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

Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal, at Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh rode on a half century by Parvinder Singh (62) and his 93-run stand with captain Mohd Kaif as they beat Bengal by three wickets inside three days in their Ranji Super League Group B match.

Needing 183 for a win and eight wickets in hand, Uttar Pradesh lost overnight batsman Shivakant Shukla in the first over of the morning but Kaif and Parvinder frustrated the Bengal bowlers with a 93-run stand for the fourth wicket.

The duo rattled up their stand from 166 balls with Parvinder, who hit 10 fours in his 95-ball knock, outscoring his captain, whose 96-ball 44 was studded with six fours.

Kaif fell first and then Parvinder followed him in quick succession -- within five overs and 10 runs.

Bengal sniffed a slim chance of a win as UP were 160 for five when Parvinder was out but Bhuvneshwar Kumar (29) and Piyush Chawla (21) shared a crucial 43-run stand for the sixth wicket to take the home side score past 200.

Rohit Srivastava and Praveen Gupta then knocked off the required runs to reach the target of 236.

For Bengal, Ranadeb Bose, who had a five-wicket haul in Uttar Pradesh's first innings, took three more wickets in the their rival's second innings while Sourav Sarkar and Laxmi Ratan Shukla got two scalps apiece.

Delhi vs Maharashtra, at New Delhi

Ankit Bawane hit a defiant century for Maharashtra to delay what seems inevitable as Pradeep Sangwan's five-wicket haul put Delhi on the threshold of their second successive win in the Ranji Trophy Super League tie.

In reply to Delhi's first innings total of 419, Maharashtra had wilted for 163 in their first innings.

Following in, the visitors resumed today at 32 for one and were 334 for nine at stumps with Kiran Adhav (13) and Samad Fallah (5) in the middle.

It was a much improved show by Maharashtra, who now have taken a 78-run lead over the hosts, courtesy Bawane's 118 and Rohit Motwani's gritty 61.

Sangwan starred for Delhi with five for 95, running through the Maharashtra top and middle order.

Bawane and Motwani added 107 runs for the fifth wicket to arrest the slide before Parwinder Awana removed Motwani.

Bawane found some support in Digambar Waghmare (46) and the duo raised another 105 runs to reach the 300-mark before Mithun Manhas broke the stand, removing Waghmare.

Sangwan then removed Bawane and the scoreless Jitendra Patil with successive deliveries to compound their crisis.

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Himachal Pradesh vs Gujarat, at Surat

Mukesh Sharma struck an unbeaten half-century before pacer Mohinderaj Sharma shone with a five-wicket haul as Himachal Pradesh handed Gujarat a six-wicket defeat on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match.

Mohinderaj (5/31) and his pace partner Ashok Thakur (3/24) ripped apart the Gujarat batting line-up to bundled out the hosts for a paltry 87 runs in their second innings to give their side a winning target of 140.

However, Himachal didn't get the best of the start and both their openers Bhavin Thakker (6) and Sangram Singh (6) were out in quick succession to leave the visitors reeling at 20 for two. Next batsman, VA Indulkar (4) survived just eight balls before being dismissed by Brahmbhatt.

Hemant Dogra (42) and Mukesh (52) then stitched a 68-run partnership to take Himachal closer to victory. Mukesh and Paras Dogra (23) completed the formalities with an unseparated 51-run stand to give Himachal their first win.

Earlier, Himachal Pradesh, resuming at 174 for eight, could add just four runs to their overnight score before being bundled out for 182 in their first innings, providing the hosts' an overall lead of 52 runs.

Gujarat had made 234 in their first innings.

Mumbai vs Tamil Nadu, at Mumbai

Wasim Jaffer led from the front with an unbeaten hundred to keep reigning champions Mumbai firmly in the hunt for the first innings lead over Tamil Nadu on the third and penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group A tie.

Jaffer, not out with a resolute 129 after a stay of more than four and a half hours, and one-down batsman Ajinkya Rahane (98) got involved in a near double-century partnership for the third wicket to lift the home team from 72 for two to 308 for three at stumps.

The duo's splendid effort that was worth 193 runs in 56.4 overs helped Mumbai end day three 193 runs short of Group A toppers Tamil Nadu's imposing first innings tally of 501 all out at the MCA's Bandra-Kurla Complex ground.

When stumps were drawn, Jaffer, who struck 14 fours and two sixes in his 215-ball essay, and Onkar Khanvilkar (18) were at the crease with an unbroken fourth wicket partnership of 43 runs.

Earlier, commencing the day at 10 for no loss, Mumbai lost openers Sahil Kukreja (31) and Praful Waghela (24) with 72 on the board after 23 overs. Waghela was sent back by India discard Laxmipathy Balaji while Kukreja fell to V Yomahesh.

The dismissal of Kukreja brought together Rahane and Jaffer to repair the damage. The former was unlucky to miss his hundred after having hit 11 fours and two sixes in his 184-ball innings. Spinner Aushik Srinivas had him caught behind.

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Hyderabad vs Railways, at Hyderabad

Ambati Rayudu's gritty 73 notwithstanding, hosts Hyderabad conceded a wafer-thin two-run first innings lead to Railways in the Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match.

In reply to Railways' first innings total of 305, Hyderabad today resumed at 99 for two and rode on Rayudu's half century and the cameos from Mohammed Khader (34) and Alfred Absolem (29) to cross the 300-mark before wilting for 303.

At stumps, Railways were 18 for no loss RPT no loss in their second innings with Faiz Fazal (5) and V Cheluvaraj (7) in the middle.

Earlier, Sanjay Bangar (4/91) and Krishnakant Upadhyay (4/93) shared eight wickets between them to plot Hyderabad's peril.

All eyes were on the captain VVS Laxman (9) to rescue his side from the collapse but the classy middle-order batsman failed to deliver the goods and fell to Upadhyay.

Rayudu found some support from Praneet Arjun (22) and stitched together a 79-run stand before Rayudu was bowled by Bangar.

Tripura vs Goa, at Agartala

A fine half century by opener Rajib Saha helped Tripura score 150 for four on the penultimate day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Plate group match against Goa at the Maharaj Bir Bikram stadium.

Due to heavy fog and cloudy weather, the match started four hours later and only 34 overs were bowled.

The hosts resumed the day at their overnight score of 44 for no loss, and another added 73 runs before Robin D'Souza trapped Wilkin Mota (32) in front of stumps.

After Mota's departure, Saha and Abhijit Dey took the score to 133 before Saha lost his wicket to A Yadav for a brilliant 51, laced with five boundaries.

Dey was the next to fall for 35, whose wicket was scalped by Yadav.

The next wicket to fall was of Nishit Shetty for three, which was also taken by Yadav.

At close of play, Debabrata Choudhury (5) was at the crease with skipper Rajib Datta (0).

For Goa, spinner Amit Yadav was the pick of the bowlers and finished the day with three for 17.

Goa had scored 201 runs in their first innings and Tripura now needs 52 runs more to enter the semi-final of the Ranji Trophy Plate group for the first time.

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