Gujarat, who scored 270 in first innings and then dismissed the visitors for 192, declared their second essay at 301 for six after their batting line-up put up a consistent performance on the third day. Niraj, who cracked 13 boundaries and one six during his 188-ball stay, and skipper Parthiv Patel (76, 4X8) shared a 108-run partnership to consolidate Gujarat’s position. Orissa were 10 for one after 3.4 overs, with skipper Shiv Sunder Das (1) unbeaten when the day’s play was called off.
Brief scores: Group A: At Chandigarh: Punjab: 259 all out and 55/1 in 23 overs (Inder Singh 26 n.o.) vs Mumbai: 471/9 decl in 141 overs (Sahil Kukreja 90, Rohit Sharma 25, Abhishek Nayar 53, Omkar Jagannath Khanvilkar 87, Ramesh Powar 125 n.o.; Harmeet Singh 2-92, Love Ablish 4-107, M S Gony 2-99).
At Delhi: Railways: 327 all out in 134.4 overs vs Tamil Nadu: 312/8 in 137 overs (Murali Vijay 65, Subramaniam Badrinath 111; Murali Karthik 3-89, Shailender Gehlot 2-67).
At Ahmedabad: Gujarat: 270 all out and 301/6 in 89 overs decl (Niraj Patel 107, Parthiv Patel 76, Bhavik Thaker 52; Paresh Patel 2-64) vs Orissa: 192 all out and 10/1 in 3.4 overs.
At Hyderabad: Hyderabad: 328 all out and 101/3 in 30 overs (Tirumallasetti Suman 46, Ambati Rayudu 42) vs Himachal Pradesh: 350 all out in 115.1 overs (Paras Dogra 123, Ajay Mannu 68; Alfred Absolem 4-95, Pragyan Ojha 3-83).
Group B: At Vadodara: Delhi: 591 all out vs Baroda: 319/8 in 93 overs (Satyajit Parab 36, Jacob Martin 44, Rakesh Solanki 55, Yusuf Pathan 32, Pinal Shah 63, Rajesh Pawar 42 n.o.; Sumit Narwal 3-70, P Awana 2-64).
At Pune: Maharashtra: 179 all out and 305/7 in 100 overs (Harshad Khadiwale 114, Rohan Bhosale 33, Rohit Motwani 59 n.o., Ganesh Gaikwad 43; Ranadeb Bose 3-47, Saurasish Lahiri 4- 87) vs Bengal: 325 all out in 105.3 overs (Arindam Das 38, Wriddhiman Saha 26, Manoj Tiwary 88, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala 95; Samad Fallah 4-102, Sajin Sureshnath 2-63, Azhar Ansari 2-33, Kiran Ramling Adhav 2-98).
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