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Raina’s century puts U.P. in a strong position

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CHANDIGARH: From a seemingly safe position, Punjab found itself on the brink of losing the first innings lead to Uttar Pradesh, following a century by S.K. Raina, by stumps on the second day of the Ranji super league match here on Saturday.

Overnight 324 for seven, Punjab was all out for 381 with U. Kaul taking his personal contribution to 162, and Charanjit Singh, who had given him good support, making 40.

UP began steadily but got bogged down at 91 for three before Mohammed Kaif and S.K. Raina got together in a flourishing 153-run stand for the fourth wicket. Kaif made 66. Raina went on to score 123 (130b, 19 x 4, 2 x 6).

At stumps UP was 352 for seven with the eighth-wicket pair of Piyush Chawla (30) and P. Kumar (20) having put on 28 runs.

Venugopala hits century

At Dharamshala, Maharashtra is ready for the kill after sending Himachal Pradesh crashing for 83. Maharashtra had earlier piled up 310 with Y. Venugopala Rao completing his century (112). At stumps Maharashtra was on 41 for two.

At Jaipur, Saurashtra has put Rajasthan in a spot of bother. Replying to Saurashtra’s 307, Rajasthan slipped to 155 for six at stumps.

The scores: Super league: Maharashtra 310 in 110 overs (Y. Venugopala Rao 112, S.V. Bahutule 74, S.A. Agarkar 46, V.S. Malik four for 69) and 41 for two in 15 overs v Himachal Pradesh 83 in 51 overs (S. Bahutule five for 29), at Dharamshala.

Hyderabad 261 in 103.2 overs (D.S. Manohar 71, D.B. Ravi Teja 72, S.A. Pai 62, I.K. Pathan four for 71) v Baroda 191 for two in 75 overs (C.C. Williams 91 not out, A.A. Bilakhia 68), in Hyderabad.

Mumbai 166 and 154 for two in 44 overs (S. Kukreja 89 not out) v Delhi 252 in 86.4 overs (G. Gambhir 89, R. Bhatia 49), in Mumbai.

Punjab 381 in 105 overs (U. Kaul 162, P. Dharmani 46, R. Inder 45, Charanjit Singh 40, P. Kumar four for 60) v UP 352 for seven in 66 overs (R.P. Srivastava 40, M. Kaif 66, S. Raina 123, V.R.V. Singh five for 102), at Chandigarh.

Andhra 179 and 67 for two in 21 overs v Orissa 140 in 76.4 overs (H.H. Watekar five for 32), at Cuttack.

Saurashtra 307 in 120.4 overs (S.H. Kotak 58, J.N. Shah 71, R.V. Dhurv 46, Pankaj Singh four for 91) v Rajasthan 155 for six in 55 overs (G. Khoda 44), at Jaipur.

Plate league: Haryana 193 v Railways 272 for five in 109.4 overs (S. Bangar 64, S. Sanyal 40), at Rohtak.

Gujarat 437 in 137.4 overs (N.K. Patel 145, B.D. Thaker 121, N.D. Modi 51, S.K. Trivedi 51 not out, A.K. Mohanty five for 113) v Services 40 for six in 26.4 overs (M.B. Parmar four for 14), in New Delhi.

Vidarbha 315 in 132. 4 overs (F.Y. Fazal 110, A.S. Naidu 87, T.K. Chanda four for 68) v Tripura 80 for five in 45 overs, at Nagpur.

Jharkhand 105 and 278 for seven in 90 overs (S. Ghosh 43, M. Vardhan 79, S. Tiwary 64 not out) v Jammu and Kashmir 133 in 33.3 overs, in Jammu.

Assam 198 and 152 in 49.3 overs (S. Suresh 45) v Kerala 85 in 52.2 overs (D.S. Goswami four for 24, S. Suresh four for 23) and 11 for no loss in 4 overs, at Silchar.

Madhya Pradesh 475 in 131.5 overs (N.V. Ojha 63, Jain S. Saxena 103, M. Ali 88, A. Jhadav 93 not out, S.S. Bandekar six for 144) v Goa 145 for three in 45 overs, at Margao.

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