Pawan, Rohit Sharma hit centuries

Belligerent: Rohit Sharma took a liking to Railways bowlers as he piled on an unbeaten 133. File photo

Opener K.B. Pawan's unbeaten 121 (267b, 14x4, 1x6) took Karnataka to a comfortable 273 for three on the first day of its Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘A' match against defending champion Rajasthan at Udaipur, on Thursday.

Rajasthan elected to field and met with immediate success when Robin Uthappa was dismissed for nought.

But Pawan collaborated with Manish Pandey (58) for 88 runs for the third wicket, and added 140 with Amit Verma (59 batting) in an unbeaten fourth-wicket stand to take the visiting team to a position of strength.

At Delhi's Karnail Singh Stadium, Rohit Sharma's unconquered 133 (214b, 14x4, 1x6) helped Mumbai amass 338 for the loss of five wickets after electing to bat against Railways. Rohit and Suryakumar Yadav (88, 121b, 14x4) gathered 180 runs in a shade under 42 overs for the fourth wicket, before Yadav was trapped in front by medium-pacer Anureet Singh.

The scores:

Elite Group:

Group ‘A':

At Udaipur: Karnataka 273 for three in 87.1 overs (K.B. Pawan 121 batting, Manish Pandey 58, Amit Verma 59 batting) vs Rajasthan.

At Cuttack: Saurashtra 305 for five in 90 overs (Bhushan Chauhan 83, Ravindra Jadeja 141 batting) vs Orissa.

At Mohali: Punjab 329 for five in 91 overs (Karan Goel 68, Mandeep Singh 158 batting, R.P. Singh four for 60) vs U.P.

At Delhi: Mumbai 338 for five in 90 overs (Rohit Sharma 133 batting, Suryakumar Yadav 88) vs Railways.

Group ‘B':At Kolkata: Bengal 261 for four in 90 overs (Manoj Tiwary 120 batting, W. Saha 41 batting) vs Gujarat.

At Delhi: Haryana 256 for seven in 89 overs (Sunny Singh 51, Abhimanyu Khod 68, Sachin Rana 80, Pradeep Sangwan three for 54) vs Delhi.

At Chennai: TN vs Baroda. No play.

Plate league:Group ‘A':At Delhi: Andhra 206 for seven in 90 overs (B. Sumanth 70, A.G. Pradeep 80) vs Services.

At Agartala: H.P. 347 for two in 90 overs (Abhinav Bali 122, Paras Dogra 174 batting) vs Tripura.

At Nagpur: Vidharbha 274 for four in 90 overs (Shalabh Shrivastava 84 batting, Ranjit Paradkar 47 batting) vs Kerala.

Group ‘B':At Porvorim: Maharashtra 286 for four in 90 overs (S. Atitkar 52, Nikhil Paradkar 67, Ankit Bawne 60 batting, Rohit Motwani 68 batting) vs Goa.

At Hyderabad: Hyderabad 129 for one in 41 overs (Akshath Reddy 61, Ravi Teja 59 batting) vs Jharkhand.

At Srinagar: Assam 297 for four in 90 overs (Dheeraj Jadhav 135, Tajinder Singh 44, Gokul Sharma 46 batting) vs J&K.