After their batsmen set up the game in Delhi’s favour after claiming a solid first innings lead, Ishant Sharma picked two early wickets to push Odisha on the backfoot. Maharashtra on course to claim first innings lead after bowlers leave Team Rajasthan trailing by 162 runs with two wickets in hand. In Mumbai too, Karnataka in a advantageous position after Stuart Binny, Karun Nair and Robin Uthappa score big centuries against Assam. Group B, Round 4 – Day 3 Round-up:

Delhi vs Odisha in Mohali: Odisha 1st inn 237/10 in 77.4 overs (S Senapati 76, B Samantray 62, V Sood 3/23, S Narwal 2/34, M Sharma 2/52); Delhi 1st inn 495/8 decl in 144.5 overs (M Kumar 106*, M Sharma 81, D Singh 4/84); Odisha 2nd inn 109/4 in 43 overs (G Podder 52*, I Sharma 2/17) Trail by 149 runs

After resuming on 351 for seven, Gautam Gambhir declared Delhi’s innings on 495 for eight at the fall of Manan Sharma’s wicket for 81. Milind Kumar remained unbeaten on 106 when the innings was declared with a 258-run first innings lead. Ishant Sharma then dealt the first blow by claiming Ranjit Singh in the fifth over and later accounting for S Pattnaik to lave Odisha on 54 for two. Vikas Tokas and Manan Sharma chipped in a wicket each. At stumps Odisha were 109 for four with Govind Podder (52*) and B Samantray in the middle. Team Rajasthan vs Maharashtra in Hyderabad: Maha 1st inn 461/10 in 147.4 overs (NS Shaikh 143, R Tripathi 95, VV More 62, P Singh 4/62, M Lomror 2/47, TM Ul Haq 2/77); Team Raj 1st inn 299/8 in 118.4 overs (MN Singh 63, SDobal 59, C Bist 43*, C Khurana 2/24, A Darekar 2/31) Trail by 162 runs

As Team Rajasthan trail by 162 runs, Maharashtra need two wickets to seize a first innings. In reply to Maharashtra’s 461, the Pankaj Singh-led team were 299 for eight at stumps on the third day as the match heads into a draw. With Chirag Khurana, Akshay Darekar, M Sayyad striking at regular intervals to keep the lineup on a tight leash Team Rajasthan were unable to grab the momentum from the opposition. When play ended for the day at the fall of A Choudhary’s wicket, C Bist was batting on 43.

Assam vs Karnataka in Mumbai: Assam 1st inn 325/10 in 108.5 overs (A Verma 166*, S Gopal 3/74); Karnataka 1st inn 570/9 decl. in 138.4 overs (S Binny 156, K Nair 145, R Uthappa 128, A Das 4/86); Assam 2nd inn 48/1 in 18 overs (R Hazarika 25, S Gopal 1/5) Trail by 197 runs Overnight batsmen, R Uthappa and K Nair, who were both batting on 108 when play resumed on Day 3 were sent back for 128 and 145 respectively later in the day. While the Karnataka lineup chipped in, Stuart Binny went on to slam 156 off 158 balls before being bowled by Arup Das. In the 2015-16 season S Bhavane, K Nair and Shreyas Gopal too had scored centuries in the same innings against Bengal. Karnataka declared their innings at the fall of the allrounder wicket with a 245-run first innings lead. Assam were then 48 for one at the end of day’s play and trailing by 197 runs. Jharkhand vs Vidarbha in Wayanad: Vidarbha 1st inn 105/10 in 42 overs (JM Sharma 21, Vikash 4/24, Ajay 3/28, Ashish Kumar 2/36); Jharkhand 1st inn 362/8 decl. in 122.5 overs (I Jaggi 112*, P Singh 86, A Singh 76, A Karnewar 2/45); Vidarbha 2nd inn 315/3 in 96 overs (SR Ramaswamy 102, A Shanware 54*, R Jangid 50*, A Kumar 1/56) Lead by 58 runs. After a dismal performance in the first innings, Vidarbha conceded the first innings lead to Jharkhand in the ongoing match. However, as the match heads towards a draw, the Faiz Fazal-led team have thus far put up a better display in their second innings. Lifted by a

SR Ramaswamy’s maiden century followed by half-centuries from Fazal, A Shanware and R Jangid they were 315 for three at stumps on Day 3. After the loss of Fazal in the morning with the side on 93, the young opener continued to rally on. Along with G Satish he had taken the team to 171 when Ashish Kumar trapped the No 3 bat lbw. 59 runs later, Shahbaz Nadeem sent back Ramaswamy to leave the team on 230 for three. Shanware and Jangid then took the team to stumps in an unbroken stand for the fourth wicket.