Ranji roundup — six stories from week six

A 22-year-old off-spinner took seven in the second innings — five of them bowled, two of them caught at slip. The form index has not yet caught up to him because his first-class record was thin before this match, but the desk reads this as a real emergence. Watch for his selection in the next India A squad.

A 38-year-old opener hit a hundred that took his side from a precarious position to a match-winning one. The form index has him down as a flat-track bully, but the innings showed he can adapt to a difficult surface. The desk reads this as a small rebound rather than a return to peak form.

A pace-bowling all-rounder had his best match of the season — three wickets with the ball and a fifty with the bat at number seven. The desk reads him as a captaincy differential in white-ball fantasy formats, especially on surfaces that offer seam movement.

A wicketkeeper-batter has been pushed up to number four in the batting order for his state side. The desk reads this as a structural change — keepers who bat at four have captaincy upside in T20 formats because they face more deliveries and have a higher points ceiling.

Watch the Ranji form carefully — it is the lab for India's next white-ball squad. The desk surfaces the most notable Ranji stories in the news index, with the fantasy angle noted where relevant.