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Delhi in a spot of bother

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Pujara comes up with a 139

Rajkot: Delhi was in some trouble, at 61for three, in reply to Saurashtra's imposing first innings total of 492 here on Tuesday.

Akash Chopra might have been slightly unlucky in being adjudged leg before, as the ball appeared to pitch outside leg stump; but had Shikhar Dhawan been held at third slip, the visiting side might have struggled to reach 50 at close of play.

Five Saurashtra batsmen completed half-centuries; one of these, C.A. Pujara, compiled 139, his second successive Ranji century. Delhi managed to stage a temporary comeback before lunch — after fast bowler Ishant Sharma had got rid of Sitanshu Kotak for 95, three wickets fell for 15 runs.

But Pujara, in the company of K. Makvana, frustrated Delhi; and then last man S. Maniar compounded Delhi's grief by notching up 57.

The scores:

Elite Division:

At Rajkot: Saurashtra 492 in 163.2 overs (S.D. Jogiyani 61, S.H. Kotak 95, C.A. Pujara 139, K.R. Makvana 54, S.M. Maniar 57) v Delhi 61 for three in 14 overs.

At Mumbai: Mumbai 503 for seven decl. in 136 overs (S.O. Kukreja 58, Amol Muzumdar 52, R. Sharma 205, A. Nair 97) v Gujarat 118 for five in 38.3 overs (N.K. Patel 62).

At Jaipur: Rajasthan 332 in 143 overs (V.S. Solanki 74, N.S. Doru 59, Afroz Khan 52, Rajesh Sharma five for 99) v Punjab 106 for four in 41 overs (P. Dharmani 44 batting).

At Kolkata: Maharashtra 215 in 101 overs (S. Sriram 68 not out, R.R. Bose five for 60, S.S. Sarkar four for 71) v Bengal 199 for five wickets in 65 overs (A.A. Jhunjhunwala 41).

At Chennai: Tamil Nadu 325 in 106.4 overs (R. Prasanna 134, R. Ashwin 42 not out, P. Kumar four for 58) v Uttar Pradesh 204 for four in 71 overs (M. Kaif 88).

At Vadodara: Haryana 171 in 79.2 overs (A.P. Bhoite four for 61) & 89 for two in 42 overs (Sumit Sharma 45 batting) v Baroda 169 in 60 overs (Connor Williams 58)

Plate Division:

At New Delhi: Kerala 264 in 112.5 overs (S. Ramesh 127, Jai P. Yadav five for 60) v Railways 64 for three in 26.4 overs.

At New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh 315 in 108.2 overs (Sandeep Sharma 50, M.S. Bisla 45, A. Mannu 67, Mukesh Sharma 62, M.K. Jha five for 78) v Services 31 for no loss in 10.3 overs.

At Cuttack: Orissa 552 for seven decl. in 168.1 overs (S.S. Das 300 not out, P.M. Mullick 53, R.R. Das 101) v Jammu & Kashmir six for two in 8.1 overs.

At Indore: Goa 223 in 78 overs (S.K. Kamat 50, S. Pandey six for 47) & 67 for two in 29 overs v Madhya Pradesh 205 in 64.5 overs (M.D. Mishra 56, M. Ali 49) at Indore.

At Nagpur: Assam 308 in 145.4 overs (A. Katti 93) v Vidarbha 151 for two in 37 overs (A.V. Deshpande 59 batting, H.V. Shitott 51).

At Agartala: Tripura 275 in 111.5 overs (S. D. Chowdhury 52, T.K. Chanda 98 not out, R. Banik 48, S. Nadeem four for 63) v Jharkhand 169 for five in 56 overs (Rajiv Kumar 48, Santosh Lal 50 batting).

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