South Zone were 158 for the loss of five wickets in the second innings after following on the third day of the Duleep Trophy league match against Central Zone at the Lalbhai Contractor Stadium in Surat on Saturday.

Asked to bat again after facing a deficit of 213 runs over Central's first innings score of 478, South lost wickets at regular intervals in the second essay.

Only experienced S Sriram offered some resistance and was unbeaten on 94, which included 10 boundaries, along with Srikumar Nair (0) when the stumps were drawn for the day.

Earlier, resuming at their overnight score of 127 for three in first innings, South were all out for 265 in 76.3 overs with wicketkeeper Dinesh Kartik emerging the top scorer with a fighting knock of 51 (7x4, 1x6).

For Central, Piyush Chawla [Images] took three wickets for 62 runs, while Harvinder Singh and skipper Sanjay Bangar also chipped in with two wickets each.

Scorecard:

Central Zone first innings: 478 all out

South Zone first innings: 265 all out

South Zone second innings: (following on)
R Uthappa lbw b Pande 0
R Barrington lbw b Bangar 7
S Sriram not out 94
D Kartik c Oza b Bangar 11
H Badani c Pande b Abbas Ali 22
A Yadav b Chawla 17
Srikumar Nair not out 0

Extras: (lb 2, nb 5) 7

Total: (For five wickets) 158

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-33, 3-59, 4-107, 5/153.

Bowling: S Pande 8-0-33-1, Harvinder Singh 6-1-20-0, P Chawla 8-2-25-1, S Bangar 9-2-30-2, K Parida 6-0-21-0, Abbas Ali 6-1-27-1.