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See-saw at Kotla
Young batsman Milind Kumar and all-rounder Yogesh Nagar posted half-centuries for Delhi to help the home team take a lead of 139 runs with five wickets in hand against Tamil Nadu in a Ranji Trophy Elite Group encounter at Ferozeshah Kotla.
At stumps, Delhi were 233 for five with Puneet Bisht (27 batting) and Pawan Negi (16 batting) at the crease.
Earlier, Abhinav Mukund his century by one run but Tamil Nadu ended their first innings at 306 having a first-innings lead of 94 runs. In his bid to reach three figure marks in a hurry, Mukund played an expansive drive to a Pradeep Sangwan (3 for 79) delivery that was shaping out and was caught behind.
Unmukt (41) played with customary flair but his senior partner Shikhar Dhawan (17) was caught by R Prasanna of Jagannathan Kaushik's bowling.
Skipper Mithun Manhas was dismissed immediately after lunch as he edged one from Yo Mahesh to Dinesh Karthik behind stumps.
Reeling at 70 for three, Nagar (58) and Milind (56) joined hands as they added 104 runs for the fourth wicket.
Brief Scores:
Delhi: 212 & 233 for 5 (Y Nagar 58, M Kumar 56, Yo Mahesh 2 for 35) lead Tamil Nadu: 306 (A Mukund 99, R Prasanna 59, P Sangwan 3 for 79) by 139 runs.
Railways fightback
New Delhi: Fighting half-centuries from skipper Sanjay Bangar and Shivkant Shukla lead Railways reply to Rajasthan's 521 for 8 declared here at the Karnail Singh stadium.
At stumps, Railways were 274 for four with Mahesh Rawat (26) and veteran Yere Goud (35) holding the fort for the host.
Shukla scored 87 off 154 balls with the help of 13 hits to the fence while Bangar made 79 off 169 deliveries with the help of 11 boundaries and a six as the hosts managed to end the day on an even kneel.
Leg-spinner Vivek Yadav was the pick of the Rajasthan bowlers, finishing the day with figures of three for 64.
What is even more significant as far as the visiting team is concerned is that Yadav picked up the important wickets of Shukla, Bangar (79) besides Shreyas Khanolkar (31 off 69 deleveries).
Rajasthan: 521 for 8 decl lead Railways: 274 for 4 (S Shukla 87, S Bangar 79; V Yadav 3 for 64) by 247 runs.
Nayar hits ton
Mumbai: Abhishek Nayar notched up his second successive century before retiring due to cramps as Karnataka took firm hold of their match against Mumbai here. Chasing Karnataka's huge first innings total of 635 for 9 declared, Mumbai had struggled their way to 354 for 8 on day three, still needing 132 runs to avoid the follow on which the visitors may not enforce on the last day.
Karnataka: 635 for 9 decl lead Mumbai: 354 for 8 (A Nayar retired 137, R Sharma 64; Vinay Kumar 3 for 79, S Binny 3 for 27) by 281 runs.
Orissa-UP heading for draw
Vadodara: Riding on Tanmany Srivastava's superb century, Uttar Pradesh gave a strong reply to Orissa's first innings total of 482 by scoring 287 for three on day three as their match headed towards a draw here. Resuming at 54 for one, UP batsmen put up a good show with Srivastava hitting 115 while Mohammad Kaif contributing a well-made 88 to keep their side in the hunt for a first innings lead.
Orissa: 482 lead UP: 287 for 3 (T Srivastava 115, M Kaif 88) by 195 runs.
Saurashtra sniff win
Mohali: Saurashtra enhanced their chances of an outright win as they reduced Punjab to 44 for four in the second innings after bundling out the hosts for 278 in the first essay here. In all, Saurashtra took 11 wickets on the penultimate day and need six more on the last day on Sunday at the PCA Stadium.
Saurashtra: 542 lead Punjab: 278 and 44 for 4 (S Maniyar 3 for 14) by 220 runs.
