Uttar Pradesh will no doubt be heartbroken by the missed opportunity in this year's Ranji Trophy final, after suffering their second loss in successive finals. Captain Mohammad Kaif though believes it still is a very huge achievement nonetheless, a

Wicketkeeper Vinayak Samant, pushed into opening by Amre in the final league game, scored his maiden ton to allow Mumbai have a firm grasp on their 38th title

Zaheer Khan and Shivakant Shukla were the star performers for Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh on day three of the Ranji Trophy final in Hyderabad

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Bengal seized the advantage as Tamil Nadu slipped to 188 for 5, still trailing by 157 runs with the last recognised pair of Suresh Kumar and R Ashwin at the crease

Karnataka, led by Sunil Joshi, breezed to a quarter-final berth by overwhelming Maharashtra by 155 runs on a spinners' paradise at the RSI Ground in Bangalore

Fourteen wickets fell on a spinners' day as Karnataka surged ahead to a healthy 173-run lead with five wickets remaining in their second innings

CM Gautam hit a fine maiden hundred but a late collapse saw Karnataka bowled out for 252 in their first innings at the RSI Ground in Bangalore

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Karnataka moved to top of points table in Group B with a ten-wicket win over Baroda at the RSI Ground in Bangalore

Connor Williams and Rakesh Solanki tried their best to stave off defeat but two late wickets to superb catches left Baroda with too much to do on the final day

Rahul Dravid took Karnataka out of troubled waters, Thilak Naidu consolidated their position before Sunil Joshi's breezy knock allowed them to seize the advantage by the end of the second day of their Super League match against Baroda in Bangalore.

Baroda were rolled over for 169 as the offspinner Sunil Raju grabbed his best first-class figures and Karnataka wobbled at the start before Rahul Dravid and rain ensured they would hit the bed the happier team

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