Bad light disrupts Railways Bhubaneswar: Propped up by the unbeaten 78-run stand between Mahesh Rawat and Krishnakanth Upadhyay,Railways overcame a middle order collapse to reach 297 for eight on the second day. Rawat was batting at 33 with number 10 batsman Upadhyay,whose unbeaten 84 ball 45 had seven boundaries in it. Only 34.5 overs could be bowled on a day disrupted by bad light and persistent rains. Brief scoreS: Railways 297/ 8 in 119.4 overs (V Cheluvaraj 88,Krishnakant Upadhyay batting 43,Mahesh Rawat batting 33; Debasis Mohanty 3/40) Strong reply by Karnataka Mysore: One run short of a 150 run partnership,Amit Verma (84 n.o.) and KB Pawan (77 n.o.) remained unbeaten at stumps to take Karnataka to 186/2 on Day Two. Saurasish Lahiri's quickfire 37 was the only highlight for Bengal,as they finished on 324 from their overnight score of 252 for 5. Vinay Kumar and S Aravind were Karnataka's most successful bowlers,picking up three wickets apiece. Brief scores: Bengal 324 all out (R Banerjee 107; S Aravind 3/63); Karnataka 186/2 (A Verma batting 84,KB Pawan batting 77) TN surge ahead with Vijay ton Amritsar: Murali Vijay smashed 148 to steer Tamil Nadu towards a massive first innings lead over Punjab,after the home side were bowled out early on Day Two. Legspinner Sarabjit Ladda (3/90) led the fightback for Punjab as they accounted for six batsmen,but the visitors lead had crossed the 100-mark,as Abhinav Mukund (61) and Arun Karthik (73) joined the party. Brief scores: Punjab 228 all out (P Dharmani 83; L Balaji 3/32); Tamil Nadu 340/6 (M Vijay 148; S Ladda 3/90) Rain plays spoilsport Uppal: Only 24 overs were bowled before the Day Two was washed out. The home side added 34 runs. Brief scores: Hyderabad 209/7 (A Singh 61; S Trivedi 4/35) vs Gujarat
