Rahul Dravid scored his second successive century to take Karnataka to a dominant 270 for 4 against Himachal Pradesh at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Dravid’s 121 was well supported by KB Pawan and C Raghu, both of whom posted half-centuries.Brief scores: Karnataka 270/4 (Dravid 121, Raghu 58, Pawan 56) vs Himachal PradeshOpeners shine•Baroda: Riding on centuries by both openers, Bengal were placed strongly on 262/2 against Baroda at the Moti Bagh ground in Vadodara. Anustup Majumdar recorded his maiden ton while Arindam Das stood undefeated on 117.Brief scores: Bengal 262/ 2 (Das 117 batting, Majumdar 103) vs BarodaMunaf takes four•Jaipur: Rajasthan collapsed for 105 against Maharashtra in Jaipur thanks to a four-wicket burst by Munaf Patel before Harshad Khadiwale and veteran leggie Sairaj Bahutule finished off the tail Brief scores: Maharashtra 155/3 (Khadiwale 57) vs Rajasthan 105 (Munaf 4/54)Shukla stands tall•Anantpur: Uttar Pradesh could only manage 268 after losing eight wickets against Andhra at Anantpur. Ravikant Shukla held the lower order together with a doughty 77 but neither skipper Mohammad Kaif (34) nor Suresh Raina (13) made much of an impact.Brief scores: UP 269/8 (Ravikant Shukla 77 batting; Vijay Kumar 4/64) vs AndhraPowar strikes •Chennai: Fifties from Dinesh Kaarthick and Rajhamany Srinivasan could not save Tamil Nadu from meager score of 206 on a day that belonged to the Mumbai bowlers. Ramesh Powar got a four-wicket haul.Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 206 (Kaarthick 76, Srinivasan 66, Powar 4/55) vs Mumbai 20 no lossPlate Group round-upAhmedabad: Tripura 116 (Timil Patel 5/15) vs Gujarat 84/2 (Parthiv Patel 48)Jamshedpur: Haryana 200/7 (Vishwanathan 61, Sahni 58) vs JharkhandPalakkad: Kerala 293 for 2 (Nair 169 batting, Jagadeesh 101 batting) vs ServicesMargao: Goa 279/5 (S Asnodkar 125 batting, Arunkumar 75) vs Railways Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir 230/5 (Ian Singh 104, Dhar 62 batting) vs Madhya PradeshGuwahati: Assam 65/2 v Vidarbha (match called off due to rain)
