Top 5 performers from the 4th round of Ranji Trophy 2017-18

Mumbai registered their maiden victory of the season, against Odisha while Saurashtra made it three wins out of three. While there were wins for Delhi, Karnataka and Punjab, there were also some stunning performances in the fourth round of Ranji Trophy 2017/18.

Despite a valiant 123 Bengal's Manoj Tiwary wasn't able to help his side win the match and five wickets in both innings for Akshay Wakhare for Vidarbha still wasn't enough to earn him a spot in the list of top 5 performers from this round.

Here are the top 5 performers from the 4th round of Ranji Trophy 2017-18:

Cheteshwar Pujara

Going into the game against Jharkhand, Cheteshwar Pujara didn't have a fifty in his last 10 first-class innings but the Indian batsman didn't let any of that matter. The Saurashtra No.3 brought up his 12th career first-class double century and in the process broke a 70-year-old record for most double hundreds by an Indian.

From a tricky spot, Pujara's double century helped his side put on a total in excess of 500 and eventually win the game by six wickets. The batsman's 204 was his 12th double ton that puts him second on the list of Asian batsmen with most first-class double centuries. Only Kumar Sangakkara (13) has more and no one has more for Saurashtra than Pujara (6), as he also went past his teammate Ravindra Jadeja's record of 5.

With the series against Sri Lanka around the corner, he is getting back to form at the perfect time.

Parvez Rasool

Despite picking up 11 wickets Rasool ended on the losing side

After picking up just nine wickets in the first three matches of the season, Parvez Rasool produced another bowling masterclass after the all-rounder finished with 11 wickets in the game against Kerala. Unfortunately, his incredible figures of 11/140 still weren't enough to help Jammu and Kashmir claim victory.

In the first innings, the 28-year-old all-rounder finished with a six-wicket haul and bowled out Kerala for just 219 despite Sanju Samson's century. In reply, J&K fell just short of taking the lead with the captain scoring a crucial 28. In the second innings another five-wicket haul meant Kerala were bowled out for 191.

However, Rasool were bowled out for 79 and despite a 11-wicket haul and at least five wickets in both innings, the 28-year-old ended up on the losing side.

Anmolpreet Singh

Anmolpreet is having a dream start to his first-class career

The 19-year-old batsman from Punjab is having a dream start to his first-class career. After scoring a fifty in his maiden Ranji match and a century in his second match, Anmolpreet went one better as he scored a double century to help Punjab beat Chhattisgarh by an innings and claim maximum points. At just 19 years and 220 days, he became the second-youngest to score a double century for Punjab.

So far, the 19-year-old is having a better season than even Prithvi Shaw and that is saying something. Despite playing only three first-class matches, his scores currently read 50, 113 and 267 and has an unbelievable average of 143.33.

While any talks of rising through the ranks are still premature, if he keeps developing at this rate, there is little doubt that he will soon be mentioned as one of the names for a national call-up.

Rishi Dhawan

Rishi's all-round effort earned his side a draw

Rishi Dhawan may no longer be mentioned as one of the names when it comes to national selection but that hasn't stopped him from continuing to deliver performances on a consistent performance in the domestic circuit. In a match that saw Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami pick up a five-wicket haul, it was Rishi Dhawan's all-round effort that helped his side claim a crucial draw.

After centuries from Abhishek Raman and Manoj Tiwary, Bengal posted a massive 419 with Rishi Dhawan picking up four wickets. In response, Himachal were bowled out for 206 and the follow-on was enforced. Coming at No.8, Rishi Dhawan scored a crucial fifty to help his side cross 350 and thereby set Bengal an improbable 141 to get in the final hour and a half of the match.

While Bengal finished with just 65/4 from 15 overs, the 27-year-old picked up all four wickets and finished with eight wickets and a crucial fifty to help his side claim the draw.

Mayank Agarwal

His maiden first-class triple ton came after a pair in the last match

After Vinay Kumar's six-wicket haul, Maharashtra were bundled out for just 245. After that came Mayank Agarwal's epic in which the opener outscored the opposition and finished with an unbeaten triple century to his name, only his third first-class century in 32 matches. On the back of his knock and centuries from R Samarth and Karun Nair, Karnataka posted a massive 628/5 before they declared and bowled out Maharashtra for 247 to claim an innings victory.

In the process, he became only the third player after KL Rahul and Karun Nair to hit a triple century for Karnataka in first-class cricket. What makes the innings even more impressive was the fact that he was dismissed for a duck in both innings of the last match against Hyderabad at home while he scored an unbeaten double century in Pune.