Only 90 overs within four sessions of play, 32 wickets, including two hat-tricks, and 359 runs were all it took to complete the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 second round fixture between Assam and Services in Tinsukia on Saturday.

The bizarre First-Class contest shortly before the Indian premier domestic red-ball cricket tournament’s 91st birthday will now be regarded as the shortest completed match in terms of balls in the tournament’s history. The 540-ball contest surpassed the previous record held by a Delhi -Railways contest in the 1961-62 season, which concluded with an outright result after 547 balls with only 221 runs.

However, the shortest game in Ranji Trophy history (by time) remains the inaugural contest between Madras and Mysore, finishing in only 100.5 overs on the first day in the

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