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Bombay set Rajasthan 393 to win

Hosts Bombay 'castled' themselves against any reversals, setting Rajasthan a daunting 393 for victory in their Ranji Trophy Super League encounter at the Wankhede Stadium, Bombay.

With a 107-run first innings cushion, Bombay declared their second innings at 285 for five and at stumps on Monday, the penultimate day of the four-day encounter, the visitors were 26 for one.

In the morning, Bombay finally brought to an end the last-wicket resistance after the addition of just five runs to the overnight 224 for nine.

The hosts then rattled up quick runs in their second essay through half centuries from captain Sameer Dighe (64: 9x4), Jatin Paranjpe (53: 8x4), Amol Muzumdar (63 not out: 6x4) and debutant Sushant Manjrekar (61: 10x4, 1x6).

Scoreboard
Rajasthan (1st innings; overnight 224 for 9):

A Jain c Dighe b Saxena 1, G Khoda c Kambli b Kuruvilla 83, R Kanwat c Dighe b Saxena 16, N Doru c Dighe b Kuruvilla 0, S Bhatia b Kuruvilla 2, P Krishnakumar run out 0, Sanjeev Sharma lbw Saxena 33, R Jhalani c Paranjpe b Saxena 32, D P Singh c Kannan b Saxena 3, Jaikumar Sharma not out 21, Shamsher Singh c Dighe b Kuruvilla 8.

Extras (lb 4, nb 26) 30. Total (all out in 332 mins, 73.4 overs) 229

Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-57, 3-58, 4-68, 5-75, 6-149, 7-160, 8-165, 9-198

Bowling: Santosh Saxena 22-4-56-5; Abey Kuruvilla 24.4-1-77-4; Rajesh Pawar 13-5-40-0; Sriram Kannan 12-2-42-0; Ramesh Powar 2-0-10-0.

Bombay (2nd innings): S Dighe c Bhatia b Jaikumar Sharma 64, A Pagnis c Jhalani b Sanjeev Sharma 19, J Paranjpe c Bhatia b Jaikumar Sharma 53, A Muzumdar not out 63, V Kambli b D P Singh 4, S Manjrekar lbw Krishnakumar 61.

Did not bat: Romesh Powar, Rajesh Pawar, Sriram Kannan, Abey Kuruvilla and Santosh Saxena.

Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 16) 21. Total (for 5 decl, 75.3 overs) 285

Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-144, 3-155, 4-168, 5-285.

Bowling: Shamsher Singh 13-1-57-0; Krishnakumar 15.3-2-70-1; Sanjeev Sharma 11-1-36-1; DP Singh 21-3-72-1; Jain 1-0-6-0; Jaikumar Sharma 14-2-42-2.

Rajasthan (2nd innings):

A Jain lbw Saxena 0, N Doru batting 8, S Bhatia batting 14.

Extras (b 4) 4. Total (for one wicket, 6 overs) 26.

Fall of wicket: 1-0

Bowling: Saxena 3-1-13-1, Kuruvilla 2-1-9-0, Kannan 1-1-0-0.

CALCUTTA: Veteran Bengal left-arm spinner and skipper Utpal Chatterjee had the Karnataka batsmen dancing to his tune, scalping 6 for 102 as the hosts took a vital 48-run first innings lead against Karnataka on Monday, the penultimate day of the four-day Group A Ranji Trophy Super League encounter at the Eden Gardens.

Karnataka, replying to Bengal's first innings aggergate of 316, could do no better than 268 as Chatterjee took his Ranji Trophy tally to 286 with the rich haul. In their second essay, the hosts were 75 for one at stumps -- 123 runs ahead.

Earlier, resuming at the overnight score of 119 for three, Karnataka lost wickets at regular intervals and were all out six minutes before the tea break, the innings being extended by a defiant 54-run stand for the ninth wicket between Venkatesh Prasad (37) and Dodda Ganesh (31).

Scoreboard
Bengal (1st innings) 316

Karnataka (1st innings; overnight 119 for 3): J Arun Kumar lbw Shukla 0, M Beerala c Charanjit Singh b Chatterjee 35, B Roland c Haldipur b Chatterjee 53, Tilak Naidu c S Karim b Chatterjee 9, A Vijay c Yadav b Gandhi 39, K N Ramesh c Haldipur b Chatterjee 6, S Joshi lbw Chatterjee 34, B Akhil b Masood 11, D Ganesh c Haldipur b Yadav 31, V Prasad b Chatterjee 37, S Vadiyaraj not out 1.

Extras (lb-4, nb-8) 12. Total (all out in 139.1 overs) 268

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-59, 3-80, 4-139, 5-151, 6-157, 7-178, 8-202, 9-256.

Bowling: Shukla 27-10-49-1; Masood 15-6-42-1; Chatterjee 61.1-19-102-6; Yadav 21-4-49-1; Lahiri 11-2-20-0; Gandhi 4-2-2-1.

