Overview
- Uttar Pradesh drew with Tamil Nadu but took three points for a 460–455 first-innings lead, built on Rinku Singh’s career-best 176 with 17 fours and six sixes.
- Rinku followed a previous 165* to lift his first-class average to 59.30, reported as seventh among Indian batters with at least 2,000 runs.
- Services left-arm spinner Amit Shukla completed a five-for without conceding a run and finished with 11-86 in a 211-run win over Haryana.
- Vidarbha beat Baroda by 144 runs in Nagpur, with Darshan Nalkande claiming a career-best 5/12 as Vidarbha collected six points to consolidate top spot.
- Fringe India contenders impressed: Sarfaraz Khan hit 67, Shardul Thakur smashed a 32-ball 56 and took five wickets in Mumbai’s innings win, and Karun Nair scored 95.