Delhi shot Assam out for just 44, the second lowest total in the history of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to register their fourth win in as many games. A solid opening stand of 87 runs helped Vidarbha beat Tamil Nadu by seven wickets while Jammu and Kashmir lost their fourth game in a row. A brief recap Group A Tamil Nadu v Vidarbha: 150/8 (Baba Aparajith 41, R Sathish 32, R Thakur 2/22) Vid 154/3 (J Sharma 73, Faiz Fazal 45) by 7 wickets Chasing 151, Vidarbha needed their top-order to fire and openers Jitesh Sharma and Faiz Fazal did exactly that with an opening stand of 87 in 70 balls. Sharma hit 73 off 47 and Fazal made 45 from 37 as Vidarbha chased down a tough total. With R. Ashwin on India duty, Tamil Nadu bowlers failed to contain the flow of runs as Vidarbha got to the total comfortably with nine balls to spare. Though left-arm spinner Rahil Shah got two wickets, TN had little scope to force a turnaround. Earlier, Baba Aparajith's 41 and captain R. Sathish’s 32 from 17 balls helped TN get to 150. Dinesh Karthik was run-out in the ninth over which crippled their innings. Group A is witnessing a fierce battle for the knockout spots with four teams level on eight points. Group B J & K v Tripura: J&K 119 (Bandeep Singh 33, Sanjay Majumder 3/17) lost to Tri 121 (Samrat Singh 45, Omar Alam 2/19) by 4 wickets J&K will need a special effort to end their record losing streak. On Wednesday, they lost their fourth game in the ongoing season and 32nd in a row. After electing to bat first, J&K were bowled out for just 119 with Bandeep Singh (33), the lone contributor. Though Tripura took it to the last over, medium pacer Manisankar Muransingh’s unbeaten cameo of 23 from 11 balls sealed the deal after opener Samrat Singh knock of 45 runs. For J&K, Parvez Rasool claimed 3/25 and debutant Omar Alam picked 2/19. Kerala v Saurashtra: Ker: 165/9 (Rohan Prem 56, Sachin Baby 43, Jaydev Unadkat 3/23) beat Sau 115/9 (Cheteshwar Pujara 26, Manu Krishnan 3/11, P Padmanabhan 3/13) by 50 runs In red-hot form, Kerala brushed aside a strong Saurashtra team to register their fourth victory in a row. After posting a challenging 165/5 courtesy Rohan Prem’s 56 and Sachin Baby’s 43, Kerala bowlers responded strongly to limit Saurashtra to just 115/9. Left arm spinners Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan and Padmanabhan Prasanth picked three wickets each as Saurashtra were reduced to 68-6 in the 13th over. Opening the batting, Pujara made 26 from 24 balls. So far in the tournament, only Delhi and Kerala have won all their four matches. Group C Delhi v Assam: Assam 44 (Subodh Bhati 4/9, Shivam Sharma 3/7) lost to Del 50/2 in 9.1 overs (Unmukt Chand 29 not out) by 8 wickets. Assam were blown away by Delhi in a Group C encounter at Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda. After captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to bowl first, Delhi bowlers wreaked havoc as Assam were bowled out in under an hour for just 44 runs. Medium pacer Subodh Bhati struck thrice in an over to finish with career-best figures of 4/9. Off spinner Shivam Sharma struck from the other end as he dismissed three Assam batters while giving away just seven runs. The Delhi batters inflicted further humiliation when they knocked down the required runs in just 9.1 overs. Madhya Pradesh v Railways: Rlys 103/10 in 20 overs (Saurabh 28, Ashwin Das 4/10) lost to MP 104/4 (Jalaj Saxena, Karn Sharma 2/28) by 6 wickets Bowlers once again played a crucial role as Madhya Pradesh notched up their third win in four games. Debutant Ashwin Das could not have dreamt of a better performance in his first game as he picked 4/10 from four overs. After Ishwar Pandey dismissed both the openers, Ashwin first removed Railways captain Mahesh Rawat for two and then ran through the lower order. MP openers Jalaj Saxena and Zafar Ali added 50 runs for the first wicket before seasoned leggie Karn Sharma removed Zafar for 36. Though they lost three more wickets, Jalaj remained not out on 37 as MP reached the total in 16.2 overs. Follow the stars Opening the batting, Cheteshwar Pujara made 26 runs against Kerala Dinesh Karthik was run out after facing just one ball Naman Ojha was out for 10 in Madhya Pradesh’s match against Railways Karn Sharma scored 10 and picked 2/28 from four overs Gautam Gambhir was out for 10 in Delhi’s match against Assam