Jadeja century puts Delhi in charge

Karnataka 32 for 0 trail Delhi 427 for 7 decl. (Dhawan 130, Jadeja 103*) by 395 runs
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After Shikhar Dhawan's heroics on the opening day, it was Ajay Jadeja's turn to star against Karnataka at the Jamia Millia Cricket Ground in New Delhi. Jadeja stroked an unbeaten 103 to put Delhi in charge after Dhawan had departed for 130 early on day two. He found an able ally in Rajat Bhatia, who made an even 50, and Vijay Dahiya, who missed out on a half-century by a run when Sudhindra Shinde ran him out. Karnataka struggled for breakthroughs, with Sunil Joshi bowling a marathon 62 overs for figures of 4 for 117. At stumps, Robin Uthappa and Barrington Rowland had knocked off 32 from the arrears.

Mumbai 250 for 3 (Jaffer 86, Muzumdar 56*) lead Gujarat 232 all out (Parthiv 87, Powar 5-66) by 18 runs
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After Ajit Agarkar wrapped up the two remaining Gujarat wickets for the addition of only 22 runs, Wasim Jaffer's fluent 86 led Mumbai into a position of strength at the Wankhede Stadium. Jaffer stroked 16 fours in his 137-ball innings, and added 99 for the opening wicket with Vinayak Mane, who batted 158 minutes for his 28. Vinit Indulkar chipped in with 34, and Amol Muzumdar showed plenty of aggressive intent en route to an unbeaten 56 as Gujarat increasingly became lost for ideas.

Madhya Pradesh 106 for 2 (Ojha 45*, Bundela 43*) trail Railways 373 all out (Pagnis 93, Bangar 63, Golwalkar 8-127) by 267 runs
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Raja Ali made 53 and Siddharth Joshi 47 as Railways stretched their first innings to 373 on day two. Madhya Pradesh were indebted to Yogesh Golwalkar, who bowled superbly for figures of 8 for 127. And after Harvinder Singh had dismissed Sachin Dholpure and Amay Khurasiya cheaply, Madhya Pradesh rebuilt through Naman Ojha and Devendra Bundela to leave the match intriguingly poised at the halfway stage.

Andhra 160 for 8 (Venugopal Rao 39, Lodhgar 4-34) trail Bengal 234 all out (Arindam 59, Shukla 57, Sahabuddin 4-31) by 74 runs
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Syeb Sahabuddin mopped up the Bengal lower order for next to nothing, but then had to watch as his own batsmen fumbled against some tight bowling. Only Venugopal Rao crossed 30 as Murtaza Lodhgar, whose offspin fetched him figures of 4 for 34, and Saurasish Lahiri gave Bengal the initiative in a match that appears certains to have a result.

Uttar Pradesh 279 for 6 (Shamshad 103*, Pandey 61) lead Hyderabad 246 (Kumar 66, Yadav 55) by 33 runs
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Rizwan Shamshad and Gyanendra Pandey, two of the veterans of the domestic circuit, added 114 for the fourth wicket to put Uttar Pradesh in control of this encounter at the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad. Shamshad stroked a fine unbeaten 103, and Pandey struck 61, after Suresh Raina had struck a breezy 49 at the top of the order. For Hyderabad, who could add only 10 to their overnight total of 236 for 8, Anirudh Singh picked up 3 for 59.

Punjab 164 for 5 (Ricky 71, Jesuraj 3-50) trail Tamil Nadu 244 (Vasudevadas 91*, Singh 5-70) by 80 runs
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Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Mongia and Reetinder Singh Sodhi all failed, but Ravneet Ricky struck a battling 71 as Punjab struggled to match Tamil Nadu's modest total of 244. Kuthethurshri Vasudevdas was left unconquered on 91 as Tamil Nadu added 53 before being bowled out, with Vikram Singh taking 5 for 70. When Punjab batted, Rajamani Jesuraj was the surprise package, taking 3 for 50 as the visitors lost all their top-order big guns before stumps.

Maharashtra 302 for 7 (Mohan 93*) lead Assam 201 (Sharma 77, Siddiqui 5-68) by 101 runs
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Dhruv Mohan made an unbeaten 93, and Kaushik Aphale chipped in with 55 as Maharashtra built a handy lead in their game against Assam. Arnald Konwar picked up 3 for 92 as Assam fought to contain the home batsmen. Dheeraj Jadhav made 37 and Hrishikesh Kanitkar 42.