• Punjab opener Ravneet Ricky’s 133 stole the show as the hosts ran riot against Assam. He upstaged his skipper Yuvraj, who scored just 29 and didn’t do his Test credentials any good • Both Maharashtra paceman Iqbal Siddiqui (5-75) and Baroda opener Satyajit Parab (120) seemed to have been forgotten men. But today they sent timely reminders from Pune even as Baroda held sway • Gujarat skipper Mukund Parmar (73) helped take Day One honours. One-time India hopeful Niraj Patel too struck a timely fifty against Karnataka. Dodda Ganesh (3-82) was among the wickets for the hosts. • Mithun Manhas (91) and new boy Shikhar Dhawan (49) lit up Delhi’s effort against Andhra. Dhawan, especially, was full of positive energy • Himachal’s Sangram Singh (128) and Manvinder Bisla (133) are still at the crease in this Plate encounter against Kerala at Palakkad. Sangram and Bisla shot into prominence couple of seasons ago before fading into the background. • Woefully out-of-form Aakash Chopra finally found his bearings against Andhra. His 78, though painfully slow to watch, meant some runs against his name after a long dry spell • Discarded paceman Ajit Agarkar toiled hard without reward on a dull day in Mumbai. His 22 overs did not yield any wickets but his six spells of sustained hostility kept MP’s batting in check
