RanjiRound-up

Brief scores: Gujarat 160 and 252 Rujul Butt 95; Manpreet Gony 4/105,Harmeet Singh 3/28; Punjab 1st innings 444

Tamil Nadu go top of group

Dharamsala: Chandrasekar Ganapathys five-wicket haul 5 for 61 led Tamil Nadu to a 91-run victory over Himachal. Chasing 247,the Himachal innings ended for 155 in 47.4 overs. Tamil Nadu moved to the top of the pool with 17 points.

Brief scoreS: Tamil Nadu 293 for 8 decl and 319 all out in 83.3 overs S Badrinath 50,R Ashwin 51; V Malik 3/80; Himachal 366 and 155 all out in 47.4 V Malik 45; C Ganapathy 5/61,L Balaji 4/29.

Heavy loss for Maharashtra

Pune: Karnataka beat Maharashtra by an innings and 128 runs in Group B to bag six points. Needing 194 more to make Karnataka bat again,Maharashtra were skittled out for 320 in their second essay.

Brief Scores: Maharashtra 105 and 320 A Bawne 136,R Motwani 78; V Kumar 3/83,A Mithun 4/ 66; Karnataka 553 for 4 decl

Hyderabad salvage draw

Hyderabad: A fighting 74 from Anirudh Singh led Hyderabad to a sensational draw against Orissa. Chasing 321 for win,Hyderabad were reduced to 191 for nine,before Anirudh dropped anchor.

Brief scores: Orissa 276 amp; 243/5 decl; Hyderabad 199 amp; 205/9

Saurashtra get three points

Kolkata: Following on against Saurashtra,Bengal settled for a draw with their second innings stretching to 135 for 1 at close.

Brief scores: Saurastra 650/9 decl; Bengal 456 and 135 for 1 in 32 overs A Das 63,D Dasgupta 52