Day Three of the Ranji trophy saw Himachal Pradesh beat Kerala by six wickets after Gurvinder Singh bagged five wickets in the second innings for Himachal. In another match, Yuvraj Singh also played a crucial innings of 76 as Madhya Pradesh bowled them out for 175 in the second innings.

Delhi try to stage fightback against Maharashtra

After Swapnil Gugale’s historic knock of 351 to power Maharashtra to 635, Delhi’s Rishabh Pant smashed 155 to take Delhi to 376/5 at Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. Pant was partnered well by Dhruv Shorey and Nitish Rana, who scored 71 and 44 respectively. However, Delhi still trail by 259 runs. With only a day’s play remaining, the match looks to be headed towards a draw. Mohsin Sayyed was the pick of the bowlers for Maharashtra taking 3/73.

Baroda power on against Mumbai

Defending champions were bowled out for 323 in the first innings against Baroda as Irfan Pathan and Sagar Mangalorkar bagged three wickets apiece. In the second innings, Baroda was powered by a brilliant 145 by Kedar Devdhar to take his side to 321/5. With a lead of 303 runs, Mumbai will have to up the ante if they are to win the match.

Gurvinder Singh powers Himachal to win

Himachal Pradesh beat Kerala by six wickets in their second Ranji encounter on at Eden Garden, Kolkata on Saturday. Kerala were bowled out for 115 in their second innings owing to the heroics of Gurvinder Singh who took 5/37. Himachal need 103 to win and reached the target with six wickets to spare.

Yuvraj’s 76 might decide fate of the match

Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh played a crucial knock of 76 as his side declared on 175/9 in their second innings against Madhya Pradesh at Lahli. Yuvraj was the only player who scored a half century for his side as Ishwar Pandey bagged three wickets for MP, who were 26/1 at the end of day’s play and required another 281 runs for victory.

Brief scores:

Punjab 378 & 175/9d (Yuvraj Singh 76; Ishwar Pandey 3/25) v Madhya Pradesh 247 & 26/1 require 281 runs

Baroda 305 & 321/5 (Kedar Devdhar 145, Aditya Waghmode 66, Deepak Hooda 66 not out) lead Mumbai 323 (Akhil Herwadkar 106; Irfan Pathan 3/30, Sagar Mangalorkar 3/75) by 303 runs

Bengal 466 & 30/0 lead Uttar Pradesh 410 (Umang Sharma 136, Kuldeep Yadav 63) by 86 runs

Tamil Nadu 121 & 452/8d (Abhinav Mukund 100, Dinesh Karthik 163; Karn Sharma 4/109) v Railways 173 & 108/0 and require 293 runs to win

Assam 195 & 69 (Aniket Choudhary 5/35, Pankaj Singh 4/26) lost to Rajasthan 272 (Mahipal Lomror 89; Arup Das 4/53)

Karnataka 577/6d v Jharkhand 309/6 (Ishan Kishan 118 not out, Saurabh Tiwary 91) trail by 268 runs

Mumbai 635/2 v Delhi 376/5 (Rishabh Pant 155 not out, Dhruv Shorey 71; Mohsin Sayyed 3/73) trail by 259 runs

Odisha 228 & 169 (Subhranshu Senapati 57; Deepak Punia 5/39) v Saurashtra 186 & 96/5 (Dhiraj Singh 2/6) need 116 runs to win

Chhattisgarh 394 v Andhra 199 & 122/4 (Srikar Bharat 57) and trail by 73 runs

Jammu & Kashmir 227 & 261 (Puneet Bisht 87) beat Goa 77 & 295 (Samar Dubhashi 79 not out; Parvez Rasool 5/89) by 116 runs

Hyderabad 191 & 102/ 5 v Haryana (Chaitanya Bishnoi 73; Mehdi Hassan 6/93) trail by 38 runs

Kerala 248 & 115 (Gurvinder Singh 5/37) lost to Himachal Pradesh 261 & 103/4 by six wickets

Tripura 275 & 280/1 (Udiyan Bose 152 not out, Smit Patel 104 not out) v Services 233 (Shamsher Yadav 101 not out) trail Tripura by 322 runs.