Nagaland defeated Mizoram by an innings and 333 runs in Plate Group. In Plate Group matches, Meghalaya beat Arunachal Pradesh by 7 wickets, Sikkim crushed Manipur by an innings and 27 runs. Yesterday, Uttarakhand cruised to a 10 wicket win over Bihar.
The defending Champions, Vidarbha have fought back well in the match with 287 for 3. Vidarbha captain Faiz Faizal remained not out on 116, Wasim Jaffer 63.
Elite Group A
Baroda vs. Gujarat ( Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara)
The third day saw Gujarat taking a slender 12 runs lead. In their second innings, Gujarat reduced Baroda to 0 for 3. Baroda has fought back well to score 161 for 7 with a lead of 149 runs.
Baroda 290 in 81.2 overs ( Yusuf Pathan 69, Deepak Hooda 63, Siddarth Desai 5/107, Piyush Chawla 3/58) and 161 for 7 in 65 overs ( Pinal Shah 71, Yusuf Pathan 28, Rush Kalaria 4/28) lead
Gujarat 302 in 102.1 overs ( Samit Gohel 63, Rujul Bhatt 76, Manpreet Juneja 47, Rush Kalaria 40, Atit Sheth 3/53, Bhatt 3/75, Meriwala 3/50 ) by 149 runs.
Vidarbha vs. Maharashtra ( MCA Stadium, Pune)
Starting the 3rd day on 46 for 0, Vidarbha captain Faiz Faizal is still at the crease with a brilliant 116. Wasim Jaffer scored 63. Vidarbha ended the 3rd day on 287 for 3.
Vidarbha 120 in 44.5 overs ( Wasim Jaffer 27, Sarwate 25, Bachhav 3/3, Samad Fallah 2/21) and 287 for 3 in 100 overs ( Faiz Fazal 116*, Wasim Jaffer 63, Ganesh Satish 37, Wadkar 31*Samad Fallah 1/47) lead
Maharashtra 343 ( Khurana 89, Gugagle 47, Gaikwad 47, Tripathi 36*, Sarwate 2/50, Wakhare 2/47) by 64 runs
Railways vs. Mumbai ( Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi)
Mumbai registered the first innings lead with a great bowling performance by Tushar Deshpande. Railways were bowled out for 307. In reply, Mumbai ended the 3rd day on 57 for 2.
Mumbai 411 in 115.2 overs ( Shivam Dubey 114*, Siddesh Lad 99, Suryakumar Yadav 83, Harsh Tyagi 4/83, Anureet Singh 3/77, Avinash Yadav 3/99) and 57 for 2 in 25 overs ( Akhil Herwadkar 24*, Harsh Tyagi 1/7) lead
Railways 307 in 104.2 overs ( Arindam Ghosh 71, Avinash Yadav 48, Harsh Tyagi 39, Anureet Singh 38*, Tushar Deshpande 6/70) by 161 runs.
Saurashtra vs. Chhattisgarh (SCA Stadium, Rajkot)
Starting the 3rd day on 88 for 0, it was a brilliant bowling performance by Jaydev Unadkat to pick up 7 wickets. Chhattisgarh ended the 3rd day on 315 for 8.
Chhattisgarh 315 for 8 in 114 overs ( Sahil Gupta 53, Tiwari 40, Harpreet Singh 60, Unadkat 7/66 ) trail
Saurashtra 475 in 142.2 overs ( Jackson 147, Vasavada 63, Snell Patel 91, Harvik Desai 78, Shahnawaz Hussain 4/97) by 160 runs.
Elite Group B
Andhra vs. Punjab ( ACA- VDCA Stadium, Vizag)
Starting the 3rd day on 54 for 3, Andhra Pradesh batsmen produced some brilliant batting and ended on 327 for 5.
Andhra Pradesh 327 for 5 in 116 overs ( Ricky Bhui 150*, Srikar Bharat 76, Hanuma Vihari 19, Hebbar 17, Mayank Markande 3/96) trail
Punjab 414 in 156.2 overs ( Sanvir Singh 110, Mayank Markande 68*, Mandeep Singh 68, , Shubman Gill 56, Ayyappa 3/78, Karn Sharma 3/115, Vijaykumar 2/42) by 87 runs.
