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Manish Pandey and Shreyas Gopal lead Karnataka fightback after early losses against Saurashtra

Saurashtra have the quality to win their semi-final against Karnataka, and, according to their superstar batsman, 'perhaps even the final'

The batsmen shared an unbroken century stand for the fifth wicket as Rajasthan were left to rue missed opportunities

Wasim Jaffer smashed 206 to blunt the Uttarakhand attack, while UP extended their lead to 349 despite losing eight wickets on the third day against Saurashtra

Replying to Rajasthan's 224, Karnataka were 166 for 9 before Vinay Kumar and last man Ronit More added a precious 97 runs

A round-up of the first day's play from the four Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches

Mumbai received a boost with the return of pacers Shardul Thakur and Tushar Deshpande for their crucial clash against Vidarbha, and Puducherry's home match against Manipur was shifted to Anantpur

The former India wicketkeeper had been in charge for two years in which the team did not win any trophies.

Karnataka defended 253 in the final against Saurashtra as Cheteshwar Pujara's 94 off 127 balls could not see his side through

The opener made his sixth 80-plus score in seven innings in the tournament and added 155 with Karun Nair in a nine-wicket win against Maharashtra

The Rajasthan seamer, who has set his reserve price at INR 20 lakh at the IPL auction, ran through Karnataka as they folded for 138 in a chase of 161

Mandeep Singh's 29-ball 45 helped Punjab tie Karnataka's total, before his unbeaten 10 off four balls was instrumental in his side clinching the eliminator

Karnataka marched to a 78-run victory, while Delhi chased down 101 in under 12 overs against Jammu & Kashmir

The Karnataka captain was critical in his assessment of the team's performance after the semi-final loss to Vidarbha

With Karnataka less than ten runs away from victory, Gurbani struck twice in the space of ten balls to give Vidarbha the five-run win in an exhilarating finish to the semi-final in Kolkata

With unshakeable confidence, supreme skill and tremendous discipline, Vidarbha's pacers ran through Karnataka's batting order to all but knock out the eight-time champions on the fourth day at Eden Gardens

Vidarbha were staring at a heavy defeat before the duo stitched an 88-run partnership to convert a 116-run first-innings deficit into a 79 run lead by the end of day three, with six wickets in hand

Rajneesh Gurbani extended his spectacular streak with his third five-wicket haul in as many matches, but Karun Nair's 148* established Karnataka's ascendancy at Eden Gardens

K Gowtham's six-for consigned Mumbai to only their fifth innings defeat in the Ranji Trophy

Karnataka took another decisive step towards clinching a semi-final berth, as they amassed a first-innings lead of 397 against Mumbai