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Amol Muzumdar scored his 19th Ranji Trophy century as Mumbai scored 232 for 4 on day one against Railways.
The India captain will become the first Indian cricketer to be bestowed with the honour on three occasions.
Mumbai ended day one on 283 for five against Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy match on Monday.
Karnataka inflicted an innings and 20 runs defeat on Mumbai with more than a day to spare in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final in Nagpur on Sunday to move into the semi-finals in convincing fashion.
A summary of the third day's play in the Elite Division Ranji Trophy matches.
Delhi had got three points by virtue of their first innings lead but the victory helped them top the group with 23 points. Saurashtra finished with the same tally but Delhi had a superior run quotient.
Delhi piled up 337 for two wickets on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Group A match against Karnataka.
Delhi's spinner Chetanya Nanda claimed three wickets on the opening day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group match in Dharamsala on Saturday.
Dinesh Karthik followed up on his 92 in the first innings with a match-saving 103 not out in the second to help Tamil Nadu walk away with one point against Bengal in their Ranji Trophy Group A match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
Skipper Manoj Tiwary showed the way as Bengal produced a much improved batting performance in the second innings against Mumbai in a group A encounter in Nagpur. After Ashok Dinda's 22nd five wicket haul in first class cricket enabled Bengal to restrict Mumbai to 229, Bengal scored 198 for 3 in 61 overs.
The medium pacer claimed five wickets as Maharashtra restricted Mumbai to 175 in the first innings and took a lead of 38 runs, on day 2 of the Ranji Trophy match.
Following on, Maharashtra were 148 for 6 in their second innings, still 177 behind Mumbai's first innings of 515 in the Ranji Trophy match.
Karnataka has three points from four matches and Maharashtra four from as many outings.
The trio will represent the 36-time champions in the last round Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra.
Punjab conceded a 23-run first innings lead to Hyderabad after being bowled out for 356 in reply to the visitors total of 379 on the third day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League group 'B' match on Saturday.
Kerala captain Sreekumar Nair and Sureshkumar shared seven wickets amongst themselves in the Ranji Trophy match.
After restricting Bengal to 238, Karnataka, who were dismissed for 89 in the first innings, were 317 for 5 in their second essay in the Ranji Trophy semi-final.
After restricting Services to 241, Haryana were 221 for 6 in the first innings at the end of day 2 in the Ranji Trophy match.
Upadhaya fell eight runs short of his maiden first class century while Sarabjit is unbeaten on 78 on the opening day of their final Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' match.
Chasing 136 for victory, Hyderabad made heavy weather of the target in the Ranji Trophy match.
Tamil Nadu were 267 for six in reply to Baroda's 263 in the Ranji Trophy tie.
Gujarat are still 335 runs behind Bengal's first innings score of 462.
Maharashtra ended day two at 78 for no loss after being forced to follow-on.
Bengal in their first innings were 195 for the loss of three wickets against host Gujarat.
Delhi logged two points by virtue of the first innings lead as Andhra fell short of the victory target by four runs on the final day of the Super League Group A Ranji Trophy match.
Debutant Yogesh Sachdeva claimed five wickets against Railways in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' tie.
The India discard Pathan fashions Baroda victory hit an unbeaten 82 as Baroda beat UP by five wickets and entered the Ranji Trophy semi-finals.
Mumbai beat Rajasthan by an innings and 31 runs to keep themselves in the race for a semi-final berth in the Ranji Trophy.
Needing 200 runs in their second innings to gain four points from the match, Maharashtra reached the target in 93.4 overs.
Half centuries by Rohan Gavaskar and Arindam Das enabled Bengal scored 208 for 3 on the opening day against Karnataka.
Suresh Raina scored a brilliant 127 as Uttar Pradesh posted 242 for 5 on day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match against Punjab.
Tamil Nadu were 254 for 7 on day 1 in the Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra.
Hyderabad were 250 for 5 on day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match against Haryana.
Baroda off-spinner Ajit Bhoite justified his inclusion in the team with a four-wicket haul.
Sourav Sarkar sizzled on debut claiming four wickets to rattle the Maharashtra top order in the Ranji Trophy match.
After conceding a 79-run first innings lead, Haryana were 223 for 3 in the second innings, in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' match.
Gujarat bundled out defending champions Railways for 188 runs in the first innings on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy elite Group 'A' match.
Captain Sairaj Bahutule's unbeaten 52 saw Maharashtra recover from 97 for 6 to 183 for 7 on day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match against Delhi.
Hyderabad gained a first innings lead of 139 runs on the penultimate day of the Elite Group 'B' Ranji Trophy match.
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