Two Indian first-class sides bowled out for 35

Having won the toss and opted to bat against Rajasthan, Tripura were left reeling on 22/6, in addition to losing their captain Smit Patel to an enforced retirement through injury. With six of the batting line-up recording ducks, an innings high-score of 11 from Neelambuj Vats was able to at least help Tripura into the thirties.

It was Tripura’s worst showing in first-class cricket, eclipsing their 42 all out against Bengal in 1996. Rajasthan appear to have a habit of upsetting Ranji trophy batsmen – the lowest first-class score in the competition’s history came against them, with Hyderabad amassing a total of 21 in 2010. Aniket Choudhary was the main cause of havoc, taking 5/11 from his seven overs, before top-scoring for Rajasthan with 30 to help them to 218 in their first innings.

Tripura managed 106 in their second stay at the crease, a worthy improvement from their first go, but not enough to halt an innings defeat.

In the match between Madhya Pradesh and Andhra, 35 was the unlucky number once more. Chasing a target of 343, Madhya Pradesh looked uncomfortable but not too shaky at 35/3. What followed was quite extraordinary, as the batting line-up crumbled, losing the rest of the available wickets for the loss of no runs. Only four batsmen managed to add any runs to their name, Yash Dubey top-scorer with 16 runs.

Just two bowlers were needed for Andhra, with KV Sasikanth and Paidikalva Vijaykumar sharing nine wickets between them – Sasikanth finished with extraordinary figures of 6/18 from his eight overs. Andhra triumphed by a monumental 307 runs.