Varsani fashions Gujarat victory

Scoreboard
Vadodara: Connor Williams c Kotecha b Sheth 16, Atul Bedade c P Patel b V Parikh 16, Nayan Mongia lbw V Parikh 8, Ajit Bhoite lbw V Parikh 0, Tushar Arothe c M Sheth b Varsani 33, Himanshu Jadhav lbw Varsani 22, Moinuddin Kadri c Padiya b Mehta 44, Darshan Mulherkar c Kotecha b Damani 4, Rakesh Patel not out 17, Zahir Khan not out 15; Extras: (b2, lb6, nb3, w17) 28.Total (for 8 in 50 overs) 203.

Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-55, 3-55, 4-55, 5-111, 6-136, 7-143, 8-178.Bowling: Hitesh Majumdar 6-0-25-0, Vivek Parikh 9-1-34-3, Mihir Sheth 7-1-25-1, Bhavin Mehta 10-1-43-1, Tejas Varsani 10-0-28-2, Kirat Damani 8-1-40-1.

Gujarat: Amrish Kotechac & b Kadri 34, Dilbirsingh Gill c Mulherkar b Chavda 1, Keyur Padiya c Jadhav b M Kadri 23, Mukund Parmar c Bedade b M Kadri 1, Tejas Varsani not out 76, Kirat Damani c Williams b Arothe 33, Bhavin Mehta run out 12, Vivek Parikh c Chavda b R Patel 0, Mihir Sheth C Bhoite b Arothe 7, Pathik Patel not out 4; Extras (5lb, 11w) 16.

Total (for 8 in 49.4 overs) 207.
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-46, 3-62, 4-72, 5-165, 6-188, 7-191, 8-203.Bowling: Zahir Khan 10-2-24-0, Arjun Chavda 6-1-37-1, Rakesh Patel 10-2-34-1, Moinuddin Kadri 9-2-38-3, Darshan Mulherkar 6-1-35-0, Ajit Bhoite 4-0-19-0, Tushar Arothe 4.4-0-15-2.

Beerala blast

BANGALORE: Mithun Beerala scored an unbeaten 80 in his second one-day match to lead Karnataka to an eight-wicket win over Goa in the South Zone Subbiah Pillay Trophy at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Brief scores: Goa 153 in 49.4 overs (PJ Rodrigues 32) lost to Karnataka 155-2 in 34.1 overs (M Beerala not out 80).

Manohar shines

HYDERABAD: Daniel Manohar, with anunbeaten 105, guided Hyderabad to a seven-wicket win over Andhra at Gymkhana grounds.

Brief scores: Andhra 219-7 in 50 overs (LN Prasada Reddy 93, V Nagini Kumar 41, J Srinivas 37) lost to Hyderabad 222-3 in 46.4 overs (VVS Laxman 58, Daniel Manohar not out 105, M Azharuddin 42).

TN trounce Kerala

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu scored a seven-wicket victory with 20.1 overs to spare over Kerala.Brief scores: Kerala 112 in 43.3 overs (K Chandrasekara 32; Devanand 4-14) lost to Tamil Nadu 113-3 in 29.5 overs (S Sharath not out 40; Renjith Menon 3-42).

Services take lead

NEW DELHI: Half-century knocks by skipper Sanjay Verma (74) and C D Thomson (74) and their 142-run sixth wicket partnership helped Services score 262 for eight. They thus took a 41-run lead against Jammu and Kashmir on the second day.

Brief scores: Jammu and Kashmir 221 vs Services 262-8 (Sanjay Verma 74, CD Thomson 74; S Singh 3-67).

Dharmani slams ton

LUDHIANA: Pankaj Dharmani’s third ton (101: 14×4, 1×6) of the seasonput Punjab in a commanding position 530 for 7 against Delhi on the second day.Brief Scores: Punjab 560-7 decl in 162 overs (Vikram Rathour 75, Reetinder Sodhi 104, Pankaj Dharmani 101, Dinesh Mongia 92, S Kumar 66; Robin Singh Jr 2-65, Harinder Chaudhary 3-151) vs Delhi 58-0 in 16 overs.

Haryana take lead

ROHTAK: Haryana took a crucial 70-run first innings lead as they bundled out Himachal for 152 runs and then made 122-3 in their North Zone encounter.Brief Scores: Haryana 222 & 122-3 in 31 overs (Rajesh Puri batting 41; Shakti Singh 2-41) vs HP 152 in 68.4 overs (Nischal Gaur 50, Rajeev Nayyar 31; Vineet Jain 4-30, Feroze Ghayas 3-49, Pankaj Thakur 3-35).

MP-Railways draw

INDORE: With a lead of 322 runs, Madhya Pradesh notched up five points in their match against Railways, which ended in a draw.

Brief scores: MP 538-7 declared (J P Yadav 265, Raja Gopalan 70, Abbas Ali 67 not out) drew Railways 216 and 86-5.

Bengal struggle

CALCUTTA: Bengal were still struggling at 334-9at the end of the third day’s play, trailing Assam by 13 runs in their four-day match.

Brief scores: Assam 347 vs Bengal 334-9 (Richik Majumdar batting 54; Sukvinder Singh 5-111).

Tripura set 234

AGARTALA: Bihar gave Tripura 234 for an outright victory on the third day. In reply, Tripura were 29 without loss when bad light stopped play 10 minutes before schedule.

Brief scores: Bihar 174 and 231 (Nikhilesh Ranjan 51; S Roy 3-38) vs Tripura 172 and 29-0.