GUJ vs RAI – Group C

Commentary

End of Match! Railways win by 8 wickets

Match Highlights:
Zubair Ali Khan: 104(101)
Jaymeet Patel: 101(120)
Karn Sharma: 5/87
Siddharth Desai: 4/93

Gujarat 1st175/10 (55.4 ov, RR 3.14)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abhishek Desai c UD Yadav b K Yadav	5	17	1	0	29.4
Aarya Desai c UD Yadav b Z Ali	4	19	1	0	21.1
Siddharth Desai c B Merai b H Sangwan	1	7	0	0	14.3
Manan Hingrajia (c) b B Merai	25	67	2	0	37.3
Jaymeet Patel c B Merai b Z Ali	57	92	8	0	62.0
Kshitij Patel c UD Yadav b B Merai	1	11	0	0	9.1
Urvil Patel c V Singh b B Merai	14	9	3	0	155.6
Vishal Jayswal c UD Yadav b Z Ali	21	28	2	2	75.0
Chintan Gaja st UD Yadav b R Choudhary	1	11	0	0	9.1
Arzan Nagwaswalla c Z Ali b K Sharma	29	33	3	1	87.9
Rinkesh Vaghela* Not out	5	40	0	0	12.5

Extras12 (b 10, lb 1, w 1, nb 0, p 0)

Total175/10 (55.4 ov · 20 fours, 3 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Himanshu Sangwan	16	2	40	1	2.50
Kunal Yadav	9	4	23	1	2.56
Zubair Ali	10	3	36	3	3.60
Raj Choudhary	12	5	24	1	2.00
Bhargav Merai	6	0	25	3	4.17
Karn Sharma	2.4	0	16	1	6.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Abhishek Desai 5 c UD Yadav b K Yadav	7-1	3.1
Siddharth Desai 1 c B Merai b H Sangwan	8-2	4.4
Aarya Desai 4 c UD Yadav b Z Ali	24-3	9.3
Manan Hingrajia 25 b B Merai	75-4	27.4
Kshitij Patel 1 c UD Yadav b B Merai	84-5	31.1
Urvil Patel 14 c V Singh b B Merai	102-6	33.4
Vishal Jayswal 21 c UD Yadav b Z Ali	140-7	41.3
Jaymeet Patel 57 c B Merai b Z Ali	141-8	41.5
Chintan Gaja 1 st UD Yadav b R Choudhary	141-9	44.4
Arzan Nagwaswalla 29 c Z Ali b K Sharma	175-10	55.4

Railways 1st424/10 (100.5 ov, RR 4.20)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ashish Singh lbw b C Gaja	4	5	1	0	80.0
Vivek Singh c J Patel b R Vaghela	53	92	5	2	57.6
Kush Marathe c M Hingrajia b C Gaja	8	20	2	0	40.0
Ravi Singh c M Hingrajia b A Nagwaswalla	98	174	11	3	56.3
Bhargav Merai (c) lbw b C Gaja	55	92	9	0	59.8
Upendra Yadav b SA Desai	3	15	0	0	20.0
Zubair Ali c & b SA Desai	104	101	11	7	103.0
Raj Choudhary b SA Desai	6	35	1	0	17.1
Karn Sharma c R Vaghela b SA Desai	60	64	6	3	93.8
Himanshu Sangwan c C Gaja b V Jayswal	12	5	0	2	240.0
Kunal Yadav* Not out	0	2	0	0	0.0

Extras21 (b 8, lb 11, w 2, nb 0, p 0)

Total424/10 (100.5 ov · 46 fours, 17 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Chintan Gaja	21	1	70	3	3.33
Arzan Nagwaswalla	26	8	75	1	2.88
Jaymeet Patel	7	0	27	0	3.86
Siddharth Desai	24	4	93	4	3.88
Rinkesh Vaghela	12	0	73	1	6.08
Vishal Jayswal	10.5	1	67	1	6.18

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Ashish Singh 4 lbw b C Gaja	4-1	0.5
Kush Marathe 8 c M Hingrajia b C Gaja	16-2	8.1
Vivek Singh 53 c J Patel b R Vaghela	114-3	33.3
Bhargav Merai 55 lbw b C Gaja	220-4	61.4
Upendra Yadav 3 b SA Desai	233-5	66.1
Ravi Singh 98 c M Hingrajia b A Nagwaswalla	233-6	67.1
Raj Choudhary 6 b SA Desai	269-7	78.4
Karn Sharma 60 c R Vaghela b SA Desai	395-8	97.6
Zubair Ali 104 c & b SA Desai	412-9	99.4
Himanshu Sangwan 12 c C Gaja b V Jayswal	424-10	100.5

