Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh reached the semifinals of Ranji Trophy with easy wins. Madhya Pradesh is in the last four after losing to Punjab. Along with the win, Mumbai set a record in first-class cricket. Prithvi Shara lost to Uttarakhand by 725 runs. Uttar Pradesh won by 5 wickets in a close battle with Karnataka. Shubhaman Gilra could not take place in the last four of Ranji. Madhya Pradesh has won the match in three days. None of their batsmen could score 50 runs in the first innings. Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first. The highest run for the team is Abhishek and Anmalpreet Singh’s 47. Madhya Pradesh scored 397 runs in reply to Punjab’s 219 runs. Shubham Sharma scored a century. Apart from his 102-run innings, Himanshu Mantri (89) and Rajat Patidar (85) also scored well. In the second innings, Punjab’s innings ended with 203 runs. None of the batsmen of the team got significant runs. Kumar Kartikeya caught the eye with the ball. He took 6 wickets with only 50 runs in 34 overs. After that Madhya Pradesh needed 26 runs to win. Himanshu (9) and Jash Dubey (17) picked up the runs after playing 5.1 overs.

Bengal is a possible opponent of Madhya Pradesh in the semi-final. Abhimanyu Aishwars are in the driver’s seat against Jharkhand. Mumbai set an example in first-class cricket against Uttarakhand. Prithvi won by a huge margin of 725 runs. Prithvi’s Mumbai declared with 647 runs for 8 wickets with the bat first. Two middle order batsmen from Mumbai batted well. Subhed Parkar played an impeccable innings of 252 runs. Playing an innings of 153 runs, Sarfaraz Khan made a partnership of 26 runs for the fourth wicket with Subhed. Prithvi did not get a run by opening. In reply, Uttarakhand ended the first innings with 114 runs. Only three of their batsmen scored double figures. 40 of the highest lotus lion. Mumbai’s Shams Mulani took 5 wickets for 39 runs. Going ahead with 533 runs, Prithvi did not follow the opponent. Mumbai did not want to bat in the fourth innings. Mumbai made 261 for 3 wickets in the second innings. In the match, Yashsvi Jaisbal became the third batsman of Mumbai to score a century. He did 103 of them. Prithvi also got a run (72).

Mumbai set a huge target of 795 runs in front of Uttarakhand to win. That pressure broke their innings. Uttarakhand scored only 69 runs in the second innings. Their five batsmen could not make any run. Dhabal Kulkarni took 3 wickets for just 11 runs. Tanush Kotian took 3 for 13 and Mulani took 3 for 15. Like Madhya Pradesh and Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh has also reached the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy after winning the match in three days. However, Karan Sharma’s side did not win one-sided against Karnataka. On the contrary, they snatched the victory from behind in the first innings. Batting first, Karnataka made 253 runs. No batsman of Manish Pandey’s team got a big run. Opener Ravi Kumar Samarth (57) scored the highest run for the team. Karan’s team could not take the lead in the first innings. Uttar Pradesh’s innings ended with only 155 runs. None of their batsmen got significant runs. Karnataka bowlers retaliated in the second innings. Karnataka were all out for 114 in the second innings. As a result, they could not use the advantage of being ahead by 98 runs in the first innings. Uttar Pradesh set a target of 213 runs to win. Uttar Pradesh lost five wickets and picked up the required runs. Their opponent in the semifinals is Mumbai. Both semifinals will start on June 14.

Mumbai needed a wicketkeeper. Because before the auction, they released Ishan as well as Quinton D’Cock. Mumbai has chosen Ishan. He is a cricketer from Mumbai. Rohit Sharma will get him for the whole season. D’Cock can’t play all season. Ishan will also be ahead of D’Cock as a batsman.