Delhi saw two of their best performers this season fall cheaply – opener Sanat Sangwan for a 75-ball 13 and Ayush Doseja for one run, lasting four deliveries. Opener Arpit Rana made a steady 62 (99 b) before falling to left-arm pacer Aniket Choudhary, who had also removed Sangwan. Skipper Yash Dhull was dismissed on seven, stumped by Kunal Singh Rathore off left-arm spinner K Ajay Singh.

The patient effort of No.4 Vaibhav Kandpal (62 – 128b, 5×4) kept Delhi going, but once he was caught behind, the innings subsided, the last four wickets falling for 58 runs.

In Hubballi, Group B leaders Karnataka beat Chandigarh by an innings and 180 runs for their second win. Chandigarh resumed their first innings on 72/4, but leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal’s 7/73 saw them dismissed for 222. A spell of 5/61 by young left-arm spinner Shikhar Shetty saw them routed for 140 following on.

Jammu and Kashmir were three wickets away from registering the third win of a remarkable Ranji season, a result that would cement their second spot in Group D. At stumps, left-arm spinner Abid Mushtaq (4/56) had reduced Hyderabad to 169/7 in their second innings after being set an improbable target of 472.

Group D leaders Mumbai too were on the verge of beating Pondicherry, who resumed their first innings on 43/4 but were dismissed for 132, and were 231/6 at stumps after following on.

In Kalyani, allrounder Shahbaz Ahmed struck 101 and raised a 129-run fifth wicket partnership with Samanta Gupta (97) to take Group C toppers Bengal towards a fourth win in five games. Bengal made 442 to take a 222-run lead before reducing Assam, dismissed for 200 in the first innings, to 98/3 in the second.

In Coimbatore, the Tamil Nadu-Uttar Pradesh tie promises excitement on final day as the teams vied for the vital first innings lead. Rinku Singh was unbeaten on a battling 98 as UP reached 339/6 in reply to Tamil Nadu’s first innings 455 at stumps. Rinku kept up the fight with a 104-run sixth wicket stand with Shivam Mavi (54 off 62 balls) and has added 44 runs for the next wicket with Shivam Sharma (18*).

Brief Scores:

In Rajsamand: Rajasthan 570/7 dec; Delhi 296 (K Ajay Singh 3/87, Jaideep Singh 3/36)

In Hubballi: Karnataka 547/8 decl; Chandigarh 222 (Shreyas Gopal 7/73) & 140 (Shikhar Shetty 5/61). Karnataka won by innings and 180 runs

In Jammu: J&K 170 & 422 (Abdul Safeguard 125, Wayhawan 95, Thyararjan 4/87); Hyderadad 121 & 169/7

In Mumbai: Mumbai 630/5 decl; Pondicherry 132 and 231/6

In Lahli: Services 205 & 283/7 dec; Haryana 111 and 136/6

In Indore: Kerala 281 & 226/3; Madhya Pradesh 192

In Kalyani: Assam 200 & 98/3; Bengal 442

In Dehradun: Gujarat 324/8 dec & 291/5 dec; Uttarakhand 272 & 43/0

In Coimbatore: Tamil Nadu 455; Uttar Pradesh 339/6 (Rinku Singh 98*)

In Nagpur: Vidarbha 169 & 272; Baroda 166 & 73/5

In Rajkot: Saurashtra 585/7 decl; Goa 358 (Yuvrajsinh Dodiya 6/98) & 77/2

In New Chandigarh: Maharashtra 350; Punjab 151 (Rajvardhan Hangargekar 5/44) & 107 (Vicky Ostwal 6/26). Maharashtra won by inngs and 92 runs