RanjiRound-up

Brief scores: UP 395 and 72/3 S Shukla batting 33,P Singh batting 0; S Maniar 1/8; Saurashtra 267 all out S Kotak 75,P Mehta 69; S Srivastava 4/75,RP Singh 4/83

Punjab in full control

Chandigarh: Resuming on 59/3,Vishwas Bhallas century on debut lead the way for Punjab. Bhalla was in good touch in Chandigarh against Hyderabad,smashing twelve boundaries to take the lead past 300. Overnight batsman Pankaj Dharmani gave him good support with 50 while Lov Ablish played a cameo role for the last wicket stance.

Brief scores: Punjab 221 and 307/9 V Bhalla batting 116,L Ablish batting 30; M Khader 5/101; Hyderabad 193 all out S Quadri 73 not out; L Ablish 4/70

TN take lead

Ahmedabad: Tamil Nadu took the first innings lead against Gujarat in Ahmedabad mainly due to skipper Dinesh Kartiks unbeaten 77 lower down the order. Continuing from the previous days score of 198 for 2,Murali Vijay departed soon,five short of his hundred. That set the stage for S Badrinath 50 and Karthik,who put on a 76 run stand.

Brief scores: TN 357/6 M Vijay 95,A Karthik 87,D Karthik batting 77; N Patel 2/31; Gujarat 343

Light thwarts Railways

New Delhi: Railwayss push towards gaining a first innings lead over Himachal was severely hit as only 45 overs could be bowled because of bad light. Earlier,the first session began after an hours delay,and play stopped after 1.59 pm in the afternoon. At stumps,Himachal were 121 for two .

Brief scores: Railways 419; Himachal 121 for 2 in 65 overs S Singh 50,P Dogra batting 35; M Kartik 1/25,K Sharma 1/29

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Tripura close in on win

Brief scores: Rajasthan 102 and 206 all out V Saxena 70,G Khoda 51; S Chowdhury 5/35; Tripura 179 and 11/1 R Saha 11

Vidharba struggle

Brief scores: Jharkhand 292 all out R Kumar 87 n.o.,M Vardhan 63; R Jangid 2/17; Vidarbha 160/7 S Shrivastava 46,A Naidu 45; S Nadeem 3/27

Sunny scores 105

Brief scores: Haryana 225 all out S Singh 105; R Dutta 3/39 vs Jamp;K