Irfan leads Baroda to win
Vadodara: An all-round show by Irfan Pathan (four wickets and 65 not out) in the second innings saw Baroda beat Saurashtra by seven wickets.
Brief scores: Saurashtra 127 and 137 all out in 37.4 overs (C Pujara 71,I Pathan 4/35) vs Baroda 124 and 145/3 in 31.1 overs (I Pathan 65 n.o.,S Jobanputra 2/48)
UP need 236 for victory
Kanpur: Twenty two wickets fell on the second day,leaving Uttar Pradesh needing another 183 to win against Bengal on Wednesday. In reply to Bengal’s first innings 193 all out,UP were shot out for just 62. Bengal were then bundled out for 104,setting UP 236 to win.
Brief scores: Bengal 193 and 104 all out (LR Shukla 32; B Kumar 5/27) vs UP 62 all out (P Chawla 16,R Bose 5/18) and 53 for 2 (P Kumar 30,L Shukla 1/5)
Trivedi puts Gujarat on top
Surat: Siddharth Trivedi claimed four wickets to reduce Himachal Pradesh to 174 for eight as Gujarat,having posted 234,remained on course for a first innings lead in the Group A match.
Brief scores: Gujarat 234 all out (Parthiv Patel 57,M Sharma 3/16) vs HP 174 for eight (P Dogra 65*,S Trivedi 4/28)
Suresh guides Railways to 305
Uppal: M Sureshs 64 guided Railways to a satisfactory 305,before Hyderabad reached 99 for 2 at stumps.
Brief scores: Railways 305 all out in 131 overs (Y Goud 79,F Fazal 69; A Absolem 5/89); Hyderabad 99 for 2 in 44 overs (S Nag 51; K Upadhyay 1/23)
Mohantys do the damage
Chandigarh: Basanth and Debasis Mohanty claimed seven wickets between them to put Orissa on the brink of a first-innings lead against Punjab. Punjab were batting on 144/8.
Brief scores: Orissa 283 all out in 99 overs (N Behera 72; L Ablish 6/110); Punjab 144 for 8 in 50 overs (R Singh 46; B Mohanty 4/44,D Mohanty 3/47)