The Ranji Trophy Elite, Group A match between Puducherry and Madhya Pradesh at the Cricket Association Pondicherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry, ended in a draw on 18 Oct 2026. Madhya Pradesh made 345 in reply to Puducherry's 177, and Puducherry were 98/1 in their second innings when the match finished.
Puducherry won the toss and elected to bat first, but were bowled out for 177 in 65.2 overs. Ritesh Gudge top-scored with 53 off 161 balls, including seven fours, while Nikhil Gangta made 28 off 86 balls and Ankit Sharma 19 off 31. Ravi Kiran took 3/51 from 17 overs and Kumar Kartikeya 2/26 from 13.
Madhya Pradesh slipped to 28/3 early in their reply, with Gaurav Yadav bowling Yash Dubey and Kumar Kartikeya and trapping Harsh Gawli lbw. Chanchal Rathore (78 off 204 balls) and Shubham Sharma (58 off 106) steadied the innings, and Rajat Patidar went on to score 122 off 139 balls with 14 fours. Madhya Pradesh were 326/6, but lost their last four wickets for 19 runs to be bowled out for 345 in 111.2 overs.
Sagar Trivedi led Puducherry's bowling with 4/44 from 14 overs, removing Atharva Mahajan (43), Patidar, Aryan Pandey and Arshad Khan. Gaurav Yadav finished with 3/78 from 24 overs.
In their second innings, Puducherry reached 98/1 in 38 overs. Neyan Shyam Kangayan made 39 off 76 balls, with three fours and two sixes, before he was bowled by Saransh Jain with the score on 75. Gudge followed his first-innings fifty with 47 not out off 137 balls, and Gangta was unbeaten on 6. Jain finished with 1/36 from 11 overs.