Railways are within touching distance of securing their maiden victory this season thanks to their consistent show on three days against Baroda in Nagpur’s Vidarbha Cricket Ground. On the final day of the Ranji Trophy’s sixth round matches, they need only 23 runs to win. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh are locked in a close battle with Mumbai and need 252 runs on the fourth day with nine wickets in hand. Group A, Round-up Day 2: Uttar Pradesh v Mumbai in Mysore: Mumbai 233/10 (Surya Kumar Yadav 99, Kuldeep Yadav 4/46) & 286 (Suryakumar Yadav 90; Saurabh Kumar 3/48, Kuldeep Yadav 3 for 77) lead Uttar Pradesh 225 225/10 (R Singh 70, K Yadav 50, T Deshpande 3/66, A Nayar 2/19, V Dabholkar 2/26, A Dhumal 2/33); & 43/1 (Shivam Chaudhary 28; Shardul Thakur 1/16) by 252 runs. The engrossing battle between Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh saw another close contest on the third day after Suryakumar Yadav’s fighting 90 and a late flourish from Shardul Thakur (48) helped Mumbai set Uttar Pardesh a target of 295 runs. Shardul trapped opener Tanamay Srivastava lbw for six as UP made 43 when stumps were drawn on the third day. The final day promises to be a thriller with Mumbai needing nine wickets for a win and UP requiring 252 runs for their first win this season. Mumbai were in trouble earlier after being four down for 79 runs when the fifth wicket pair of Surya and Abhishek Nayar added 81 runs. For UP, Saurabh Kumar (3 for 48) and Kuldeep Yadav (3 for 77) shared six wickets between them, while captain Bhuvaneshwar Kumar took two for 53. Railways vs Baroda in Nagpur: Baroda 183/10 (Dhiren Mistry 50, Kedar Devdhar 45; Avinash Yadav 5/50, Karn Sharma 3/57) & 239 (Deepak Hooda 98, Avinash Yadav 3/50) v Railways 1st inn 310/10 (S Wakaskar 104, M Rawat 72, S Shukla 51, A Sheth 4/54, B Pathan 3/54) & 90/2 (Saurabh Wakaskar 45, Babashafi Pathan 2/26) need 23 runs to win Railways are set to clinch their maiden victory in the 2016-17 season on the fourth day as they need only 23 more runs against Baroda. Needing 113 runs for victory after bowling Baroda out for 239 in their second innings at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Railways were safely placed 90/2 at Stumps on the third day. The Railways’ bowlers were right on target as barring Deepak Hooda, who missed out on a century after being dismissed on 98, no Baroda batsman offered resistance. Avinash Yadav took two wickets while Anureet Singh, Deepak Bansal, Ashish Yadav shared two wickets each. Gujarat vs Madhya Pradesh in Nagothane: Gujarat 1st inn 302/10 (M Juneja 79, C Sakure 4/65, G Yadav 3/57) & 228/2 (Samit Gohil 93*, Parthiv Patel 80*, Ishwar Pandey 2/49) vs MP 252/10 (R Patidar 71, Rush Kalaria 4/72, A Patel 2/50) Gujarat lead by 278 runs Gujarat are 278 runs ahead courtesy a third-wicket unbeaten stand of 143 runs between Samit Gohil (93) and Parthiv Patel (80) in Nagothane against Madya Pradesh. While the Madhya Pradesh tail fought to overhaul Gujarat’s first innings score of 302, they were eventually bowled out for 252 runs, giving Gujarat a lead of 50 runs. Rush Kalaria was pick of the bowlers taking four wickets for 72 runs. Bengal vs Tamil Nadu in Rajkot: Bengal 337/10 (S Chatterjee 100, A Pan 59, Vignesh K 4/70, AR Srinivas 3/67); TN 348/9 (Dinesh Karthik 80, Kaushik Gandhi 65, Sayan Ghosh 4/121) lead by 11 runs Towards the end of day three, Tamil Nadu managed to secure a first innings lead against Bengal after battling for 107 overs in Rajkot. Replying to Bengal’s first innings score of 337, Tamil Nadu, who resumed on 60/1 were guided Dinesh Karthik’s 80 and Kaushik Gandhi’s 65. The lower-order too played its part with No. 8 Aswin Christ making 36 and No. 10 K Vignesh staying unbeaten on 30 from 38 balls to ensure their team inched ahead by 11 runs.