Even as wickets fell like a pack of cards at the Karnail Singh Stadium, Jharkhand are headed for a victory in their match against Maharashtra. 16 wickets fell on the third day as the bowlers dominated the proceedings in New Delhi. Nitish Rana and Rishabh Pant scored 146 runs each while Pradeep Sangwan too slammed a century against Assam to put Delhi on top in the run fest in Baroda. Vidarbha secured a first innings lead against Odisha while rain continued to play spoilsport in Vizianagaram on Day 3 in the match between Saurashtra and Team Rajasthan. Group B, Round 1- Day 3, Round up: Saurashtra vs Team Rajasthan in Vizianagaram: Sau 1st inn 430/10 in 97.3 overs (J Shah 193, S Jackson 76, M Lomror 2/16); Team Raj 1st inn 62/1 in 19 overs (MN Singh 44*, S Vyas 1/5) Trail by 368 runs

Only 17.2 overs could be bowled. Rajasthan lost opener Vineet Saxena to S Vyas while MN Singh held up one end was batting on 44 when play for the day was called off. Odisha vs Vidarbha in Vizag: Odisha 1st inn 150/10 in 78.1 (B Samantaray 53, A Wakhare 3/19); Vidarbha 1st inn 272/6 decl in 102 overs (F Fazal 99, D Behera 3/35); Odisha 2nd inn 74/0 in 22 overs (S Pattnaik 40*, Ranjit Singh 27*) Vidarbha declared their innings for 272 after securing a 122-run first innings lead. While captain Faiz Fazal missed out on a century, valuable contributions from the rest of the lineup ensured the team a respectable score. At stumps, Odisha were on 74 with openers S Pattnaik and Ranjit Singh in the middle with a day left in the game. Delhi vs Assam in Baroda: Assam 1st inn 193/10 in 76.3 overs (R Hazarika 37, V Sood 2/29, Pradeep Sangwan 3/47); Delhi 1st inn 589/8 decl in 128.1 overs (R Pant 146, N Rana 146, P Sangwan 100*, A Ahmed 5/106); Assam 2nd inn 100/3 in 37 runs (R Hazarika 40, M Sharma 2/45) Trail by 296 runs With already a solid lead behind them when they resumed their first innings on 241 for three, Delhi continued to pile on the runs on the third day. Rishabh Pant and Nitish Rana both went on to post 146 runs each to boost the total. While Milind Kumar missed his ton by eight runs, Pradeep Sangwan reached the three-figure mark. Delhi eventually declared their innings on 589 for eight with a 369-run lead. Manan Sharma then picked two wickets after Varun Sood claimed Assam opener P Das to tighten the noose around the opposition’s neck. Assam were 100 for three when play ended for the day. Jharkhand vs Maharashtra at the Karnail Singh Stadium (New Delhi): Maha 1st inn 210/10 in 71.1 overs (A Bawane 78, K Jadhav 59, V Aaron 4/47, A Kumar 3/32); Jharkhand 1st inn 306/10 in 105.2 overs (K Singh 130, A Sanklecha 5/71); Maha 2nd inn 188 all out in 61.4 overs (K Jadhav 56, S Nadeem 3/43, A Kumar 3/44); Jharkhand 2nd inn 56/4 in 13 overs (S Tiwary 22, V Singh 16*, A Sanklecha 2/20, S Mundhe 2/22) Need 37 runs to win Bowlers put Jharkhand in an advantageous position on the third day after batsmen seized a 96-run first innings lead. After resuming their first inning on 293 for seven, Jharkhand were bowled out for 306 earlier in the day. Shahbaz Nadeem and Ashish Kumar then ran through the Maharashtra lineup to bowl the opposition out for 188 in the second innings. The bowlers claimed three wickets apiece while Varun Aaron took two to put the team from north on top. However, wickets continued to tumble at the Karnail Singh Stadium as Jharkhand’s openers returned to the hut without opening their accounts. Anupam Sanklecha and Shrikant Mundhe reduced them to zero for two, but Virat Singh and Saurabh Tiwary arrested the fall for a while. However, the Maharashtra bowlers picked a wicket each leaving Jharkhand on 56 for four at stumps. With Virat Singh batting on 16 with Anand Singh, Jharkhand are still 37 runs short of the target.