Rongsen Jonathan

Nagaland thrashed Arunachal Pradesh by an innings and 83 runs in the Ranji Trophy on Sunday to jump to the top of the plate group table. Seasoned all-rounder Rongsen Jonathan was the star of the final day's play with a career-best 5/52 as Nagaland bowled out Arunachal Pradesh for 237 runs in their second essay to coast to bonus point win.

Riding on a solid batting display in their second innings, Bihar were on the verge of a massive win over Nagaland in their Ranji Trophy Plate Group fixture on Monday.

Chetan Bist slammed his fourth straight century to put Plate group leaders Nagaland in the driver's seat against Mizoram in their Ranji Trophy match at Eden Gardens here on Saturday. The former Rajasthan wicketkeeper-batter Bist followed up his 119 in the first innings with an unbeaten 100 in the second, his sixth overall.

Goa were at their defiant best with dogged half-centuries from opener Sumiran Amonkar and Amulya Pandrekar as their Ranji Trophy Plate group clash against Chandigarh ended in a draw on Wednesday.

Pacer Ishwar Chaudhary grabbed a six-wicket haul as Sikkim thrashed Mizoram by 105 runs in their Ranji Trophy Plate Group fixture on Monday.

Ashutosh Aman returned with a match haul of 12 wickets to help Bihar secure a thumping 273-run victory over Nagaland in their Ranji Trophy Plate Group fixture on Tuesday.

Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir qualified for the knockout stages of the Vijay Hazare Trophy from Group D with convincing wins over their respective rivals on Wednesday.

The Jharkhand juggernaut rolled on as the team defeated Nagaland by 54 runs for its fourth straight victory in a Group A match in the Syed Musthaq Ali Trophy cricket tournament on Wednesday.

Their hopes of becoming the only team from Plate Group to make the Ranji Trophy quarters may have been dashed by Goa on Thursday after a resounding win over Mizoram, but Pondicherry are keen to end the season on a high.

A day after the Indian Cricket Board's crackdown on eight of their players, Puducherry crashed to a 65-run defeat to Uttarakhand in a plate group match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament on Friday.

Jharkhand butchered north-eastern minnows Nagaland in one of the most farcical and lopsided pre-quarterfinals of the Ranji Trophy with a jaw-dropping overall lead of 1008 runs, the highest ever in the history of the national first-class championship.

With one eye on qualifying for the Elite Group, Chandigarh will begin their campaign against minnows Nagaland in a Plate Group encounter of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy in Chennai on Sunday.

All-rounder Shrikant Mundhe continued his imperious form with a century as Nagaland posted 276 for 5 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy plate group match against Mizoram at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday.

Chetan Bist struck an unbeaten 155 after Shrikant Mundhe stood tall with a career-best double century to put Nagaland in the driver's seat in their Ranji Trophy plate group match against Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday. In reply, Arunachal Pradesh were tottering at 199 for five, still needing 121 runs to avoid a first innings defeat.

In-form Jharkhand will be firm favourites when they take on Nagaland in the only pre-quarterfinals of the 2021-22 season of Ranji Trophy starting at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.

Nagaland on Friday joined an ignominious list of lowest Ranji Trophy totals after being dismissed for 25 in second innings to suffer a 174-run thrashing by Uttarakhand in their Group A home match.

Seasoned campaigner Dwaraka Ravi Teja made an impressive start with Meghalaya as his unbeaten century shaped his side's massive 194-run victory against Sikkim in their Vijay Hazare Trophy Plate group opener on Tuesday.

Karan Lal joined an elite club of debutant players to claim five wickets in an innings and help Bengal beat Nagaland by an innings and 161 runs in their Elite Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match at Sovima, on the outskirts of Dimapur, on Thursday. The big win ensured the maximum points (7) for Bengal as they consolidated their position in the group with 16 points from three games.