With a win against Karnataka, Saurashtra have managed to climb up from the No 8 spot. Assam, who were playing their last game of the league phase in the penultimate round of Ranji Trophy 2016-17, lost to Jharkhand and will face relegation next season. Odisha are at the No 3 spot with 22 points after beating Maharashtra while Delhi have jumped to the fourth position after gaining three points on the basis of first innings lead against Vidarbha. Delhi and Maharashtra both have 21 points but are separated by the net run-rate. While Jharkhand currently top the table with 32 points, the last round is likely to witness some exciting games as teams fight for a place in the knockouts. Group B, Round 8 – Day 4 Round-up: Saurashtra vs Karnataka in Patiala: Kar 1st inn 200/10 in 64.1 overs (M Pandey 75, V Jivrajani 3/41, J Chauhan 3/52); Sau 1st inn 359/10 in 115 overs (P Mankad 126, A Kazi 4/83); Kar 2nd inn 216/10 in 92.4 overs (K Abbas 74, J Chauhan 4/71); Sau 2nd inn 58/6 in 18.4 overs (P Mankad 14*, K Gowtham 4/14) Saurashtra won by 4 wickets Resuming on 168 for five, Karnataka were bowled out for 216 earlier on the fourth day. Trapped lbw by J Chauhan, K Abbas was the first to return to the pavilion on Day 4 with the team on 189 for six. Jaydev Unadkat then followed up with the wickets of Mayank Agarwal and Shreyas Gopal leaving Karnataka on 199 for eight. Jivarajani accounted for A Kazi while the debutant left-arm spinner Chauhan, accounted for Vinay Kumar to complete his maiden four-for and wrap-up the innings. While chasing the 58-run target, Saurashtra were tested by K Gowtham (4/14) and A Kazi (2/21). Running through the lineup they had reduced the Jaydev Shah-led team to 36 for six. Prerak Mankad, who had set up the game for his side with a century in the first innings, then took them to victory with Arpit Vasavada. Vidarbha vs Delhi in Chennai: Vid 1st 183/10 in 62.3 overs (S Shrivastava 62, S Wagh 46*, S Narwal 4/38, NA Saini 3/30); Delhi 1st inn 250/8 decl in 81 overs (M Sharma 82*, R Gurbani 4/76, Lalit 3/79); Vid 2nd inn 37/3 in 19 overs (F Fazal 14, S Narwal 1/7, V Tokas 1/7) Match Drawn. Delhi took first innings lead. With no play on the third day due to bad weather, Delhi, who were on 250 for eight at stumps on Day 2 with a 67-run first innings lead, runs declared their innings on the same score when play resumed on the fourth day. With the result a foregone conclusion, Vidarbha were 37 for three when the match was called off. Delhi gained three points from the drawn encounter on the basis of a first innings lead while the Faiz Fazal-led team picked one. Assam vs Jharkhand in Vizianagaram: Jharkhand 1st inn 316/10 in 118 overs (I Jaggi 93, K Das 4/65); Assam 1st inn 126/10 in 52.2 overs (PK Das 30, Rahul Shukla 4/48, A Kumar 2/21, S Nadeem 2/24); F/o Assam 2nd inn 299/10 in 104.4 overs (S Roy 86, R Shukla 3/74, A Kumar 2/49); Jharkhand 2nd inn 111/5 in 20.2 overs (I Jaggi 34, A Singh 30, A Das 3/49, D Goswami 2/38) Jharkhand won by 5 wickets Assam lost their last five wickets for 30 after resuming their second innings on 269 for five on the last morning. Bowled out for 299 after being asked to follow on, they set Jharkhand a 110-run target. Rahul Shukla and Ashish Kumar picked three and two wickets respectively to set up the win for the Saurabh Tiwary-led team. However, with Assam pacers – Arup Das and Dhiraj Goswami - striking at regular intervals, Jharkhand lost five wickets before attaining the target. Ishank Jaggi was the top-scorer for Jharkhand with 34 runs as they registered a win. Odisha vs Maharashtra in Wayanad: Odisha 1st inn 319/10 in 84.5 overs (B Mohanty 12, A Sanklecha 5/75); Maha 1st inn 94/10 in 26 overs (A Sanklecha 18, S Pradhan 4/34, D Behera 3/16, B Mohanty 3/20); F/o Maha 2nd inn 107/10 in 36.4 overs (V More 29, A Sanklecha 22, B Samantray 4/34, S Pradhan 3/36) Odisha won by innings and 118 runs