Uttar Pradesh beat Delhi for first win this season (Ranji Roundup)

Virat Kohli struck 145 but could not save Delhi from an innings and 22 runs defeat against Uttar Pradesh on the fourth and last day of their Ranji Trophy Super League round three match at Luknow Friday.

Delhi were in a shambles at the end of third day's play Thursday after they folded up for 202 in reply to Uttar Pradesh's massive 536/7 first innings total and were then reduced for 104/2 while following-on.


The visitors were dismissed for 312 this day to give former champions Uttar Pradesh their first win this season.

Much depended on the overnight Delhi pair of Kohli and wicket-keeper Puneet Bisht (79). They added 104 more in the morning for their 206-run third wicket partnership before Kohli departed. Kohli's 225-ball innings included 22 fours.

Bisht's knock included nine fours. Rajat Bhatia made an unbeaten 56 but fell short of partners.

At Dharmasala, Chandrasekar Ganapathy (5-61) and Lakshmipathy Balaji (4-29) shone with the ball to give Tami Nadu a 91-run win over Himachal Pradesh.

Trailing by 173 runs in the first innings, Tamil Nadu made 319 in the second innings to give Himachal a 247-run win target and then bundled out the hosts for 155.

Resuming on 199 for five in the morning, Tamil Nadu were boosted by R. Ashwin's (51)fifty. Balaji and Ganapathy then proved lethal with the ball. For Himachal, Vikramjeet Malik was their top scored with 45.

At Delhi, M. Suresh (89 not out) and captain Murali Kartik (44) pulled Railways from the jaws of defeat against defending champions Mumbai and end the match in a draw.

Mumbai were in sight of an outright victory after spinners Harmeet Singh and Iqbal Abdulla left Railways tottering at 174 for seven on the third day.

Railways were lifted by Suresh's unbeaten knock. His overnight partnership with Karan Sharma ended on 81. He then add another 83 with Kartik for the ninth wicket.

With the win target of 213, Mumbai could not do much. Their openers put on an unbeaten stand of 69.

Brief scores:

At Dharmasala: Tamil Nadu 293/8 dec and 319 all out (S. Anirudha 72, S. Badrinath 50, R. Ashwin 51, C. Ganapathy 44 not out; Mukesh Sharma 3-5, Vikramjit Singh Malik 3-80). Himachal Pradesh 366 all out and 155 all out (V.S. Malik 45; C.Ganapathy 5-61, Lakshmipathy Balaji 4-29)

At Mohali: Gujarat 160 all out and 252 all out (Rujul Bhatt 95, Bhavik Thaker 31; M.S. Gony 4-105, Harmeet Singh 3-28), Punjab 444 all out (Taruwar Kohli 118, Rahul Sharma 95, Sunny Sohal 59; Salil Yadav 6-123, Siddharth Trivedi 2-65, Mehul Patel 2-129)

At Delhi: Railways 187 all out and 309 all out (M. Suresh 89 not out, Faiz Fazal 42, Sanjib Sanyal 40, Murli Kartik 44; Iqbal Abdulla 4-80, Harmeet Singh 3-38), Mumbai 284 all out and 69/0 (Ajinkya Rahane 37 not out, Sahil Kukreja 30 not out)

At Hyderabad: Orissa 276 and 243/5 (Rakesh Mohanty 70 not out, Halhadar Das 44; M.A Khader 2-70), Hyderabad 199 and 205/9 (Anirudh Singh 74 not out; Dhiraj Singh 4-46, Basant Mohanty 2-70, AK Sahoo 2-45)

At Poona: Maharshtra 105 and 320 all out (A.R Bawne 136, R.H. Motwani 78 Abhimanyu Mithun 4-66) Karnataka 553/4 declared (K.B. Pawan 152, G. Satish 141, Amit Verma 148, B Akhil 54 not out, S.M Fallah 2-142)

At Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh 536/7 dec, Delhi 202 all out (Mayank Tehlan 34, Sumit Narwal 34 not out, Praveen Kumar 3-37, RP Singh 2-70, Piyush Chawla 3-41) and 312 all out (Virat Kohli 145, Puneet Bisht 79, Rajat Bhatia 56 not out; Suresh Raina 3-31, Piyush Chawla 2-67)

At Kolkata: Saurashtra 650/9 dec, Bengal 456 all out (Arindam Das 144, Manoj Tiwary 107, Rohan Gavaskar 46 not out; Ravindra Jadeja 4-71) and 135/1 (Arindam Das 63 not out, Deep Dasgupta 52 not out; S.M. Maniar 1-16)