PUNE, FEB 7: Delhi, having lost the initiative early, did well to get back on track with a superlative effort in their second essay and put themselves in line with a fair possibility of an outright win in their Group `B' Ranji Trophy Super League tie against Maharashtra.On the penultimate day at the Nehru Stadium today, the visitors piled up 447 for 4, which left the host's with a huge 383 run target, which called for a declaration by Nikhil Chopra, and seek victory from the 105 overs available on the fourth day - including 15 mandatory overs.SCOREBOARDDelhi (1st innings): 156Maharashtra (1st innings): 221Delhi (2nd innings; overnight 86-0): Devender Sharma c&b Lande 108, Ashu Dani lbw Godbole 92, Pankaj Joshi c Lande b Godbole 23, Akash Malhotra not out 101, Virender Sehwag c Lande b Gotkhindikar 85, Mithun Manhas not out 18; Extras: (b5, lb8, nb5, w2) 20. Total: (for 4 wkts decl. in 117.2 overs; 505 mins) 447Fall Of Wickets: 1-193, 2-237, 3-255,4-378Bowling: Nair 20-4-75-0 (1nb, 2w); Kulkarni 19-5-71-0, Gotkhindikar 25.2-2-105-1 (1nb), Godbole 13-2-44-2 (1nb), Lande 27-3-99-1, Agashe 10-2-32-0 (2nb), Sugvekar 3-0-8-0Maharashtra (2nd innings): Hemant Kinikar batting 1, Surendra Bhave batting 4. Total: (for no loss in 2.3 overs) 5Bowling: Nehra 1.3-0-5-0, Bhandari 1-1-0-0Saurashtra take leadRAJKOT: Yusuf Bambhania was guilty of dropping a crucial catch, which had extended the visitors stay on Saturday. But his deeds with the bat on Sunday, exonerated him. Bambhania took field with Saurashtra 52 runs short of Haryana's first innings and just three wickets in hand. But the all-rounder's steely resolve saw him compile a useful innings of 43 and helped the hosts secure the crucial first innings lead in their Group C Super League Ranji Trophy match at the Race Course here on Sunday.SCOREBOARDHaryana (1st innings) 338Saurashtra (1st innings; overnight 215-3): Sudhir Tanna c Kaypee b Thakur 101,Altaf Merchant lbw b Thakur 61, Sitanshu Kotak c Jitender Singh b Thakur 31, Rajesh Garsondia c Kaypee b Thakur 22, Bimal Jadeja c Jitender Singh b Thakur 32, Prakash Bhatt c Ratra b Dhanraj Singh 11, Hitesh Parsana c Ratra b Jain 5, Manoj Parmar c Goel b Jain 0, Yusuf Bambhania not out 43, Narnedra Rana c Kaypee b Thakur 6, Kamal Chawda c Kapyee b Jain 12; Extras: (5b, 8lb, 23nb, 3w) 39. Total (all out in 128.5 overs) 368Fall Of Wickets: 1-169, 2-208, 3-215, 4-246, 5-266, 6-285, 7-286, 8-328 9-334Bowling: Jadeja 21.3-6-58-0, Jain 22.5-2-82-3 (20nb 2w), Dhanraj Singh 18-4-35-1 (3nb, 1w), Sonu Sharma 30-8-67-0, Thakur 36.3-6-108-6Haryana (2nd innings): Jitendra Singh c Parmar b Chawda 9, Nitin Goel c&b Parsana 20, Ajay Jadeja batting 43, Amarjeet Kaypee batting 46; Extras: (1b, 2lb, 2w, 1nb) 6. Total (for two wickets in 37 overs) 124Fall Of Wickets: 1-24, 2-30Bowling: Garsondia 10-3-26-0, Rana 1-0-7-0 (6nb), Parsana 9-1-52-1, Chawda 4-1-4-1, Kotak9-1-27-0, Tanna 4-2-5-0Karnataka eke out leadBHILAI: An excellent knock of 86 by overnight middle-order batsman A Vjiay helped reigning champions Karnataka secure the vital first innings lead against hosts Madhya Pradesh on the third day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Super League match at the Jayanti Stadium here today.SCOREBOARDMP (1st innings): 335Karnataka (1st innings): Sujit Somsunder c Ali b Lahore 40, J Arun Kumar b Chauhan 45, Fazal Khalil c Chauhan b Lahore 25, Vijay Bhardwaj c Sahu b Hirwani 45, A Vijay run out 86, Thilak Naidu b Chauhan 0, Somasekhar Shiraguppi c Chauhan b Hirwani 5, Anand Yalvigi lbw Hirwani 53, Anand Katti c Pandit b Hirwani 15, Dodda Ganesh c&b Hirwani 0, Mansoor Ali Khan not out 0; Extras: 32. Total: (all out, in 131 overs) 346Fall Of Wickets: 1-80, 2-102, 3-159, 4-177, 5-184, 6-193,7-311, 8-342, 9-342, 10-346Bowling: Lahore 30-5-74-2, Chauhan 43-10-101-2, Sodhi 6-1-20-0, JP Yadav 3-1-7-0, Hirwani 46-0-127-5, Bundela2-0-3-0, Abbas 1-0-3-0MP (2nd innings): Jai Prakash Yadav batting 71, CP Sahu c Ganesh b Katti 23, Amay Khurasia c Ganesh b Yalvigi 46, Devendra Bundela batting 37; Extras: 12. Total (for 2 wkts, in 54 overs) 189Fall Of Wickets: 1-31, 2-117Bowling: Ganesh 10-2-35-0, Mansoor Ali 3-1-14-0, Katti 22-7-58-1, Bhardwaj 8-1-40-0, Yalvigi 11-0-35-1Kapoor torments PunjabJAIPUR: Hosts Rajasthan were placed on the driver's seat claiming five Punjab wickets for 239 runs after amassing a huge first inning score of 536 in their first innings on the penultimate day Group A Ranji Trophy Super League match at the Mansarovar Stadium here today .BRIEF SCORESRajasthan (1st innings) 536 (P Krishna Kumar 133, Sandeep Sharma 3-129, Sarabjeet Singh 3-99) vs Punjab (1st innings) 239-5 (NS Sidhu 42, V Rathore 76, D Mongia batting 51; A Kapoor 4-95)Dasgupta's ton on debutCALCUTTA: A brilliant 120 by debutant Deep Dasgupta helped Bengal stage a fine rallyto post 242 for two against Vadodara's mammoth first innings total of 541 on the penultimate day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League match at the CCFC Ground here. Tomorrow being a general strike, the concluding day's play will be held on Tuesday.SCOREBOARDVadodara (1st innings): 541Bengal (1st innings; overnight 22-1): Nikhil Haldipur lbw b Swaroop 49, Deep Dasgupta lbw b Swaroop 120, Srikant Kalyani batting 49, Rohan Gavaskar batting 13; Extras: (lb4, nb7) 11. Total: (for two wickets in 98 overs) 242Fall Of Wickets: 1-95, 2-217Bowling: Wakaskar 9-1-43-0, Tandon 20-3-52-0, Swaroop 29-14-30-2 Mulherkar 22-4-59-0, Arothe 18-3-54-0Rlys restrict OrissaPATIALA: Orissa squandered an early initiative and were bowled out for 348 against Railways in their first innings on the penultimate day.BRIEF SCORESOrissa 348 (SS Das 110, Mullick 82, Gautam Gopal 34; M Karthik (4-73, Zakir Hussain 3-43) vs Railways 62-1 (S Bangar batting 28, ASharma batting 21)
