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Virender Sehwag failed for the second time in Surat after briefly promising a serious attempt to chase down the target of 257 runs in less than two sessions on the final day of the Group A game against Gujarat

A round-up of the third day's play from second-round Group A matches of the Ranji Trophy 2013-14

Delhi picked up four Gujarat wickets in the second innings after conceding a 25-run lead, but an unbeaten fifth-wicket stand of 42 between Parthiv Patel and Smit Patel stretched Gujarat's overall lead beyond 100

An unbeaten fifth-wicket partnership of 146 between Mithun Manhas and Manan Sharma helped Delhi to 195 for 4 against Gujarat at the end of day two

A round-up of the first day's play of Group A second-round matches of the Ranji Trophy

Venugopal Rao scored his first first-class century in almost six years to help Gujarat close the day on a relatively positive note despite allrounder Sumit Narwal's sixth five-wicket haul.

On a ground where Ravindra Jadeja scored a tripe-hundred last season, Delhi and Gujarat will square up in a Ranji Trophy game that pitches the latter's experienced batting line-up against Gujarat's young and in-form attack