Himachal Pradesh vs. Bengal ( Atal Bihari Vajypee Stadium, Nadun)
Starting the 3rd day on 124 for 3, Himachal Pradesh batsmen showed great application and ended on 302 for 9.
Himachal Pradesh 302 for 9 in 107 overs ( Ankush Bains 86, Sumeet Verma 46, Ekant Sen 43, Rishi Dhawan 24*, Pramanik 4/54, Ashok Dinda 2/57) trail
Bengal 380 in 116.1 overs ( Manoj Tiwary 55, Majumdar 52, Raman 48, AA Gani 47, Ashok Dinda 38, Rishi Dhawan 2/56, P Chopra 2/29, PP Jaiswal 5/81) by 78 runs.
Kerala vs. Hyderabad ( ST Xavier College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram)
The third day between Kerala and Hyderabad saw little play. Hyderabad ended the 3rd day on 30 for 1.
Hyderabad 30 for 1 in 12 overs ( Tanmay Agarwal 24*, Warrier 1/10) trail
Kerala 495 for 6 declare 164 overs ( Jalaj Saxena 57, 147, Jagadeesh 113*, Akshay Chandran 48* Sanju Samson 53, M Hassan 2/132, Sairam 3/110) by 465 runs .
Tamil Nadu vs. Madhya Pradesh ( NPR College Ground, Dindgul)
There was no play possible on the third day’s play between Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh.
Tamil Nadu 0 for 0 in 2 overs trail
Madhya Pradesh 393 in 157.4 overs ( RM Patidar 196, AV Birla 51, Naman Ojha 45, Ankit Sharma 23* M Mohammed 4/98R Ashwin 4/85) by 394 runs.
Elite Group C
Jharkhand vs. Assam (JSCA Stadium, Ranchi)
Starting the 2nd day on 126 for 2, Assam were bowled out for 298 runs in their first innings. In reply, Jharkhand scored 44 for 1 with a lead of 90 runs.
Jharkhand 344 in 112.1 overs ( Nazim Siddiqui 72, Deborat 43, Utakarsh Singh 76, Anukul Roy 80, Mukthar Hussain 5/77, RL Mali 2/78) and 44 for 1 in 14 overs ( Ishan Kishan 31*, Arup Das 1/24) lead
Assam 298 in 105.2 overs ( Gokul Sharma 92, Sibanskar Roy 70, Ashish Kumar 5/69, Varun Aaron 1/77) by 90 runs.
Odisha vs. Haryana (KIIT Stadium, Bhuvneshwar)
Haryana began the 3rd day on 239 for 3. Himanshu Rana 164, Harshal Patel 72 gave Haryana a first innings lead. In their 2nd innings, Odisha ended on 50 for 1.
Odisha 324 in 112.2 overs ( AA Sarangi 114, Shantanu Mishra 71, Pradhan 36, HV Patel 2/58, Mohit Sharma 2/38, Tinu Kundu 4/51) and 50 for 1 in 24 overs ( Poddar 22*, Sarangi 17*, Jayant Yadav 1/9) trail
Haryana 442 in 128.3 overs (Himanshu Rana 164, Harshal Patel 72, Chaitanya Bishnoi 75, , Chandila 53, Rajesh Mohanty 2/77, D Pradhan 3/96) by 68 runs.
Rajasthan vs. Jammu and Kashmir ( Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur)
Starting the 3rd day on 186 for 7, Jammu and Kashmir added just 18 runs to be bowled out for 204. Rajasthan produced some superb batting display, declaring their innings on 219 for 4. Chasing a target of 395 runs to win, Jammu and Kashmir ended 3rd day on 34 for 0.
Jammu and Kashmir 204 in 71.1 overs ( Parveez Rasool 47, Khajuria 40, M Mudhasir 30, TM UL Haq 3/71, Rahul Chahar 5/59) and 34 for 0 in 12 overs ( Khajuria 21*, Bandy 13*)
Rajasthan 379 in 109.4 overs ( C Bist 159, Ashok Menaria 59, Umar Nazir 2/93, Mudhasir 5/90) and 219 for 4 declare in 63 overs ( Amitkumar Gautam 68, Tajinder Singh 49*, Parveez Rasool 2/50)
Jammu and Kashmir need 361 runs to win on the final day.
