Group A

Three out of four matches in Group A have an outright result, with Baroda, Vidarbha and Uttar Pradesh winning their respective matches against Bihar, J&K and Goa. Vidarbha almost botched the 79-run chase, but managed to win by three wickets in a thriller against the defending champions.

Meanwhile, MP gained a massive lead of 168 runs in the first innings against Pondicherry on the back of Rajat Patidar’s century. However, the hosts started their second innings well in their second essay, finishing the day at 98-1, trailing by 70 runs.

Scores

Baroda 416 & 4-0 beat Bihar 166 & 251 (Mangal Mahrour 138, Bhargav Bhatt 6-53)

Pondicherry 177 & 98-1 (Ritesh Gudge 47*) vs Madhya Pradesh 345 (Rajat Patidar 122, Sagar Trivedi 4-44)

Vidarbha 305 (Ravikumar Samarth 143, Umar Nazir Mir 4-56) & 81-7(Mandar Mhale 25, Sunil Kumar 4-30) beat Jammu & Kashmir 260 & 123 (Nachiket Bhute 5-48)

Uttar Pradesh 202 (Rinku Singh 118*) & 197 (Aryan Juyal 74, Yash Kasvankar 5-69) beat Goa 164 (Zeeshan Ansari 5-45) & 167 (Suyash Prabhudessai 72, Kartik Yadav 5-37)

Group B

In Group B, Assam defeated Tripura by nine wickets, chasing down the modest target of 36 runs. Manisankar Murasingh’s exceptional 161-run knock ensured Assam batted again but he couldn’t save his team from defeat.

Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh will hope to bat out a draw after Punjab enforced a follow-on. They ended the day at 123-3 and still trail by 127 runs in the second innings. Andhra slipped to 7-2 in the 398-run chase against Hyderabad, who declared their second innings at 306-7 on the back of Kodimal Himateja’s unbeaten 123.

Saurashtra rode on Sammar Gajjar’s 79-run knock to eke out a seven-run lead over Karnataka, who finished the day at 98-2 in their second innings.

Scores:

Chhattisgarh 206 & 123-3 (Ayush Pandey 59*) vs Punjab 456 (Uday Saharan 161, Salil Arora 107).

Andhra 184 & 7-2 vs Hyderabad 275 & 306-7d (Kodimela Himateja 123*, Kavuri Saiteja 4-40)

Karnataka 342 & 99-2 vs Saurashtra 349 (Sammar Gajjar 79, Vidwath Kaverappa 4-57)

Assam 334 & 36-1 beat Tripura 62 & 307 (Manisankar Murasingh 161, Mohit Thakur 5-101)

Group C

Bengal defeated Services by 60 runs in Group C on the back of a brilliant four-wicket haul by Pradipta Pramanik. Among the other three matches, Kerala are well ahead against Odisha going into the final day.

Ruturaj Gaikwad smashed a brilliant century batting at seven against Jharkhand helping Maharashtra gain a mammoth 358-run lead in the first innings. However, Jharkhand made amends for their poor show in the first innings, finishing the day at 130-1. The Gujarat vs Delhi clash is heading towards a tame draw.

Scores:

Odisha 225 (Gourav Choudhary 50, Vaisakh Chandran 4-40) & 102-4 (Gourav Choudhary 53, Jalaj Saxena (2-15) vs Kerala 404 (Mohammed Azharuddeen 139, Sachin Baby 112).

Gujarat 363-5 (Manan Hingarajia 108*) vs Delhi 648-6d (Ayush Badoni 217, Priyansh Arya 199).

Jharkhand 169 (Vicky Ostwal 4-39, Pradeep Dadhe 3-35) & 130-1 (Shikhar Mohan 74*) vs Maharashtra 527-5 (Digvijay Patil 148, Ankit Bawne 169*, Ruturaj Gaikwad 101*)

Bengal 184 & 146 beat Services 122 & 148 (Nitin Tanwar 49, Pradipta Pramanik 4-48)

Group D

R Sai Kishore was the star of the day on the third day, picking up a hat-trick against Uttarakhand. He also finished with a six-wicket haul to help Tamil Nadu win by an innings and 66 runs. Mumbai declared their first innings at 528-8 on the back of Sarfaraz Khan and Akash Anand’s centuries. In their second innings, Himachal Pradesh batters fared better, ending the day at 144-3.

Scores:

Himachal Pradesh 140 (Tushar Deshpande 4-46) & 144-3 vs Mumbai 528-8d-4 (Sarfaraz Khan 154, Akash Anand 117*)

Tamil Nadu 313 (Pradosh Ranjan Paul 136, Baba Indrajith 77, Mayank Mishra 5-118) beat Uttarakhand 134 & 113 (R Sai Kishore 6-34)

Railways 305-6 (Eshaan Goyal 64) vs Rajasthan 497 (Sachin Yadav 194, Karan Lamba 194).

Haryana 245 (Yashvardhan Dalal 95, Nishant Sindhu 92) defeated Chandigarh 103 & 118 (Nishant Sindhu 6-27).

Plate Group

Sedezhalie Rupero starred for Nagaland with an unbeaten century in response to Mizoram’s 581. They finished the day at 324-3 and still trail by 257 runs. Meanwhile, Manipur need 276 runs to win against Meghalaya after they bundled them out for 172 runs in the second innings on the back of a four-wicket haul from Jotin Phoeiroijam.

Satyajeet Bacchav’s five-wicket haul helped Sikkim skittle Arunachal for just 123 runs in the second innings. They won the game by an innings and 328 runs.

Scores

Nagaland 324-3 (Sedezhalie Rupero 108*) vs Mizoram 581-9d (Chinmay Sutar 400*, Jehu Anderson 69).

Manipur 277 (Karnajit Yumnam 100) & 11-0 vs Meghalaya 380 (Kevin Christopher 110, Pheiroijam Jotin 5-79) & 172 (Rahul Dalal 39, Jotin Pheiroijam 4-21)

Sikkim 572-5d (Parth Palawat 151, Gurinder Singh 146, Nilesh Lamichaney 134) beat Arunachal Pradesh 121 & 123 (Satyajeet Bachhav 5-27)