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Tamil Nadu eyeing a possible victory

NEW DELHI: The well-known fighting qualities of Railways will be put to a stern test when Tamil Nadu presses for an outright victory on the final day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group `A' match at the Karnail Singh Stadium on Sunday.

After conceding a first innings lead of 101 runs, Railways found itself reduced to 25 for two at stumps on third day on Saturday.

Earlier, resuming the Tamil Nadu innings at 211 for four, S. Badrinath scored a patient 106 after putting on 113 runs for the fifth wicket with Hemant Kumar (53), in a total of 371.

At Bangalore, Mumbai consolidated its first innings lead over Karnataka on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group `A' match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Saturday.

Unbeaten century

Former India player Jacob Martin slammed an unbeaten double century (224, 468b, 28x4) as Baroda cruised to a mammoth 562 for seven at the Green Park ground in Kanpur.

Bengal scripted a 10-wicket win against host Delhi in their Elite `A' encounter. Off-spinner S. Lahiri (five for 57) bowled well as Delhi was dismissed for a paltry 131 after resuming at 22 for no loss. Needing just 69 to win with more than a day to spare, openers Subhomoy Das and Arindam Das knocked off the runs in 23.3 overs to take Bengal to its first outright win of the season.

The scores: Group A:

Delhi 148 & 131 in 59.1 overs (S. Dhawan 44, S. Lahiri five for 57) lost to Bengal 211 & 69 for no loss in 23.3 overs (S.G. Das 46 not out), at New Delhi. Bengal: 4 pts; Delhi: 0.

Maharashtra 244 & 104 for one in 39 overs (D.S. Jadhav 54 batting) v Gujarat 258 in 123.3 overs (A. Christian 47, N.K. Patel), at Ahmedabad.

Railways 270 & 25 for two in 12 overs v TN 371 in 156.1 overs (S. Badrinath 106, C. Hemant Kumar 53, M. Yadav four for 94), in New Delhi.

Karnataka 186 & zero for no loss in 1.1 overs v Mumbai 344 in 121.4 overs (V. Indulkar 120, O.J. Khanvilkar 43, R.R. Powar 48), at Bangalore.

Group B: Hyderabad 370 & 14 for no loss in 4 overs v Andhra 231 in 84.2 overs (T.S. Suman 41, Y. Gnaneswara Rao 63, Kaushik Reddy four for 43), at Anantapur.

Haryana 232 & 332 for eight in 108 overs (Joginder Sharma 43, M. Rawat 99 batting, S. Rana 62, Gagandeep Singh five for 109) v Punjab 224, at Mohali.

UP 346 v Baroda 562 for seven in 167 overs (C. Williams 138, J. Martin 224 not out, A.P. Bhoite 41, Piyush Chawla four for 177), at Kanpur.

Plate matches: MP 215 & 57 for no loss in 22 overs v Assam 358 in 140.3 overs (C. Rawat 153, Golwalkar four for 92), at Indore.

Kerala 247 v J&K 358 for four in 169 overs (Kavaljit Singh 119, D. Mahajan 102 not out), at Jammu.

Goa 150 & 149 in 79.1 overs lost to Vidarbha 246 & 54 for two in 19.4 overs, at Nagpur. Vidarbha: 4; Goa: 0.

Rajasthan 587 v Jharkhand 250 in 78.3 overs (Ratan Kumar 70, Shamsher Singh four for 73) & 81 for two in 26 overs, at Jaipur.

Saurashtra 198 & 78 for six (S. Satpathy four for 24) v Orissa 300 in 120.2 overs (P. Mullick 71, Debasis Mohanty 45 not out, Kamlesh Makwana five for 76), at Cuttack.

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