Saurashtra captain, Jaydev Shah who kicked off the season with 193 against Team Rajasthan, scored his maiden double-century in the ongoing round of Ranji Trophy against Maharashtra. While the skipper pushed the opposition on the backfoot, Chirag Jani too scored his maiden first-class century to propel the team to a mountainous total. Highest wicket-taker of Ranji Trophy 2015-16, Shahbaz Nadeem claimed seven for 74 to bowl Jharkhand to a small first innings lead against Team Rajasthan. The Karnataka batsmen ensured the team a solid first innings lead by posting 414 after the bowlers had skittled Delhi out for a double-digit total on day 1. Group B, Round 3 – Day 2 Round-up: Maharashtra vs Saurashtra in Vizianagaram: Saurashtra 1st inn 657/8 decl (J Shah 217, C Jani 100*, M Sayyad 4/90); Maha 1st 18/0 in 6 overs. Trail by 639 runs While Cheteshwar Pujara departed for 93 earlier in the day, captain Jaydev Shah slammed a career best 217 to power his team to a massive 657. While the captain milked the Maharashtra attack, Chirag Jani too scored his maiden century as they helped the team to a commanding position before declaring the innings late in the day. In reply, Maharashtra were 18 without loss at the end of day’s play. Delhi vs Karnataka in Kolkata: Delhi 1st inn 90/10 in 35.5 overs (R Pant 24, D Shorey 24, A Sreenath 4/12, Gowtham K 3/26, A Mithun 2/29); Karnataka 1st inn 414/10 in 141.3 overs (CM Gautam 63*, K Nair 53, V Sood 4/80, V Tokas 3/81) Lead by 324 runs After their bowling attack bundled Delhi out for 90, the Karnataka batsmen helped the team to a comfortable 324-run lead before being bowled out for 414 on the second day. While CM Gautam remained not out on 63, Karun Nair and MK Abbas too posted half-centuries on the second day. These efforts were supplemented by valuable contributions from rest of the lineup to build on the advantage given by the bowlers and set-up the match for Karnataka. Vidarbha vs Assam in Trivandrum: Vidarbha 1st inn 254/3 in 90 overs (G Satish 93*, SR Ramaswamy 83, F Fazal 44, S Purkayastha 3/86) No play on Day 2. Jharkhand vs Team Rajasthan in Vadodara: Jharkhand 1st inn 209/10 in 73.5 overs (K Singh 56, I Jaggi 49, Pankaj Singh 5/60); Team Rajasthan 1st inn 207/10 in 83.2 overs (M Singh 50, V Saxena 50, S Nadeem 7/74); Jharkhand 2nd inn 73/2 in 18 overs (V Singh 35, P Singh 33, A Choudhary 1/13, Pankaj Singh 1/24) Lead by 75 runs. While the openers – M Singh and Vineet Saxena scored half-centuries the rest of the lineup succumbed to the Shahbaz Nadeem-led attack. The spinner claimed seven for 74 as he bowled Jharkhand to a two-run first innings lead. Ashok Menaria was the only other Team Rajasthan batsman who made a valuable contribution of 42 even as the Jharkhand bowlers dealt crucial blows to bowl the side out for 207. With A Choudhary and Pankaj Singh then picking up a wicket each, Jharkhand were 73 for two at the end of day’s play.