INDORE, NOV 13: Skipper Rajesh Chauhan's five-wicket haul helped Madhya Pradesh bundle out Railways for 216 runs and gain a 322-run lead on the penultimate day of the Central Zone Ranji Trophy match today. Following on, Railways were 3-0.Resuming at the overnight 55 for one, Railways were struggling at 119-5 at lunch. Captain Prahlad Rawat (58) and Kulmani Parida (23) added 69 runs for the eighth wicket but it was too late. Only Sanjay Bangar (34) and Abhay Sharma (37) contributed.Brief score: MP 538-7 decl (JP Yadav 265, Raja Gopalan 70, Abbas Ali 67 not out) vs Railways 216 (Prahlad Rawat 58, Sanjay Bangar 34, Abhay Sharma 37, Rajesh Chauhan 5-99) and 3-0.Big win for RajasthanJAIPUR: Skipper and medium-pacer P Krishna Kumar captured five wickets for 31 as Rajasthan crushed Vidharba by an innings and 74 runs on the third day of the Central Zone league match.Brief scores: Vidarbha 163 and 205 in 68.5 overs (Ulhas gandhe 65, Amit Deshpande 50; P Krishna Kumar 5-31) lost toRajasthan 442.Sodhi scores tonLUDHIANA: Reetinder Sodhi struck an unbeaten 104 (11x4) and anchored the innings with two century partnerships as Punjab scored 276-2 against Delhi on the opening day of their North Zone tie.Brief Scores: Punjab 276-2 in 90 overs (Vikram Rathour 75, Reetinder Sodhi batting 104, Pankaj Dharmani batting 77) vs Delhi.Services hold edgeNEW DELHI: Seamers V Ghag (4-24) and Sachin Kulkarni (3-42) dismissed Jammu and Kashmir for 221 runs in their first innings but Services were reeling at 20 for three in reply on the first day of the North Zone league.Brief Scores: J&K 221 in 80 overs (Amitpal Singh 82, Kanwaljeet Singh 58; Ghag 4-24, Kulkarni 3-42) vs Services 20-3 in 8 overs.Shakti claims sixROHTAK: Tailenders came to the rescue of Haryana, the last three batsmen adding 100 runs, as they scored 222 and then left Himachal stuggling at 32 for two on the opening day of their North Zone tie.Brief scores:Haryana 222 (Shakti Singh 6-85, Rahul Panta 3-54) vs HP 32-2.Bengal on courseCALCUTTA: Bengal were 137 for two in the first innings in reply to Assam's 347 at the end of day two of the East Zone match. Resuming at 225 for six, Assam tail added 122 runs.Brief scores: Assam 347 in 139.5 overs (S Saikia 124, SR Das 39, Rajesh Bora 38; Utpal Chatterjee 5-54) vs Bengal 137-2 in 42.1 overs (Rohan Gavaskar batting 42).Narrow lead for BiharAGARTALA: Three wickets in Dhiraj Kumar's over, including a run-out, helped Bihar maintain a two-run lead over Tripura in the first innings on the second day.Brief scores: Bihar 174 & 15-1 in 3.5 overs vs Tripura 172 in 103 overs.Bedade's big chanceVADODARA: Atul Bedade has waited three years for this chance to open a one-day innings. It will be a dream come true when he walks in with Connor Williams to open for the Nayan Mongia-led Vadodara in the West Zone Ranji Trophy one-dayer against Gujarat at the IPCL ground onSunday.Teams: Vadodara: Nayan Mongia (capt-wk), Moinuddin Kadri, Hemant Indulkar, Atul Bedade, Satyajit Parab, Tushar Arothe, Kapil Sahastrabuddhe, Ajit Bhoite, Himanshu Jadhav, Connor Williams, Darshan Mulherkar, Zaheer Khan, Rakesh Patel, Arjun Chavda.Gujarat: Pathik Patel (capt-wk), Bhavin Mehta (v-capt), Mukund Parmar, Tejas Varsani, Kirat Damani, Amrish Kotecha, Nilesh Modi, Dilbirsingh Gill, Mihir Sheth, Bhavik Patel, Vivek Parikh, Hitesh Majumdar, Vijay Patel, Keyur Padiya.
