Mukesh Kumar bagged a six-wicket haul in the second innings.

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Dharmendrasinh Jadeja's five-wicket haul fast-tracked Saurashtra's victory in Rajkot as they defeated Manipur by an innings and 243 runs. Despite a counter-attacking 64 not out from Bikash Singh, Manipur folded for just 144 in their second innings to lose the game inside three days. Saurashtra, the defending champions, are currently top Group A with 29 points but Vidarbha are likely to go past them. Manipur, meanwhile, are set to be relegated to Plate having lost all seven matches.

Aditya Sarwate and Yash Thakur bagged three wickets apiece as they helped Vidarbha pick up the first innings lead against Haryana despite a fighting 131 from Nishant Sindhu and a 59 Rahul Tewatia. Haryana were bowled out for 333 to concede a 90-run lead, which Vidarbha extended to 203, ending the day at 113/4 in their second innings.

A collective batting performance, led by Nakul Sharma's 87, helped Services extend their lead to 205 against Maharashtra as they went to Stumps at 430/9.

Three wickets apiece for Shahbaz Nadeem and Anukul Roy put Jharkhand on track for a victory against Rajasthan. Jharkhand finished their second innings with 269, setting Rajasthan a target of 248. The visitors then faltered with the bat as they were reduced to 120/6 at stumps, with a lot riding on the unbeaten pair of Mahipal Lomror (30*) and Samarpit Joshi (22*).

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Mukesh Kumar bagged a six-wicket haul in the second innings to finish with a match haul of 10 as Bengal registered a victory by an innings and 204 runs against Bihar. Starting the day at 32/1, Bihar were bowled out for 112, with Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal also picking up wickets, as he finished with four in the innings and eight in the match.

Centuries from Akshay Chandran (184) and Sachin Baby (113), along with a half-century for Salman Nizar helped Kerala amass a hefty total of 514/7 declared as they picked up a 242-run lead against Andhra, who then ended the day at 19/1.

Ravi Kiran and Jivesh Butte bagged three wickets each while Ashish Chouhan picked up a couple to put Chhattisgarh in the driver's seat against Uttar Pradesh. They picked up a 176-run first innings lead by bowling UP out for 238 and Chhattisgarh ended the day at 124/5, with an overall lead of 300.

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On an 18-wicket day in Porvorim, Gujarat picked up a seven-wicket win against Goa. Gujarat started the day at 281/5 in their first innings and managed to get to 346 before being bowled out. Goa hurtled to 143 all-out, which left Gujarat with a target of 115. They lost three wickets but managed to get over the line in 29.3 overs. Gujarat currently top Group C with 25 points but may slip to third depending on the matches of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Meanwhile, Goa, with five defeats and only 4 points, are set to be relegated.

Srinivas Sharath and Vijaykumar Vyshak struck centuries on Day three to go with Manish Pandey's ton on Day 2 as Karnataka posted a massive 563/5 declared against Chandigarh, who then went into stumps at 61/0, trailing by 235.

Ajith Ram's six-wicket haul helped Tamil Nadu bowl Punjab out for 274 in their first innings and take a 161-run first innings lead. Asked to follow on, Punjab were reduced to 38/3 before Nehal Wadhera's 103 not out led their recovery as they ended the day at 180/4, leading by 19 runs.

Centuries from Pratham Singh and Mohammad Saif kept Railways in the hunt in a tall chase of 378 against Tripura. Having been reduced to 31/3, a big partnership between Pratham and Saif lifted Railways as they ended the day at 270/4, needing 108 more.

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After conceding a 42-run first innings lead, Madhya Pradesh came up with a much better show with the bat in their second innings as they ended the day at 409/8 against Jammu and Kashmir, leading by 367 runs. Harsh Gawli's 147 led the batting effort, along with fifties for Yash Dubey, Shubham Sharma and Rishabh Chouhan.

Kunal Chandela's century and Aditya Tare's 89 extended Uttarakhand's dominance in their match against Baroda as they finished with 221/6 declared in their second innings to set a target of 424. Baroda were 50/2 at stumps.

Yash Dhull (112) and Jonty Sidhu (105*) struck important centuries while Kshitiz Sharma scored 64 as Delhi took the first innings lead against Odisha. Delhi finished with 451 in reply to Odisha's 440.

PLATE FINAL

Nitesh Reddy and Pragnay Reddy's centuries helped Hyderabad take a 46-run lead over Meghalaya in the final in Hyderabad. Hyderabad finished with 350 before Tanay Thyagarajan picked up a wicket off the third ball in Meghalaya's second innings as they went into stumps at 0/1.