Bengal (2nd innings): N Haldipur batting 25, A Lahiri c Akhil b Prasad 5, D Gandhi batting 40.

Extras (b-4, lb-1) 5. Total (for one wicket, 22 overs) 75

Fall of wicket: 1-7.

Bowling: Prasad 6-4-15-1; Ganesh 6-0-29-0; Joshi 8-2-24-0; Vijay 2-1-2-0.

RAJKOT: Uttar Pradesh cemented their claims for a quarter-final berth, defeating Saurashtra by 235 runs on Monday, the penultimate day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Super league tie.

UP secured eight points to swell their tally to 19 from three matches and next play Tamil Nadu in the top-table clash commencing March 13.

Saurashtra, who resumed at the overnight score of 39 for 3, surrendered to the guiles of the veteran mediumpacer Ashish Winston Zaidi and were bowled out for 153.

For the hosts, just four batsmen -- Sitanshu Kotak (32), Hitesh Parsana (41), Mukund Parmar (15) and N. Rana (16) -- reached double figures as Zaidi scalped six for 42 in 16 overs.

Scoreboard
Uttar Pradesh (1st innings): 206

Saurashtra (1st innings): 118

Uttar Pradesh (2nd innings): 300

Saurashtra (2nd innings): V. Kumar lbw Zaidi 1, H. Jani lbw Srivastava 7, S. Kotak c Shukla b Pande 32, P. Bhatt lbw Zaidi 6, N. Odedra b Zaidi 9, F. Bambhania c Mudgal b Zaidi 8, H. Parsana c M. Saif b Zaidi 41, M. Parmar c Shamshad b Pande 15, H. Goswami b Zaidi 7, N. Rana b Pande 16, R. Dhruva not out 0.

Extras (b-10, nb-1) 11. Total 153

Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-14, 3-24, 4-45, 5-53, 6-97, 7-121, 8-125, 9-137.

Bowling: A. Zaidi 16-2-42-6; S. Srivastava 9-2-32-1; G. Pande 14-2-44-3; M. Raza 5-0-25-0; P. Tiwari 1-1-0-0.

A superb all-round display by Test discard V.V.S. Laxman helped Hyderabad take the upperhand against Railways on Monday, the penultimate day of their Ranji trophy Super League tie in New Delhi.

Riding on Laxman's efforts, Hyderabad set Railways a stiff victory target of 331 and at draw of stumps, the hosts had already lost a wicket with just 8 runs on the board.

Laxman, who had struck a fine century in the Hyderabad first innings, took three wickets as Railways were bundled out for 229, 118-runs in deficit of Hyderabad's first innings aggregate of 347. The stylish right-hander than came back to score a fine 45 and then returned to scalp the wicket of Sanjay Bangar before close, putting Railways on the defensive.

Scoreboard
Hyderabad (1st innings) 347

Railways (1st innings; overnight 188 for 6): Sanjay Bangar c&b Singh 2, Vishal Sharma c sub (A.G. Shetty) b Kanwaljit Singh 29, Abhay Sharma c Laxman b Singh 4, Yere Goud b Singh 9, S. Wankhade c JS Yadav b Raju 25, PS Rawat lbw Laxman 35, Devendra Singh c Vinay Kumar b Laxman 87, Z Hussain b Singh 17, K Bhattacharya c JS Yadav b Raju 0, K Parida not out 5, WD Balaji Rao b Laxman 6.

Extras (b-6, lb-2, nb-2) 10. Total (all out, 100 overs) 229.

Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-10, 3-26, 4-77, 5-77, 6-182, 7-205, 8-208, 9-223.

Bowling: Singh 23-5-58-4 (2nb); Satwalkar 8-2-20-0; Raju 37-13-58-2; Kanwaljit Singh 23-4-51-1; JS Yadav 6-0-23-0; Laxman 3-0-11-3.

Hyderabad (2nd innings): Nanda Kishore c&b Bhattacharya 4, Vinay Kumar c Bangar b Bhattacharya 1, VVS Laxman c Wankhede b Parida 45, Venka Pratap c Wankhede b Balaji Rao 38, Parth Satwalkar c Parida b Rawat 45, Arjun Yadav c Bhattacharya b Rawat 43, Shivaji Yadav run out 6, NP Singh not out 17.

Extras (lb-3, b-6, nb-4) 13. Total (for 7 wkts decl, 53 overs) 212.

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-15, 3-90, 4-96, 5-161, 6-182, 7-212.

Bowling: Hussain 14-0-45-0; K Bhattacharya 9-1-20-2; Rawat 11-0-59-2; Parida 9-0-48-1; Balaji Rao 10-3-31-1.

Railways (2nd innings): Sanjay Bangar c Raju b Laxman 2, V Sharma batting 2, K Parida batting 0.

Extras (b-4) 4. Total (for 1 wicket, in 5 overs) 8.

