Here are brief roundups of various Ranji Trophy quarterfinal matches being played in the country.

UP vs Assam, at Guwahati

Rudra Pratap Singh and Piyush Chawla led Uttar Pradesh bowling charge with two scalps each as the visitors skittled out Assam for a mere 149 to take a 64-run first innings lead on the second day of Ranji Trophy quarterfinal on Friday.

Chasing Uttar Pradesh's first innings total of 213, Assam were all out for 149 in 54.4 overs with the visiting bowlers firing in unison.

Assam skipper Amol Muzumdar (53) waged a lone battle for the hosts but that was clearly not enough to pull his side out of the pit.

Uttar Pradesh were 25 for no loss in their second essay at the draw of stumps with Tanmay Srivastava (14) and Shivakant Shukla (2) on the crease when the day's play was called off at North-East Frontier Railway Stadium.

With both openers unbeaten and batsmen like captain Mohammad Kaif and Bhuvneshwar Kumar coming down the order, the visitors would certainly be eyeing to swell the lead to turn the table on the hosts in the remaining two days.

Resuming at 17 for one, Assam batsmen failed to apply themselves against the visiting bowlers and they kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

After left-arm spinner Praveen Gupta (2/9) claimed the day's first wicket by removing Amit Sinha (8), paceman R P Singh (2/53) and his new-ball partner Shalabh Srivastava (2/42) made the life miserable for Assam batsmen.

Veteran Sairaj Bahutule (8) and middle order batsman Kunal Saikia (3) also failed to live upto expectations and departed cheaply.

Chawla, who bagged two wickets for 30 runs, also chipped in with some suffocating bowling only to make the task difficult for the Assam batsmen.

Muzumdar, who struck three boundaries during his 132-ball stay and saw his teammates departing on the other end one by one, put up a desperate effort to give his side a recovery before being run out in 50th over.

Dheeraj Jadhav, the 11th batsman for Assam, did not take the field after being absent hurt.

Muzumdar tried out four bowlers in Uttar Pradesh second innings including off-spinner Arlen Konwar who had a fiver in the first innings, but failed to produce any breakthrough.

Brief score:

Uttar Pradesh: 213 & 25/0. Assam: 149 (Amol Muzumdar 53; RP Singh 2/53, Piyush Chawla 2/30).

Delhi vs Tamil Nadu, at New Delhi

Tamil Nadu piled up a huge 463 runs in their first innings riding on Srikkanth Anirudha's 113 and then reduced Delhi to 69 for two to occupy the drivers' seat on the second day of their Ranji Trophy qurterfinal match.

Resuming at 278 for four, TN added 185 runs from the 59.4 overs they faced on Friday, thanks mainly due to Anirudha's well-deserved century. He added 72 to his overnight 41 before falling to Vikas Mishra in the post lunch session.

In reply, Delhi were 69 for two after 27 overs with Aditya Jain (16) and Mithun Manhas (16) at the crease at the draw of stumps.

Tamil Nadu lost overnight batsman Ramachandran Ashwin in the seventh over of the morning but Anirudha and Chandrasekar Ganapathy (41) shared 99 runs for the sixth wicket in exactly 30 overs to ensure that the momentum provided by their top order did not go waste.

Anirudha, who struck 13 fours in his 202-ball innings, was quickly followed by Ganapathy to the pavillion but a late flourish by Laxmipathy Balaji, who made 42 from 66 balls with the help of six fours and one six, took the visitors score past 450.

For Delhi, Vikas Mishra was the most successful bowler with five wickets for 112 while Pradeep Sangwan took three wickets for 107 runs.

Delhi did not have the best of the starts with openers Aakash Chopra (10) and Shikhar Dhawan (17) out in quick succession without contributing much to the team total.

Both the openers, returning to the home side after missing a few group matches, were tentative in their short stay at the crease.

Chopra was the first to go falling to Ashwin at team score of 31.

Next man in Aditya Jain was cautious in his approach and took 56 balls for his unbeaten 16. His other partner Dhawan tried to shrug off the rustiness after long injury lay-off but could not score.

Dhawan fell to Rangaraj Suthesh with Delhi adding just two runs from five overs after Chopra's departure.

Karnataka vs Punjab, at Mysore

Robin Uthappa's sedate 91 coupled with an unbeaten 76 by Manish Pandey to take Karnataka within 36 runs of taking the first innings lead against Punjab on second day of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals.

Chasing Punjab's competitive first innings score of 300, Karnataka finished the day at 265 for six, with Sunil Joshi (13 batting) giving Pandey company at the crease at Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground.

Resuming at 292 for nine, Punjab earlier could add only eight runs before the visitor's first essay came to an end with Harmeet Singh felling prey to left-arm pacer Sreesanth Aravind in 93rd over.

For Karnataka, Vinay Kumar scalped three wickets for 100 runs, while Abhimanyu Mithun (2/53) also bowled well.

The hosts then suffered an early blow with pacer Harmeet removing Karnataka opener KB Pawan (1) cheaply.

However, Uthappa dropped anchor to inspire two useful partnerships worth 61 and 74 runs with Ganesh Satish (29) and skipper Rahul Dravid (36), respectively.

Uthappa struck 14 boundaries and one six before offering a return catch to Rahul Sharma. Then the fall of Dravid (36), castled by Love Ablish in 46th over, inspired the striving Punjab attack.

But Pandey, who had garnered 553 runs in the tournament before this game, batted with aplomb to keep the Karnataka innings afloat.

Mumbai vs Haryana, at Rohtak

Defending champions Mumbai tightened the noose around Haryana as they first notched up 400 in their first innings and then reduced the hosts to 34 for two on the second day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal.

Resuming at 238 for five, Mumbai added 162 from the 69.4 overs they faced on Friday with Romesh Powar (53) and Iqbal Abdullah (45) being the main contributors.

Overnight centurion Ajinkya Rahane added 27 runs on Friday to his opening day score of 116. He faced 343 for his 143 and hit 16 fours.

In reply, Haryana were 34 for two with Rahul Dewan and Manav Sharma on 20 and six respectively.

In the morning, Ajinkya Rahane and Romesh Powar (53) started the proceedings on a cautious note and took the score to 286 before pacer Joginder Sharma broke the partnership with the new ball, dismissing Rahane for 143.

After the departure of Rahane, Powar and Vinayak Sawant (13) took the Mumbai total past 300, before part-time bowler Ankit Rawat chipped in with the wicket of Sawant.

With 309 for 7 and an early end of the innings in sight, new batsman Abdullah (45) and Powar shunned risk and shared a partnership of 55 runs for the eighth wicket before the latter was dismissed by pacer Sachin Rana. Powar's 53 came from 191 balls and was laced with six fours.

Next batsmen Dhawal Kulkarni (4) and Usman Malvi (11) supported Abdullah well to take the visiting team's total to 400 all out.