Spinners give Himachal massive lead

Assam 218 (P Das 52, Karanveer 3-28) trail Himachal Pradesh 549 for 4 dec by 331 runs
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The Himachal Pradesh spinners took seven wickets to earn their side a 331-run first-innings lead in Guwahati. Opener Pallavkumar Das (52) was the only one to make more than 35 as Assam were bowled out for 218 in the 101st over. There were thirties from Sibsankar Roy, Gokul Sharma and Tarjinder Singh, but the latter was left stranded on 35 as the middle and lower orders crumbled. Assam were 112 for 1 at one stage with Das and Roy in the middle before Rishi Dhawan bowled the former to spark the collapse. Roy fell in the next over to left-arm spinner Bipul Sharma. Legspinner Karanveer Singh finished with three wickets, while Bipul and offspinner Ankush Bedi took two each.

Fifties from Raiphi Gomez and KS Monish helped Kerala recover enough from a precarious position to gain the lead against Jharkhand in Dhanbad. Kerala started on 179 for 5, with Jharkhand's 337 seemingly far away. Rohan Prem resumed on 35 but fell to Shahbaz Nadeem soon after reaching his fifty. Raiphi Gomez (76) and Monish (75 not out) then added 77 for the seventh wicket but Kerala were 30 behind when the former departed. V Manoharan and P Anthaf also fell cheaply and when last man Basil Thampi joined Monish, Kerala need another ten to take the lead. Thampi went on to make 24 and helped Monish add 55 before he became Nadeem's fourth wicket. Jharkhand lost Ishan Kishan in the 23 overs they batted.

Goa 251 and 123 for 5 lead Tripura 265 (Murasingh 63, Amit Yadav 4-62) by 109 runs
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Tripura's lower order scrapped to give them a slender first-innings lead over Goa in Agartala. Tripura began on 139 for 5, trailing Goa by 112. They lost their captain Abhijit Dey (49) before reaching 200. But seamer Manisankar Murasingh made a vital 63 at No. 8. He faced 100 deliveries and hit seven fours and a six. Still, Tripura had slipped to 235 for 9 before the last pair of Rana Dutta (18 not out) and Viki Saha (10) guided them past Goa. The visitors then slipped to 79 for 5 in their second innings before Rahul Keni and Deepraj Gaonkar steadied the innings with an unbeaten 44-run stand.

Hosts Hyderabad lost their last seven wickets for 117 but they still did enough to take a 32-run first-innings lead against Services. Hanuma Vihari fell after adding just five to his overnight 114 and the rest of the batsmen kept getting out after starts. B Anirudh and Ibrahim Khaleel made thirties but Hyderabad were down to 284 for 8 when Khaleel fell, trailing Services by 22. Akash Bhandari (36 not out) and Mehdi Hasan (26) sealed the lead with a 53-run partnership. Hyderabad were dismissed for 338 in 132 overs, with Saurabh Kumar taking four wickets and Roshan Raj and Abhishek Sakuja chipping in with three each. Bhandari then struck twice as Services slipped to 96 for 4 in their second innings.