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Uttar Pradesh records win

Mumbai's Ramesh Powar, who scalped five wickets in Karnataka's second innings, celebrates after removing Sujit Somasundar.

KARAD, DEC. 25. Uttar Pradesh registered a five-wicket win over Maharashtra to collect four points in their four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group `B' match here on Saturday.

Set a target of 231, Uttar Pradesh reached it without fuss. Resuming at 59 for one, Uttar Pradesh made 234 for five as Rizwan Shamshad top-scored with 78 (106b, 11x4). Opener Jyoti Yadav made 50. Shivakant Shukla (40) and Shamshad added 114 for the fourth wicket.

The scores:

Elite Group `A':

At Mumbai: 292 & 264 for eight decl. bt Karnataka 166 & 185 in 76.2 overs (S. Somasundar 40, S. Joshi 45 not out, Ramesh Powar five for 84). Mumbai 4 points, Karnataka 0.

At Kolkata: Bengal 240 & 232 in 55.4 overs (L.R. Shukla 51, K. Lal four for 72, A. Bhandari five for 61) lost to Delhi 251 & 222 for two in 49.5 overs (A. Chopra 62 not out, G. Gambhir 126). Delhi 4, Bengal 0.

At Anantapur: Railways 263 & 270 for four decl. (A. Pagnis 145, S. Bangar 51) bt Andhra 202 & 198 in 63.4 overs (A.S.K. Varma 50, J.P. Yadav four for 38). Railways 4, Andhra 0.

At Ahmedabad: Gujarat 353 & 124 for one (Hem Joshipura 68 not out) drew with M.P. 280 (Brajesh Tomar 55). Gujarat 2, M.P. 0.

Elite Group `B':

At Karad: Maharashtra 394 & 119 lost to Uttar Pradesh 282 & 234 for five (Jyoti Yadav 50, Rizwan Shamshad 78, Shivakant Shukla 40). Uttar Pradesh 4, Maharashtra 0.

Plate matches:

At Agartala: Goa 278 & 190 (J. Harish 46, Tushar Saha five for 65) drew with Tripura 211. Goa 2, Tripura 0.

At Palakkad: Kerala 319 & 281 for seven decl. bt J&K 140 & 299 in 141.5 overs (Sajjad 79, Fayaz 45, K. Ananthapadmanabhan five for 51). Kerala 4, J&K 0.

At Jamshedpur: Himachal Pradesh 275 & 120 bt Jharkhand 218 & 155 in 60.5 overs (Ashok Thakur four for 42, Vishal Bhatia five for 28). Himachal 4, Jharkhand 0.

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