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Rajat Bhatia helps Delhi take lead

Chennai: Rajat Bhatia was dismissed one run short of a century, but helped Delhi reach 434 for the loss of eight wickets against Punjab on the third day of the Ranji Trophy super league cricket match in Delhi.

Bhatia’s 168-ball 99 stabilised Delhi’s innings, after four batsmen perished in the first hour of play.

At Bangalore, Railways’ Yere Goud was unbeaten on 109 at the end of the third day against Karnataka.

Railways, resuming at 110 for four, made 340 for the loss of seven wickets at close in response to Karnataka’s 365. Skipper Sanjay Bangar scored 84.

At Rajkot, Gujarat’s Siddharth Trivedi scalped five wickets for 44 runs to dismiss Saurashtra for 154 in its first innings, after Gujarat declared at 581 for six.

Gujarat need five wickets for victory, after Saurashtra ended the third day with its second innings score at 74 for five.

The scores:

Super League (day three):

At Delhi: Punjab 391 vs Delhi 434 for eight in 113 overs (A. Chopra 76, S. Dhawan 72, M. Manhas 58, R. Bhatia 99, P. Bisht 76).

At Bangalore: Karnataka 365 vs Railways 340 for seven in 136 overs (S. Bangar 84, Yere Goud 109 batting, Raja Ali 52).

At Cuttack: Hyderabad 296 & 56 for one in 29 overs vs Orissa 269 in 114.2 overs (S.S. Das 80, P. Jayachandra 43).

At Rajkot: Gujarat 581 for 6 decl vs Saurashtra 154 in 50.4 overs (Sandip Maniar 42, Ravindra Jadeja 48, Siddharth Trivedi five for 44) & 74 for five in 37 overs.

At Mumbai: Mumbai 307and 305 for seven decl. (Rohit Sharma 128, Sahil Kukreja 83, Pankaj Singh four for 83) vs Rajasthan 204 and 63 for four

Plate: At Palakkad: Goa 460 vs Kerala 327 for three in 132 overs (V.A. Jagadeesh 47, S.K. Nair 143 batting, Rohan Prem 96 batting).