left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar finished with a 10-wicket haul in the match to help Uttar Pradesh post a 155-run win over Gujarat and earn six points from their Group B Ranji Trophy encounter on the third and penultimate day here on Sunday.
Chasing 431 for victory, Gujarat's one-down batsman Bhargav Merai chipped in with a crucial 54, while Manpreet Juneja (91 off 101 balls) and Axar Patel (80 off 89) played gritty late-order knocks, adding 142 runs off 153 balls for the seventh wicket, but failed to avoid defeat.
Saurabh, who claimed five for 37 in the first innings, once again wreaked havoc by taking five for 106 in the second essay to give the visitors an outright win.
Having already taken a 173-run first innings lead over Gujarat, UP resumed today at 163 for seven in their second innings and went on to score 257 all out with overnight batsman Piyush Chawla (62 not out) hitting a solid half-century.
Chasing a massive target, Gujarat lost two early wickets to be reeling at 6 for two inside five overs.
The home team, however, steadied the boat with a 60-run stand between Merai and captain Parthiv Patel (18).
But after Praveen Kumar dismissed Parthiv, Gujarat suddenly found themselves reduced to 110 for six from 66 for three with left-arm spinner Ali Murtaza (3/38) picking up two of the three wickets to fall. Although lower-order batsmen Juneja and Axar tried to bring the hosts back on track but Murtaza removed the former to claim his third wicket before Saurabh came back to clean up the tail.
Baroda take lead VS Madhya pradesh
Vadodara: Baroda made 296 all out in reply to Madhya Pradesh's 269 to take the vital first innings lead on the third and penultimate day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match.
Resuming at the overnight score of 188 for four, Aditya Waghmode (68) added just four runs to his yesterday's score being dismissed.
But big-hitting Yusuf Pathan, not out on 27 last evening, made a sedate 55 that came off 102 balls with the help of two boundaries and as many sixes, while Swapnil Singh made 48 hand Baroda the crucial 27 runs lead in the first innings.
Odisha give strong reply to Delhi
Bhubaneswar: Nataraj Behera and Anurag Sarangi struck fifties as Odisha gave a strong first innings reply to Delhi by reaching 195 for four on day three of the Ranji Trophy Group A game.
Sarangi was unbeaten on 76 while Behera made 62 at the top to take the hosts closer to Delhi's 311.
Delhi, resuming the day at 245 for 7, went on to add 66 runs to their total with the help of tail-ender Pulkit Narang (41 not out ).
The home team was in a spot of bother at 40 for two before Behera and Sarangi shared a 77 run stand to steady the ship.
TN in front but Railways afloat
New Delhi: Fast bowler A Aswin Crist registered the best bowling figures of his first class career to help Tamil Nadu enforce follow-on on Railways on the third and pentultimate day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match.
After posting 328 in their first innings, Tamil Nadu rode on Aswin Crist's (6/60) brilliant bowling to bundle out Railways for 164 after the hosts resumed at the overnight score of 129 for seven.
Besides Aswin Crist, J Kousik also chipped in with three wickets giving away just nine runs.
But following on, Railways batsmen produced a much better accout of themselves in the second essay to take the hosts to 200 for four at stumps at the Karni Singh Stadium.
Hooda 4-wkt haul brings Har back
lahli: Ashish Hooda scalped four wickets for 39 runs in an impressive pace bowling spell as Haryana came back into their Ranji Trophy Group A match against Bengal .
Haryana, led by Virender Sehwag, conceded a 104-run first innings to the visiting team as they were all out for 225 midway in the morning session in reply to Bengal's first innings total of 329.
Overnight batsmen Rohit Sharma (78) and Yuzvendra Chahal (42) were dismissed in quick succession after they shared 105 runs for the ninth wicket as the home side folded their innings.
Sharma and Chahal were instrumental in taking Haryana to a respectable total as the home side were 120 for 8 at one stage.
Hooda rocked the Bengal innings early on by dismissing three of the top-four batsmen to reduce the visiting team to 50 for 4. Sudip Chatterji (49) and Pramod Chandila (24) stitched 56 runs for the fifth wicket and that was the biggest Bengal partnership
Maha need another 241 runs to win
Nagpur: Maharashtra needed another 241 runs to win their Ranji match against Vidarbha.
Chasing 244, Maharashtra started their second innings with opener Swapnil Gugagale back to the pavilion on a duck. At the end of third day's play Maharashtra were 3/1.