rathod scored an unbeaten 104 runs off 176 deliveries with the help of 12 boundaries as Vidarbha finished day 1 on 267/7. KS Raju picked up four wickets for Andhra, while Nitish Reddy, Kavuri Saiteja, and Saurabh Kumar took one wicket each.