Railways Suffer 5-Wicket Defeat to Tamil Nadu in Ranji Trophy

Chennai, October 28: Railways suffered a five-wicket defeat against Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy Elite 2026-27 on Wednesday, with the three-day match ending in the home side's favour. Tamil Nadu captain R. Sai Kishore was named Player of the Match after taking 7 wickets across both innings.

Railways opted to bat after losing the toss and were restricted to 184 in the first innings. They lost three wickets for seven runs early on and were 51 for 6 soon after. Zuber Ali then took charge, forging a number of small partnerships to rebuild the innings.

Zuber added 61 runs for the last wicket with Himanshu Sangwan, who finished on 7 not out. Zuber's innings ended on 75, which included four sixes and seven fours. Sonu Yadav and Sai Kishore picked up three wickets each for Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu were dismissed for 165 in reply. They had slipped to 112 for 8 when Baba Indrajith (59) and Jeganathan Hemachudeshan (26) added 50 for the ninth wicket, which took the team past 150. Raj Chaudhary returned figures of 5 for 41, while Tauheed Uddin Mondal took 4 wickets.

Railways had a first-innings lead of 19, but their second innings folded for 108. Sahab Yuvraj was the top scorer with 42, including two fours. Sai Kishore took 4 wickets and Hemachudeshan claimed 3.

Tamil Nadu needed 128 to win and got there in 59.1 overs, losing five wickets along the way. Atheesh SR and Narayan Jagadeesan shared 31 for the first wicket, but three wickets fell for 39 runs after that stand ended.

Baba Indrajith (23) and Andre Siddarth, who remained unbeaten on 56, added 50 for the fourth wicket to take the side close to victory. Siddarth then put on an unbroken 39 for the sixth wicket with Vimal Kumar (not out 10), completing an easy win. Tauheed Uddin Mondal finished with 4 wickets for 50 runs, and Raj Chaudhary took one.