RanjiRound-up

Brief scores: Orissa 276 & 159/4 (B Pati 36,P Mullick 35; M Khader 2/43); Hyderabad 199 (A Singh 45,MP Arjun 38; D Mohanty 4/48,B Mohanty 3/34).

Punjab close in

Mohali: Punjab were on the verge of a comprehensive win against Gujarat after reducing them to 227/7 in their second innings. Gujarat still trail by 57 runs. Earlier,Punjab took an overall lead of 284.

Brief scoreS: Gujarat 160 and 227/7 (R Butt 93 not out; M Gobu 3/87,H Singh 2/18); Punjab 1st innings 444 all out.

Strong reply from Bengal

kolkata: Arindam Das (136) and Manoj Tiwary (102) shared a 196-run unbroken partnership to lead the Bengal fightback,reaching 319/2 against Saurashtra. Bengal still trail by 331 runs however.

brief scores: Saurashtra 650/9 decl; Bengal 319/2 A Das 136 no,M Tiwary 102 no)

TN against the ropes

Dharamsala: Having taken a first innings lead of 73 runs after Dinesh Kartik declared,HP rubbed salt into Tamil Nadu’s wounds on Thursday by destroying their middle order. Vikramjeet Malik claimed three more wickets,leaving TN on 199/5. S Anirudh top scored with 72 while Badrinath is at the crease on 41.

Brief scores: TN 293 and 199/5 (S Anirudh 72,S Badrinath batting 41; V Malik 3/37) vs HP 366 all out (B Thakkar 83,M Sharma 78; Y Mahesh 3/58)