Tripura vs. Services (Maharaja Bir Bikram College Ground, Agartala)
Services began the 3rd day on 136 for 3 but a good bowling performance by Tripura bowlers helped them to bowl out for 238. In reply, Tripura ended the 3rd day on 110 for 0.
Tripura 360 in 122.3 overs ( Bishal Ghosh 201, SK Patel 38, Harmeet Singh 37, Rana Dutt 20, S Pandey 3/ 105, D Pathaina 4/79, Vikas Yadav 2/99 ) and 110 for 0 in 40 overs ( Udyan Bose 64*, Bishal Ghosh 44*) lead
Services 238 in 85 overs ( Anshul Gupta 62, Navneet Singh 49, Hathwala 51, Murasingh 7/53) by 232 runs.
Uttar Pradesh vs. Goa ( Green Park, Kanpur)
Starting the 3rd day on 473 for 3, Uttar Pradesh declared their innings on 574 for 4. In reply, Goa have lost 8 wickets for 123 runs. Uttar Pradesh are just 2 wickets away from a bonus point.
Goa 152 in 35.4 overs ( DW Misal 43, SK Kamat 41, Shivam Mavi 4/25) and 123 for 8 in 66 overs ( Kauthankar 28, Sagun Kamat 27, Saurabh Kumar 4/31, Ankit Rajpoot 3/23) trail
Uttar Pradesh 574 for 4 d in 161 overs ( Akashdeep Nath 194, Priyam Garg 117*, Kaushik 92, Mohammad Saif 126, LA Garg 2/109) by 289 runs.
Plate Group
Manipur vs. Sikkim ( Jadavpur University Campus 2nd Ground, Kolkata)
Sikkim registered an empathic win over Manipur by an innings and 27 runs on the third day. Despite Yashpal Singh 132 not out, Manipur were bowled out for 266.
Sikkim 372 in 111.2 overs ( Milind Kumar 261, Bipul Sharma 45, SS Sharuya 4/39, RR Singh 3/97) beat
Manipur 79 in 28 overs ( Yashpal Singh 29, Priyajoit Singh 30, Ishwar Chaduary 4/37, Bipul Sharma 3/17) and 266 in 80. 2 overs ( Lakhan Rawat 70, Yashpal Singh 132*, Bipul Sharma 4/55, Ishwar Chaudhary 3/52) by an innings and 27 runs.
Sikkim 7, Manipur 0.
Meghalaya vs. Arunachal Pradesh (Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Shillong)
Meghalaya defeated Arunachal Pradesh by 7 wickets. Setting the target of 157 to win, Yogesh Nagar and Puneet Bisht unbeaten stand helped Meghalaya win a match with ease.
Meghalaya 141 in 40 overs ( Jason Lamare 70, A Singhaina 32, Licha Tei 3/31, SK Thakur 3/19, Subash Sharma 3/47 ) and 157 for 3 in 32 overs ( Puneet Bisht 66*, Yogesh Nagar 55*, Licha Tei 2/30) beat
Arunachal Pradesh 166 in 64.3 overs (Samarth Seth 50, Kshitiz Sharma 30, Gurinder Singh 5/50) and 131(Kshitiz Sharma 41, Yangfo 40, Abhay Negi 4/39, Gurinder Singh 4/21) by 7 wickets
Meghalaya 6, Arunachal Pradesh 0.
Nagaland vs. Mizoram (Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima, Dimapur)
Nagaland registered a thumping an innings and 333 runs over Mizoram. Starting the day on 16 for 2, Mizoram were bowled out for just 91 runs.
Nagaland 530 for 8 declare in 117.2 overs ( A Kazi 200*, Jonathan 72, Lohchab 45, AL Rajput 2/50, Moia 3/90, Lalbiakvela 2/128) beat
Mizoram 106 in 47.2 overs ( T Kohli 49, AL Rajput 28, Kazi 4/16) and 91 in 41.4 overs ( T Kohli 48*, Kazi 5/13) by an innings and 333 runs.
Nagaland 7, Mizoram 0.