Opener Karan Goel scored his maiden ton to help hosts Punjab score 214 for one on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy encounter against favourites Baroda.
Their 82-run sixth-wicket partnership enabled Maharashtra end day 1 on 204 for 5, in the Ranji Trophy match against Gujarat.
Rajasthan earned three points by virtue of its 64-run first innings lead over Karnataka in their Ranji Trophy Elite "A" Group match that ended in a draw in Mysore on Tuesday
Maharashtra scored 139 for three in the second innings after taking a 15-run lead over Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy match.
The spin duo of Praveen Gupta and Piyush Chawla forced the Baroda team to dance to their tunes on the penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' super league match in Lucknow.
Bengal were in a commanding position after declaring their first innings at 513 for six in reply to Punjab's 241 on the third day of the Ranji Trophy elite group B match
Mohammad Aslam and Shamsher Singh grabbed four wickets each as Rajasthan dismissed Karnataka for 329 and gained a first innings lead of 64 runs
With rain playing spoilsport,Tamil Nadu's chances of scoring an outright win received a setback as only 116 minutes of play was possible and Saurashtra's first innings is yet to be completed in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match in progress in Chennai.
Delhi were 40 without loss in reply to Mumbai's 551 on day 2 in the Ranji Trophy match.
Medium pacer Vinay Kumar claimed three wickets for 30 runs to reduce Railways to 186 for 5 on day 1 in the Ranji Trophy 'Elite' Group 'A' match.
Andhra Pradesh trounced Orissa by 102 runs in their Ranji trophy Elite Group-B match at Barabati stadium in Cuttack
Andhra Pradesh amassed 287 runs in the second innings of their Ranji trophy Elite Group-B match putting a stiff target of 327 runs before hosts Orissa Orissa to win
Young Mumbai opener Sahil Kukreja missed a maiden first class double hundred by one run, but his sterling innings left the holders' Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group A match against Delhi on a knife's edge.
Two career-best centuries by Rakesh Solanki (186) and Yusuf Pathan (183) helped hosts Vadodara take a 145-run first innings lead against Bengal as they piled a mammoth 515 runs on the penultimate day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' match at the Motibaug Palace ground in Vadodara on Saturday.
Hosts Karnataka were in the driver's seat after picking four Himachal Pradesh wickets for a mere 117 at the close of play in reply to their mammoth 452 for nine declared in the Ranji Trophy Elite 'A' match held in M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Friday.
Anustup Mazumdar (103) and Arindam Das (117 not out) scored chanceless centuries to propel Bengal to 262 for 2 against hosts Vadodara on the first day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' match at the Matibaug Palace ground in Vadodara on Thursday.
Hyderabad, following-on, were 81 for 3 in their second innings, still 148 runs behind Bengal, on the penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy match.
Hyderabad are in deep trouble after losing five wickets for 65 runs in reply to Bengal's huge 461 in the first innings, thanks to a fine 203 by Manoj Tewari and a sparkling 111 not out by debutant Wriddhiman Saha.
A summary of the day's play in the Elite division matches of the Ranji Trophy.
Mumbai took a healthy 107-run first innings lead against Karnataka on the second day of their Ranji Trophy match.
Round up of the Ranji trophy matches being played in the country.
A round-up of Tuesday's play in the Ranji Trophy.
But left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha enabled Railways rally by claiming four wickets, on day 1 in the Ranji Trophy semi-final.
Railways nudged ahead of Delhi to Ranji Trophy semi-finals by scoring a seven-wicket win over Karnataka.
The opener hit 122 as Mumbai finished the third day at 350 for 3 in reply to Delhi's first innings tally of 394.
Fine bowling by Ashraf Makda and Hitesh Majumdar helped Gujarat restrict Madhya Pradesh to 242 for 7.
Sairaj Bahutule slammed an unbeaten century amidst controversy to lift Mumbai from 67 for six to 264 for 8 against Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy match.
Mumbai collapsed from 129 for one to 273 for eight on the opening day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group 'A' league match.
Bengal registered a modest 229 for 7 on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Elite division Group 'A' match.
Y Gnaneswar Rao's half-century helped Andhra beat Bengal by four wickets in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match.
Karnataka batsmen did not capitalise on their starts and were restricted to 273 for 8 in their first innings on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match.
The Delhi captain's unbeaten century helped his team register a huge score of 427 for seven against Karnataka.
The Mumbai off-spinner took five for 66 to restrict Gujarat to 210 for eight on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match.
Tamil Nadu were struggling at 191 for seven in the first innings after day one of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' match.
Madhya Pradesh's right arm medium pacer grabbed 4 for 50 to have Delhi reeling on day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match.
Mumbai were 305 for 3 in the first innings on day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match against Andhra.
The pair put on a century partnership as Bengal salvaged a draw against Railways in the Ranji Trophy match.
Gujarat, who made 330 in their first knock, dismissed Karnataka for 272 and then scored 124 for two in their second innings at stumps.
The defending champions had MP reeling at 99 for 5 in their second innings at stumps on the penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy match.
Tejinder Pal Singh played an important innings of 86 to take his team to 305 for nine against Bengal.
