Paranjpe, Kambli pay left-handed compliments to Delhi bowling

Delhi openers Akash Chopra and Davinder Sharma saw off the day. But, even at 39 for no loss, Delhi can best hope for a draw.

Kambli hit 20 fours and a six in his 97-ball 114. He and Paranjpe (325b, 17×4, 5×6), who was the last of the eight wickets to fall before stroking 185 runs, added 210 runs for the third wicket in 185 balls.

Scoreboard

Mumbai: (1st innings) 24
Delhi (1st innings) 200

Mumbai: (2nd innings) Amol Rane c Manhas b Sehwag 24, Amit Pagnis lbw Nehra 18, Jatin Paranjpe c&b Sehwag 185, Amol Muzumdar lbw Bhandari 38, Vinod Kambli c Bhandari b Sehwag 114, Sameer Dighe b Sanghvi 12, Sairaj Bahutule lbw Sehwag 8, Rajesh Pawar c Bhandari b Sanghvi 12, Nilesh Kulkarni not out 4; Extras (b 21, lb 9, nb 6, w 2) 38.
Total: (for eight wickets, in 115.4 overs) 453
Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-49, 3-151, 4-361, 5-387, 6-406, 7-433, 8-453Bowling: Bhandari 9-3-25-0, Nehra 12-0-37-1, Robin (jr) 4-1-11-0, Sehwag 8-4-4-1, Sanghvi 3-0-10-0

Delhi: (2nd innings) Davinder Sharma batting 32, Akash Chopra batting 4; Extras: (b 2, lb 1, nb 2) 5.
Total (for no loss in nine overs) 41
Bowling: Kuruvilla 4-0-12-0, Saxena 3-0-25-0, Pawar 2-1-1-0Rajasthan take lead

CALCUTTA: Rajasthan took a 93-run first innings lead as Bengal were skittled out for 284 in reply to the visitors’ first innings 377 on the third day of their four-day Group A match.
Brief scores: Rajasthan 377 and 72-3 vs Bengal 284 (Debang Gandhi 89, Srikant Kalyani 83 not out; DP Singh 4-73)

Baroda forge ahead

MOHALI: Baroda piled up 384 in their first innings to take a 139-run lead over Punjab on the penultimate day of the four-day Group B match. Punjab were 84 for one in their second innings.
Brief scores: Punjab 245 and 84-1 vs Baroda 384 (Jacob Martin 118, Tushar Arothe 61, Himanshu Jadhav 54, Ajit Bhoite 51; Gagan Deep Singh 4-65, Harbhajan Singh 3-31)

Bihar struggle

RANCHI: Bihar struggled to score 136, losing five wickets on the third day of their Group B match against Railways. The hosts need 106 runs to win with five wickets in hand.
Brief scores: Railways 130 & 216 (Vishal Sharma 54, Yere Goud not out 82; Mihir Diwakar 5-74) vs Bihar 105 (Nikhilesh Ranjan 51; Zakir Hussain 5-36, K Parida 4-29) & 136-5 (Nikhiliesh Ranjan 51)

TN sight victory

GURGAON: Haryana were on the verge of an innings defeat at 237-9, still 41 runs in arrears, in their second essay against Tamil Nadu on the third and penultimate of their Group C match.
Brief scores: Haryana 208 & 237-9 (Jitender Singh 100) vs Tamil Nadu 486 (Aashish Kapoor 55, S Sriram 177, Madana Gopal 74; Pradeep Jain 5-143)

Orissa win

RAJKOT: Orissa defeated Saurashtra on of the third day of their Group C match. Orissa now have eight points from two matches while Saurashtra stay at eight after three matches.
Brief scores: Orissa 372 & 181 (S Satpathi 43; Niraj Odedera 6-51) vs Saurashtra 238 & 101 (Debashis Mohanty 4-28, S Satpathi 6-60)