Virender Sehwag struck a typically brutal hundred to lift Delhi.
Virender Sehwag struck a marvelous unbeaten 147 on a green-top in Rohtak after Delhi were reduced to 41/4 by Haryana's new-ball bowlers. Meanwhile, Mumbai captain Suryakumar Yadav scored a quick-fire hundred as the 40-time Ranji champions put up 375 in a day's play. Elsewhere, there were five-wicket hauls for HP medium pacer, Rishi Dhawan, and Hyderabad seamer, Anwar Ahmed. Defending champions, Karnataka started positively to make four out of four as the Vinay Kumar-led side bowled out J&K for 160.
Group A
Karnataka vs Jammu and Kashmir, Hubli
The defending Ranji champions, Karnataka, enjoyed another fruitful day at the office after their bowlers, headed by captain Vinay Kumar, bowled out J&K for a paltry 160 on Day 1. Skipper, Vinay picked up four and Stuart Binny took three as the visitors, save Parvez Rasool, surrendered meekly in 52.1 overs. In response, J&K medium-pacer Mohammed Mudhasir picked up three wickets to reduce the hosts to 83-5 before an unbeaten 40-run sixth stand between Robin Uthappa and CM Gautam steadied the seven-time champions. Karnataka need 38 more runs to take the crucial first innings lead.
Brief Scores: Jammu and Kashmir 160 ( Parvez Rasool 37, Vinay Kumar 4/37, S Binny 3/37) lead Karnataka 123/5 (R Uthappa 37*; M Mudhasir 3/29) by 37 runs.
Bengal vs Tamil Nadu, Kolkata
After winning the toss on a chilly Kolkata morning, Bengal captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla inserted Tamil Nadu side in. The visitors, led by captain Dinesh Karthik's fine 92 ended the first day's play on 208/5. Karthik fell eight short of a deserved century but added 105-runs for the fourth wicket with Ramaswamy Prasanna to help Tamil Nadu recover from aprecarious 91/4. Seamer, Ashok Dinda with 3/68 was the pick of the Bengal bowlers.
Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 208/5 (Dinesh Karthik 92, R Prasanna 35*; AB Dinda 3/68) vs Bengal
Mumbai vs Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai
Mumbai captain, Suryakumar Yadav, struck a scintillating 135 off 145 deliveries as the hosts, after being asked to bat, piled on 375 runs for the loss of four wickets. Yadav was ably supported by opener, Akhil Herwadkar who was stumped three short of his century. Siddhesh Lad and Sarfaraz Khan had added an unbeaten 42-run stand for the fifth wicket at close of play on Day 1.
Brief scores: Mumbai 375/4 (S Yadav 135, A Herwadkar 97, Siddhesh Lad 69*; Puneet Datey 2/62) vs MP
Uttar Pradesh vs Baroda, Lucknow
Visitors, Baroda reached a strong 316/6 at stumps on Day 1 largely due to Kedhar Devdhar's sparkling 146. Devdhar was ably supported by half-centuries from Saurabh Wakaskar and Aditya Waghmode as Baroda enjoyed 100+ stands for the first two wickets. Leg spinner, Piyush Chawla picked up three wickets, including that of the centurion, late in the evening to give UP a chance of wrapping the Baroda first innings early on Day 2.
Brief Scores: Baroda 316/6 (K Devdhar 146, S Wakaskar 63; P Chawla 3/100) vs UP
Group B
Haryana vs Delhi, Rohtak
Virender Sehwag turned back the clock to score a scintillating unbeaten century on a green-top at Lahli even as the rest of the Delhi top-order crumbled to reduce them to 41/4. Sehwag compiled his 41st First Class hundred, his second in successive matches this season, and in the company of Rajat Bhatia stitched a 186-run stand as Delhi fought their way to end the day at 278/7. Hosts, Haryana, used as many as eight bowlers with Joginder Sharma emerging as most successful with figures of 3/39.