Gujarat 2nd347/10 (89.4 ov, RR 3.87)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abhishek Desai c A Singh b K Marathe	14	57	2	0	24.6
Aarya Desai c K Marathe b Z Ali	40	58	8	0	69.0
Manan Hingrajia (c) c B Merai b H Sangwan	10	29	2	0	34.5
Jaymeet Patel c UD Yadav b K Sharma	101	120	14	0	84.2
Kshitij Patel c K Marathe b K Sharma	38	60	6	0	63.3
Urvil Patel c B Merai b K Sharma	64	80	5	2	80.0
Vishal Jayswal c (sub S Singh) b K Sharma	34	31	3	2	109.7
Arzan Nagwaswalla c A Singh b K Sharma	0	5	0	0	0.0
Rinkesh Vaghela* Not out	20	61	2	0	32.8
Chintan Gaja c UD Yadav b K Yadav	9	21	1	0	42.0
Siddharth Desai c V Singh b H Sangwan	9	16	1	0	56.3

Extras8 (b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 0, p 0)

Total347/10 (89.4 ov · 44 fours, 4 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Himanshu Sangwan	18.4	3	78	2	4.18
Kunal Yadav	20	2	74	2	3.70
Zubair Ali	8	2	26	1	3.25
Bhargav Merai	3	0	13	0	4.33
Raj Choudhary	21	2	62	0	2.95
Karn Sharma	19	1	87	5	4.58

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Abhishek Desai 14 c A Singh b K Marathe	54-1	18.4
Aarya Desai 40 c K Marathe b Z Ali	54-2	19.3
Manan Hingrajia 10 c B Merai b H Sangwan	90-3	28.3
Kshitij Patel 38 c K Marathe b K Sharma	170-4	46.3
Jaymeet Patel 101 c UD Yadav b K Sharma	256-5	63.2
Urvil Patel 64 c B Merai b K Sharma	293-6	71.1
Arzan Nagwaswalla 0 c A Singh b K Sharma	293-7	71.6
Vishal Jayswal 34 c (sub S Singh) b K Sharma	302-8	73.4
Chintan Gaja 9 c UD Yadav b K Yadav	325-9	82.2
Siddharth Desai 9 c V Singh b H Sangwan	347-10	89.4

Railways 2nd99/2 (20.5 ov, RR 4.75)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ashish Singh lbw b SA Desai	1	7	0	0	14.3
Vivek Singh c (sub S Bagga) b SA Desai	42	39	2	4	107.7
Kush Marathe* Not out	22	43	2	0	51.2
Ravi Singh* Not out	34	36	2	3	94.4

Extras0 (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total99/2 (20.5 ov · 6 fours, 7 sixes)

Did not batBhargav Merai, Himanshu Sangwan, Upendra Yadav, Kunal Yadav, Karn Sharma, Raj Choudhary, Zubair Ali

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Siddharth Desai	10	2	34	2	3.40
Vishal Jayswal	8.5	1	56	0	6.34
Rinkesh Vaghela	2	0	9	0	4.50

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Ashish Singh 1 lbw b SA Desai	8-1	2.2
Vivek Singh 42 c (sub S Bagga) b SA Desai	56-2	11.3

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Playing XI

MH

Manan Hingrajia CBAT

AD

Aarya Desai BAT

AD

Abhishek Desai WKWK

Urvil Patel WKWK

Jaymeet Patel BAT

Kshitij Patel BAT

Chintan Gaja BOWL

VJ

Vishal Jayswal AR

Siddharth Desai BOWL

Arzan Nagwaswalla BOWL

RV

Rinkesh Vaghela BAT

Bench

Priyesh Patel WKWK

Umang Kumar BAT

HP

Hemang Patel AR

JM

Jay Malusare AR

Ravi Bishnoi BOWL

PJ

Priyajitsing Jadeja BOWL

SB

Sunpreetsingh Bagga AR

MatchGujarat vs Railways, Group C

SeriesRanji Trophy

Date & timeThu, 22 Jan 2026 · 9:30 AM IST

VenueNarendra Modi Stadium, India

TossRailways won the toss and chose to bowl

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresRanjeev Sharma (India), Saiyed Khalid (India)

Match referee Balachandra Akhil (India)

Pitch

PitchFlat Track Pitch

BattingAverage

PacePace & Bounce

SpinAverage

Weather

Condition<nil>

Temp22°C

Humidity44%

Wind12.5 km/h

Rain chance0%

Which team will win?

Gujarat50%

Railways30%

Draw20%

30 votes