Dhawan's 121 frustrates Karnataka

Delhi 205 for 4 (Dhawan 121*) v Karnataka
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Shikhar Dhawan, who turned 19 a week ago, struck an unbeaten 121 to guide Delhi to 205 for 4 at the Jamia Millia Cricket Ground in New Delhi. His maiden hundred contained 10 fours and two sixes, and held the Delhi innings together. However, the batsmen maintained a dour rate of scoring: Aakash Chopra's 15 came in 95 minutes, while Abhinav Bali required 186 balls for his 43. Sunil Joshi was Karnataka's most successful bowler, taking 3 for 48. He created a flutter by dismissing Mithun Manhas and Sarandeep Singh in the space of three balls towards the end of the day.

Gujarat 210 for 8 (Parthiv 87, Powar 5-66) v Mumbai
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Parthiv Patel's 87 off 221 balls was the saving grace for Gujarat at the Wankhede Stadium today as Ramesh Powar bundled out half the side to end with 5 for 66. He took over after Usman Malvi, a right-arm seamer, had dismissed both openers with only 21 on the board. Parthiv shared useful partnerships with Niraj Patel and Kirat Damani, but the rest of the support cast did not stay long enough. Gujarat survived the whole day and ended with 210 for 8, but it was Mumbai's day all the way.

Railways 255 for 5 (Pagnis 93, Bangar 63, Golwalkar 4-84) v Madhya Pradesh
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Amit Pagnis (93) narrowly missed out on a hundred, but with Sanjay Bangar (63), he did enough to put Railways in a commanding position. Their opening stand of 163 took the team to 255 for 5, and helped later batsmen ride over a three-wicket burst by Yogesh Golwalkar that gave Madhya Pradesh some hope in Indore.

Bengal 206 for 6 (Shukla 51*, Arindam 59) v Andhra
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Andhra Pradesh pressed ten bowlers into action and had something to show for it as they restricted Bengal to 206 for 6 at Visakhapatnam. After Arindam Das (59) and Deep Dasgupta (48) put on 82 for the first wicket, Bengal lost the plot quickly and found themselves at 133 for 5. Laxmi Ratan Shukla steadied the innings with an unbeaten 51 to frustrate Andhra in the final session.

Hyderabad 236 for 8 (Kumar 66, Yadav 55) v Uttar Pradesh
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Hyderabad reached 236 for 8 primarily due to the efforts of Vinay Kumar (66) and Arjun Yadav (55), who put on 91 for the fifth wicket after Uttar Pradesh had reduced them to 82 for 4 at the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad. Shalabh Srivastava claimed 3 for 63 while Praveen Gupta ended with 3 for 40 - all middle-order victims.

Tamil Nadu 191 for 7 (Vasudevadas 59*) v Punjab
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Vikram Singh struck with the sixth ball of the morning to remove Sivaramakrishnan Vidyut, and Tamil Nadu struggled after that, ending the day on 191 for 7 against Punjab at Chennai. Singh and Amit Uniyal did most of the damage, taking three wickets each. Tamil Nadu were reduced to 100 for 7, but Kuthethurshri Vasudevdas (59 not out) and Mumbai Srinivas (36 not out) put on 91 runs to avert immediate disaster.

Maharashtra 22 for 0 trail Assam 201 (Sharma 77, Siddiqui 5-68) by 179 runs
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Iqbal Siddiqui ran through Assam at Aurangabad, claiming 5 for 68 in 22 overs to bundle them out for 201. Maharashtra reached 22 for 0 by the day's end, still 179 runs behind. At one stage, Assam were 27 for 5 and then 40 for 6, before fighting efforts from the lower order, led by Gokul Sharma, who made 77 in only his second game, took them to respectability.