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Toss Winner - Nagaland won the toss and choose to bat first
Match Drawn
Unstoppable Andhra Ready to Storm Nagaland’s Fortress in Elite Group Clash
Andhra to win against Nagaland.
| Tournament: | Ranji Trophy, 2025-26 |
| Format: | test |
| Venue: | Dimapur, Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima, India, India |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
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| Bookie | NagalandNGL | AndhraADR |
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Nagaland is scheduled to face Andhra in the Elite Group A match of the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 at the Nagaland Cricket Stadium in Dimapur. Nagaland's performance so far has been extremely disappointing, as they have lost five out of six matches, leaving them at the bottom of the Elite Group A points table.
On the other hand, Andhra Pradesh's performance has been in stark contrast to Nagaland. They have won four out of the six matches played so far to top the Elite Group A points table with 28 points. Therefore, Andhra will be the favourites to win this match between the strongest and weakest teams in the Elite Group A.
NGL
275/10 in 104.4 2.63
RNJT
Odisha beat Nagaland by 300 runs
165/10 in 83.0 1.99
535/6 in 138.4 3.86
RNJT
Uttar Pradesh beat Nagaland by an innings and 265 Runs
0/0 in 0.0 0
510/8 in 105.0 4.86
RNJT
Jharkhand Won by an innings and 196 Runs
0/0 in 0.0 0
171/10 in 69.3 2.46
RNJT
Vidarbha beat Nagaland by 179 runs
0/0 in 0.0 0
ADR
221/10 in 49.2 4.48
VHTE 2025-26
Odisha beat Andhra by 6 wickets
223/4 in 43.4 5.11
Nagaland has had a poor performance this season, losing 5 out of 6 matches. In the last match too, they had to face defeat by an innings and six runs against Baroda.
In batting, none of their batsmen could score more than 37 runs in the last match, whereas in bowling, Imliwati Lemtur was the best bowler who took four wickets.
In batting, Dega Nischal has been in excellent form for Nagaland this season. He has scored 502 runs in 6 matches at an average of 45.66, which includes one century and three excellent half-centuries. Apart from him, Chetan Bisht has also scored 304 runs in 6 matches at an average of 33.77.
Captain Rongsen Jonathan has provided the best bowling performance so far for Nagaland. He has taken 19 wickets in six matches, making him the team's highest wicket-taker.
Imliwati Lemtur has taken 12 wickets in six matches, while the other bowlers have performed poorly. Therefore, Nagaland will need to improve their bowling.
Dega Nischal, Sedezhalie Rupero, Hem Chetri, Chetan Bist, Rongsen Jonathan (c), Yugandhar Singh, Saurav Kumar, Imliwati Lemtur, Ronit More, Dip Borah, Vino Zhimomi.
Rongsen Jonathan, Sedezhalie Rupero, Imliwati Lemtur, Chetan Bist, Dega Nischal, Saurav S Kumar, Vino Zhimomi, Joshua Ozukum, Nagaho Chishi, Akavi Yeptho, Hiketo Toniho Aye
Andhra has been performing well this Ranji Trophy season. They have won all the last four matches, keeping them at the top of the points table. In the last match too, they defeated Vidarbha by 8 wickets.
While Shaik Rasheed played a brilliant innings of 134 runs in the previous match, at the same time, Kavuri Saiteja played a big role in the team's victory by taking 7 wickets.
Shaik Rasheed has been the best batsman for Andhra Pradesh in this tournament and is also the highest run scorer for the team, scoring 572 runs in six matches at an average of 143, which includes three excellent centuries and two fifties.
Apart from him, Abhishek Reddy has also performed brilliantly so far, scoring 531 runs in 6 matches at an average of 66.37.
In bowling, Saurabh Kumar has been the best performer for Andhra Pradesh so far, taking 26 wickets in 6 matches. Kavuri Saitja has also taken 18 wickets in 5 matches this season.
Abhishek Reddy, Srikar Bharat, Shaik Rasheed, Ricky Bhui (c), Karan Shinde, Revanth Reddy, KV Sasikanth, Saurabh Kumar, Satyanarayana Raju, Tripurana Vijay, Kavuri Saiteja.
Ricky Bhui, Shaik Rasheed, Saurabh Kumar, K Srikar Bharat, Tripurana Vijay, Satyanarayana Raju, KV Sasikanth, Abhishek Reddy, Karan Shinde, Kavuri Saiteja, CR Gnaneshwar
During the match, the weather will be expected to stay sunny for the first two days of the game. However, the third and fourth days are expected to be cloudy. The humidity will be around 44%. However, despite the clouds, there will be almost no chance of rain during the game.
The surface at the Nagaland Cricket Stadium in Dimapur provides good support to batsmen from the start, while bowlers can begin making their impact as the game progresses. The highest score at this venue in the Ranji Trophy is 509, and the lowest is 75. Additionally, batsmen will have good opportunities early on to score big.
The pitch at Nagaland Cricket Stadium in Dimapur usually offers batting-friendly conditions. Although recent Ranji Trophy games also indicate that it also offers good assistance to pacers and spinners as well after day 2 of the game. If the pitch slows down a bit, spinners can also play an important role in the match.
The Nagaland Cricket Stadium in Dimapur was helpful for batting first. The pitch is good initially, with the ball coming in fast and bouncing, giving the batsmen plenty of opportunities to score runs. However, as the match progresses, bowlers are more likely to get opportunities to take wickets. Therefore, the team winning the toss is likely to prefer to bat first.
Andhra have been in strong form so far, having won their last four matches in a row. They will definitely want to continue this trend against Nagaland as well. Besides, almost all their players are in excellent form; they have the potential to defeat Nagaland badly. Thus, Andhra will be the favourites to win this match. Nagaland can also perform well in their home conditions, as they have done many times before, but only an out-of-bounds performance will save Nagaland from losing this match.
Andhra to win against Nagaland.
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