RanjiRound-up

Brief scores: Karnataka 488; Baroda 153 and 233 I Pathan 81; Vinay 3/47.

Five points for Punjab

Mohali: Punjab pocketed five points after a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Himachal Pradesh with more than a day to spare. Chasing 94 for a win,Punjab cruised to 97 for two in 29.4 overs.

Brief scores: HP 197 and 82; Punjab 186 and 97/ 2 V Bhalla 36 n.o.

Rahane gets 265

Hyderabad: Ajinkya Rahanes unbeaten 265 and centuries from Wasim Jaffer and Sahil Kukreja put Mumbai in control against Hyderabad. Mumbai declared their first innings at 521/2 and had Hyderabad 63/1 at stumps in their second.

Brief scores: Hyderabad 266 amp; 63/1; Mumbai 521/2 decl S Kukreja 122,A Rahane 265 not out,W Jaffer 107 not out; MP Arjun 2/91

Gujarat hold on

Valsad: Gujarat put on a better second-innings display against Railways in Valsad after Jai Desai and Niraj Patel made 115 for the second wicket to be 139/2 at stumps.

BRIEF SCORES: Gujarat 91 and 139/2 J Desai 76; Railways 391 S Bangar 109,Y Goud 79,M Suresh 66

Chawla takes five

Pune: Maharashtra set Uttar Pradesh a target of 423 to clinch an improbable victory. Having resumed on 102/2,Maharashtra declared their innings at 338/9. UP were 41 for no loss in their second innings.

Brief scores: Maharashtra 292 and 338/9 decl S Atitkar 95; Chawla 5/73; Uttar Pradesh 208 and 41/0

Orissa give away lead

Sambalpur: Orissa frittered away a good start to concede a 34-run first-innings lead to Tamil Nadu. Resuming at 173/1,the hosts were bowled out for 327. At stumps,TN had reached 62 for no loss.

Brief scores: TN 361 and 62 for no loss S Anirudha 40; Orissa 327 all out SS Das 119,N Behera 95; Ganapathy 3/25