Hubli, Dec 18: Karnataka swept to a 10-wicket triumph against Punjab for whom a fighting century by Gurkeerat Singh (157, 197b, 20×4) went vainly within the group A Ranji Trophy league match here Tuesday.
The other winners within the seventh spherical were Jammu and Kashmir, who beat Assam by 9 wickets in a very cluster C clash at the Gandhi Memorial Science faculty Ground, Jammu.
Punjab, 331 runs behind on 1st innings, resumed at their long score of 156 for 5, and avoided an innings defeat as they announce 361, courtesy Gurkeerat Singh and his 186-run partnership for the sixth wicket with Gitansh Khera (84, 134b, 9×4). The duo solely delayed the inevitable as Punjab set a target of thirty runs that Karnataka ticked off in only 4.5 overs.
Karnataka so recorded their third win in six matches to high group A with 26 points whereas Punjab remained on seventeen once bally to their second defeat.
Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir also went joint high of cluster C, tied on points twenty four points with Himachal Pradesh, who have vie a game additional.
At Mumbai, a gritty effort by Odisha’s high order denied the hosts full points and an opportunity to high group A. Natraj Behera’s dour 127 not out unbroken the at bay bowlers unfree and helped his team register a point.
In Delhi, Railways missed a golden probability to open an enormous gap at the highest of group A standings as unhealthy light-weight and fog hampered their entire match against Madras.
Railways 1st innings collapse that saw them being bowled out for 169 conjointly did not do the team any favours as Madras took home 3 points courtesy their higher 1st innings score of 246.
Railways still high the group with 21 points, an extra than Uttar Pradesh in second.
Brief scores:
Bengal 284 (Shukla 117, RP 5-77) and 70 for 2 beat Uttar Pradesh 212 and 140 (Dinda 7-88) by 8 wickets.
Baroda 369 (Mistry 118, Irfan 22) beat Services 191 (Munaf 4-38) and 31 (Munaf 6-13) by an innings and 147 runs.
Delhi 448 for 9 dec (Gambhir 49, Sehwag 56, Manhas 100, Nehra 57) beat Vidarbha 88 (Nehra 6-16) and 204 (Fazal 90, Nehra 3-66) by an innings and 156 runs.
Jammu & Kashmir 427 and 32 for 1 beat Assam 263 (Sharma 108) and 195 (Samiullah Beigh 6-42) by 9 wickets.
Karnataka 505 for 9 dec (Rahul 92, Pandey 161, Vinay 103 not out) and 33 for 0 beat Punjab 174 (Vohra 69) and 361 (Gurkeerat 157, Khera 84) by 10 wickets.
Odisha 251 (Behera 130) and 356 for 5 (Natraj Behera 127 not out) Drew with Mumbai 501 for 9 dec (Jaffer 143, Hiken 170).
Madhya Pradesh 619 for 8 dec (Saxena 194, Ojha 154, Mishra 113 not out) and 119 for 2 (Jalaj Saxena 56 not out) John Drew with Saurashtra 490 (Jackson 84, Jogiyani 190).
Hyderabad 514 for 6 dec (Vihari 201 not out) and 12 for 0 John Drew with Goa 465 (R Asnodkar 103, Misal 57, Jakati 80).
Gujarat 578 for 8 (Parthiv 37, Merai 198, Venugopal 111, Akshar Patel 69 not out) John Drew with Haryana 573 for 6 dec (Sunny 201, Rana 102, Saini 106).
Maharashtra 314 (Khadiwale 97) and 130 for 3 (Jadhav 34) John Drew with Kerala 151 (Samson 18) and 424 for 9 (Samson 66, Baby 96).
Tamil Nadu 246 (Aparajith 29, Prasanna 117) and 28 for 2 (Abhinav Mukund 2, Badrinath 6) John Drew with Railways 169 (Balaji 4-31).
Himachal 305 (Gangta 115, Malik 83, Dhawan 19) and 154 for 5 (Prashant 63, Dogra 64) John Drew with Andhra 417 (Prashant 199, Dhawan 5-115) and 232 for 3 dec (Sriram 101 not out).