Here is a brief update of the Ranji Trophy Super League matches played across India on Tuesday.

Punjab vs Gujarat

Pacers Love Ablish (6/79) and Manpreet Gony (4/38) shared all the spoils with devastating spells as Punjab shot out Gujarat for 160 on the opening day of their fourth Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match.

Opting to field after winning the toss, Punjab medium pacers exploited the lively pitch to bundle out the visitors in just 45 overs.

Gujarat opener Rikin Chauhan gave his side the worst possible start being out to Ablish for a duck at team score of one.

The other opener Jay Desai (31) and Niraj Patel (39) put up a brief resistance with a 74-run stand for the second wicket before they fell in quick succession.

Captain Parthiv Patel could not do much as he was out cheaply for four to Gony and when he was out, half of his side's batsmen had returned to the pavilion for just 85.

The next highest contributor was Digant Popat (24) but soon Ablish and Gony polished off the tail in quick time.

In reply, Punjab made a shaky start and were 77 for two at stumps with Uday Kaul (17) and Rahul Sharma (3) at crease.

Openers Vishwas Bhalla (16) and Ravi Inder Singh (35) fell to Mehul Patel and Salil Yadav respectively.

Gujarat have collected nine points from their earlier three matches while Punjab are on four points from three games.

Brief Scores: Gujarat 1st innings: 160 all out in 45 overs (Niraj Patel 39, Jay Desai 31; Love Ablish 6/79, Manpreet Gony 4/38).

Punjab 1st innings: 77 for two in 37 overs (Ravi Inder Singh 35).

Karnataka vs Maharashtra

Seasoned Vinay Kumar and rookie Abhimanyu Mithun combined forces for Karnataka in splendid fashion to bundle out hosts Maharashtra for a paltry 105 on the opening day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group B tie.

Vinay chopped off the top order to finish with superb figures of 5 for 40 while Mithun grabbed 3 for 32 as the pace duo ripped apart the Maharashtra first innings after the home team were inserted by Karnataka skipper Robin Uthappa on a slightly damp wicket.

The extent of the ball dominating the bat is evident from the fact that the 31-run partnership for the sixth wicket between R Motwani (13) and G Gaekwad (21) was the highest of the Karnataka innings that lasted just under 40 overs.

Only K Adhav, among the other Maharashtra batsmen, reached double figures by making 20.

In reply, table toppers Karnataka lost Uthappa to the first ball he faced from S Fallah before recovering to 125 for one in 44 overs with opener K B Pawan (74 in 147 balls, nine fours) and G Satish (40 in 119 balls, five fours) at the crease.

Brief scores: Maharashtra 105 all out in 39.5 overs (G Gaekwad 21, K Adhav 20; R Vinay Kumar 5 for 40, A Mithun 3 for 32) v Karnataka 125 for one in 44 overs (K B Pawan batting 74, G Satish batting 40).

Orissa vs Hyderabad

Pravanjan Mullick cracked an unbeaten half-century, while Halhadar Das missed it by a whisker as Orissa scored 203 for five against Hyderabad on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match.

Mullick played the sheet anchor's role with a defiant 73, studded with six fours, and in company of Das (49) stitched a 93-run partnership to resurrect Orissa's first innings after an early collapse at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here.

Put into bat, Orissa lost openers Bikas Pati (2) and Shiv Sunder Das (19) by the 15th over to leave the visitors tottering at 27 for two.

Niranjan Behera (7) also didn't stay long and was bowled by Alfred Absolem in the 20th over. Rakesh Mohanty (42) then joined hands with Mullick and the two forged a 50-run partnership before the former was sent packing in the 41st over by Munagala Praneet Arjun.

Das then joined Mullick and the two picked up ones and twos before their partnership was broken by Arjun in the 81st over.

For Hyderabad, Arjun scalped three wickets giving away 30 runs in 19 overs, while Absolem and Khader bagged a wicket each.

Mumbai vs Railways

Iqbal Abdullah and Dhawal Kukarni shared six wickets between them as Mumbai shot out Railways for a scrimpy 187 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Super League group A match.

Skipper Murali Kartik's decision to bat backfired as Abdullah (3/46) ran through the middle-order of Railways, who were already struggling to cope with early hiccups.

Murripuri Suresh was top scorer for the Railways with his 31 that came after a 95-ball vigil with four boundaries.

In reply, Mumbai themselves were in trouble having lost opener Ajinkya Rahane in the 15 balls they faced before stumps with the scorecard reading two.

Sahil Kukreja and nightwatchman Kukarni, who are yet to open their accounts, were at the crease for Mumbai when day's play ended.

Shailender Gehlot had Rahane (2) caught behind to give Railways a fitting start.

Earlier, impressive young spinner Harmeet Singh (2/54) proved the breakthrough when he trapped Faiz Fazal (23).

Kulkarni (3/24) dealt the second blow to the Railways by sending back Sanjay Bangar (13) before veteran pacer Ajit Agarkar dismissed TP Singh (8) to remove the top-order of the hosts.

Abdullah then claimed wickets of V Cheluvaraj (14), Yere Goud (15) and Sanjib Sanyal (26) to leave the rivals struggling at 123 for six.

HD Rawle (20) and Karan Sharma (20) made contributions down the order to lend some respectibility to the Railways' first innings total.

Brief Scores:

Railways 1st innings: 187 all out in 85 overs. (M Suresh 31, S Sanyal 26; D Kulkarni 3/24, I Abdullah (3/46).

Mumbai 1st innings: 2/1 in 2.3 overs (S Gehlot 1/2).

Bengal vs Saurashtra

Openers Chirag Pathak and Sagar Jogiyani made hay of a spineless Bengal attack as Saurashtra rode on their twin tons to pile up 372 for three in the Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Winning the toss, Bengal decided to field first in the four-day match but their decision boomeranged as the opening duo of Pathak (118) and Jogiyani (103) scored 206 runs for the first wicket.

Saurashtra batting mainstays Cheteshwar Pujara (68 n.o.) and Ravindra Jadeja (14 n.o.) remained unbeaten at end of the opening day.

Bengal's main bowler Ranadeb Bose (1/99) had a tough time in the middle as the pacer conceded 19 runs in his first over which included a six by an attacking Pathak.

Bose conceded 40 runs in his opening spell, while at the other end Sourav Sarkar (1/48) was no better as former India captain Sourav Ganguly had to step in the eighth over.

However, Saurashtra openers' assault did not stop there as they continued to score at a brisk pace and reached 100 in just 19.4 overs.

A diminutive Pathak, who cracked his second first class century, struck 17 boundaries and a six during his 134-ball innings.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Jogiyani, who hit a lofted six off Ganguly, took time to settle down before scoring his maiden first class century.