New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Madhya Pradesh skipper Rajat Patidar's slammed unbeaten double century which was his first provided an upper hand to his team, who scored 519 runs for the loss of eight wickets at the end of the third day of the first round clash in Group B of the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season.

According to Wisden, at stumps on Day 3, Patidar was unbeaten on 205*(332), which came with the help of 26 boundaries in his innings. With this knock, the Madhya Pradesh side took a big lead of 287 runs after their opponent, Punjab, were bowled out for 232 in the first innings.

Speaking about the other matches of Group B, Goa dominated Chandigarh as Goa posed 566 after bundling out Chandigarh for 137. Chandigarh was given follow-on after being...