Overview

• Kerala won the toss at Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram and chose to bowl on the Ranji Trophy's opening day.
• MD Nidheesh trapped Prithvi Shaw lbw with the fourth ball of the match and removed Siddhesh Veer next delivery as Kerala struck immediately.
• Nedumankuzhy Basil dismissed Arshin Kulkarni with his first ball and later bowled captain Ankit Bawne, leaving Maharashtra 5 for 4 in 3.2 overs.
• Maharashtra slumped to 18 for 5, with four ducks among the top order and talk of a threat to the record of seven ducks in a Ranji innings.
• In a separate match, Sarfaraz Khan recorded a duck on his Ranji return for Mumbai against Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar.