Combined declared their first-innings closed at 254 for eight, and Bangalore City replied strongly with 339 for three. Nishant Hegde set the ball rolling with 86 (108b, 8x4, 1x6), while Vinodh top-scored with 129 (230b, 16x4) and Tejas remained undefeated on 101 (156b, 12x4).

In other matches, there were first-innings honours for Combined Mofussil XI against Bangalore Zone XI, and Mofussil XI against President’s XI.

Brief scores: At IAF grounds: Combined City XI: 254/8 decl in 89.4 overs (Abhijit S 26, Liyan Khan 52, Karan Rao 58, Stalin Hoover 26, K Bharath 26 n.o.; Rajesh 2-63, Goutham K 3-61, S Vinod 2-22) drew Bangalore City XI: 339/3 in 85.5 overs (Nishant Hegade 86, S Vinodh 129, Tejas A Wagle 101 n.o.; Shivam Bajaj 2-90). Bangalore City XI: 3 pts, Combined City XI: 1.

At BEL grounds: Combined Mofussil XI: 281 all out in 72.3 overs (B Ashreen 59, Balasubramanya 37, Uttam Raj Sarfraz Ashraf 36, Sanjeev Naik 32 n.o., Ronit More 40; Pradeep Benjamin 2-29, S Rohit 3-64, Manish N 3-49) drew Bangalore Zone XI: 148 all out in 49.4 overs (KV Darshan 50; Imran Khan 2-25, Sarfraz Ashraf 5-33, Karthik Raghavan 2-19) and 239/5 in 43 overs (Vikas Raj Bhatt 107, KV Darshan 78; Sarfraz Ashraf 4-46).
Combined Mofussil: 3 pts, Bangalore Zone: 1.

At NAL grounds: President’s XI: 221 all out in 69.1 overs (KV Bharath 94, Rahul Bhatkal 57; Ashok Waddar 3-34, Zahoor Farroqui 2-39, MR Darshan 3-55, K Sumith 2-28) and 119/2 in 29 overs (DN Manjunath 67 n.o.; Sumith 2-46) drew Mofussil XI: 320/9 in 68.2 overs (Yogesh 145, Alok Deshpande 44, MR Darshan 64; Dilip Sagar 5-122, Vikas Baldia 2-29). Mofussil XI: 3 pts, President’s XI: 1.