Fall of wicket: 1-7.

Bowling: NP Singh 2-1-2-0, Raju 1-1-0-0, Laxman 1-0-1-1, Kanwaljeet 1-0-1-0.

A brilliant century by seasoned campaigner Dinesh Mongia (179: 25x4) and a three-wicket burst by mediumpacer Gagandeep Singh (3 for 47) put hosts Punjab in total command of their Ranji Trophy Super League encounter against Bihar at the PCA stadium, Mohali.

At draw of stumps on Monday, an innings defeat loomed large over Bihar, who were four down for 94, still needing 165 runs to make Punjab bat a second time.

Mongia, 67 overnight, went on to compile his seventh Ranji ton (37th match), adding 190 runs in a fifth wicket association with skipper Vikram Rathore (158: 18x4, 1x6) as Punjab (269 for four overnight), declared their first innings at 503 for nine-- 259 runs ahead.

Scoreboard
Bihar (1st innings): 244

Punjab (1st innings): Vikram Rathore c Dhani b Ranjan 158, Ravneet Rickey c Dhoni b Gupta 50, Yuvraj Singh c Dhoni b Gupta 2, Pankaj Dharmani lbw Gupta 0, Reetinder Sodhi lbw Khan 5, Dinesh Mongia c R Kumar b Ranjan 179, Harvinder Jugnu c A Kumar b S Khan 53, Sandeep Sharma st Dhani b A Kumar 33, Harbhajan Singh b A Kumar 0, Sarandeep Singh not out 9, Gagandeep Singh not out 4.

Extras (b-2, lb-5, nb-3) 10. Total (for 9 wkts decl, 123 overs) 503.

Fall of wickets: 1-107, 2-111, 3-111, 4-128, 5-318, 6-431, 7-488, 8-488, 9-492.

Bowling: Desraj Kumar 16-2-52-0; Sanjeev Gupta 25-2-125-3; Shaheed Khan 31-2-130-2; Anil Kumar 22-3-82-2; Nikhlesh Ranjan 17-1-55-2; Sunil Kumar 12-0-52-0.

Bihar (2nd innings): N Ranjan c&b Harbhajan 21, Javed Khan lbw Gagandeep 3, Amin Hashmi b Gagandeep 0, Rajiv Kumar lbw Gagandeep 22, Sunil Kumar batting 30, Manish Kumar batting 6. Extras (lb-5, nb-6, w-1) 12. Total (for 4 wickets, 37 overs) 94.

Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-20, 3-46, 4-56.

Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 11-3-19-0; Gangandeep Singh 14-1-47-3; Harbhajan Singh 11-3-23-1; Sarandeep Singh 1-1-0-0.

Tamil Nadu set Orissa 442 for victory

Tamil Nadu looked on course for their third successive win in as many matches, setting hosts Orissa 442 for victory in the Group C Ranji Trophy Super League tie at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack.

At draw of stumps on Monday, the third day of the four day match, the hosts were a wicket down with 36 runs on the board and have an uphill task ahead of them.

Earlier, the visitors -- 132 ahead on first innings -- piled on some quick runs before declaring their second innings at 309 for 8, 50 minutes into the final session of the day.

Scoreboard
Tamil Nadu (1st innings): 327

Orissa (1st innings): 195

Tamil Nadu (2nd innings; overnight 55 for 1): Rajat Bhatia c SS Das b Satpathy 60, Sridharan Sriram c Y Mohanty b Satpathy 31, Satyajit Medappa c RR Parida b Satpathy 29, JR Madanagopal c P Mallick b S Raul 31, Sridharan Sharath c Satpathy b D Mohanty 42, Tanveer Jabbar b P Mallick 11, S Vasanth Saravanan c Y Mohanty b P Mallick 19, Reuben Paul not out 44, S Mahesh c&b D Mohanty 13, Aashish Kapoor not out 10.

Extras: (lb-2, nb-16, w-1) 19. Total (for 8 declared, 94 overs) 309.

Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-111, 3-139, 4-168, 5-188, 6-223, 7-256, 8-282.

Bowling: Debasish Mohanty 22-3-64-2; Ajay Barik 7-2-29-0; Sanjay Raul 23-4-65-1; Bipin Singh 6-1-17-0; Pravanjan Mallick 20-5-75-2; Sanjay Satpathy 16-3-57-3.

Orissa (2nd innings): Shiv Sundar Das batting 25, Pradip Das c R Paul b DJ Gopalakrishnan 0, Rashmi Ranjan Parida batting 11.

Total (for 1 wicket, 16 overs) 36.

Fall of wicket: 1-2.

Bowling: S Mahesh 6-3-6-0; DJ Gokulakrishnan 5-0-19-1; Aashish Kapoor 3-3-0-0; S Vasanth Saravanan 1-0-6-0; Sridharan Sriram 1-0-5-0.