Brief scores: Delhi 278/7 (V Sehwag 147*, Rajat Bhatia 72; Joginder Sharma 3/39) vs Haryana
Rajasthan vs Punjab, Jaipur
Siddharth Kaul and Sandeep Sharma bowled probing lengths to reduce Rajasthan to 23/2 after winning the toss. However, after the initial burst it turned out to be tough day in the office for Punjab bowlers as the hosts, riding on Pranay Sharma's unbeaten century and fifties from Ashok Menaria and Rajesh Bishnoi ended the day strongly on 295/4.
Brief Scores: Rajasthan 295/4 (Pranay Sharma 118*, R Bishnoi 67, A Menaria 65; Baltej Singh 1/32) vs Punjab
Saurashtra vs Maharashtra, Rajkot
After winning the toss and electing to bat on a flat Rajkot wicket, Maharashtra ended Day 1 on 320/6. Harshad Khadiwale, Rohit Motwani scored composed fifties but couldn't build on to score a hundred. Ankit Bawne got to his half-century late in the day and along with Shrikant Munde will be expected to stretch the visitors' first innings. Off-spinner, Kamlesh Makvana picked up three wickets for the hosts.
Brief Scores: Maharashtra 320/6 (Rohit Motwani 70, H Khadiwale 67, A Bawne 52*; Kamlesh Makvana 3/73) vs Saurashtra
Odisha vs Vidarbha, Sambalpur
There was no play on Day 1 in the Odisha-Vidarbha game due to inclement weather conditions.
Group C
Andhra vs Jharkhand, Vizianagaram
After a 77-run opening stand, visitors Jharkhand struggled to put together another substantial stand and collapsed to 215/9 at stumps on Day 1. Prakash Munda top-scored for Jharkhand with 67 even as the Andhra bowling attack kept chipping away wickets at regular intervals. Left-arm medium pacer Cheepurapalli Stephen was the pick of the bowlers for the hosts with 3/43.
Brief Scores: Jharkhand 215/9 (P Munda 67, Saurabh Tiwari 45; CV Stephen 3/43, Kakani Harish 2/69) vs Andhra
Himachal Pradesh vs Kerala, Dharamsala
A Rishi Dhawan five-for broke the back of Kerala's batting order as the visitors were bowled out for 196 in their first innings in Dharamsala. Raiphi Gomez and Sanju Samson got starts but were dismissed by the guile of Dhawan. The hosts ended the day at 11/0 and stand a good chance to take the crucial first-innings lead in the Round 5 encounter.
Brief Scores: Kerala 196 (R Gomez 32, Basil Thampi 32; R Dhawan 5/57, Bipul Sharma 3/37) lead HP 11/0 (AK Bains 10*) by 185 runs
Services vs Assam, Guwahati
Services won the toss and were reduced to 102/8 as Arup Das and Krishna Das took seven wickets among themselves on a day when inclement weather conditions permitted only 33.4 overs of play in Guwahati. Nakul Sharma top scored for Services with 32 as Services struggled to get any partnership going.
Brief Scores: Services 102/8 (N Sharma 32; Arup 4/34, K Das 3/21) vs Guwahati
Tripura vs Hyderabad, Agartala
Hyderabad won the toss in Agartala and put the hosts in and had them reduced to 68/6 by the 23rd over. Fighting lower-order contributions from Kaushal Acharjee and Manisankar Murasingh saved Tripura the blushes as they limped their way to a first-innings score of 184. Left-arm medium pacer, Anwar Ahmed ended with a five-for. In response, Hyderabad raced to 116/1 riding on a fine unbeaten half-century by Ashish Reddy, Hyderabad require 69 more runs to take the first innings lead.
Brief Scores: Tripura 184 (K Acharjee 55, M Murasingh 44; Anwar Ahmed 5/53, Chama Milind 3/56) lead Hyderabad 116/1 (Ashish Reddy 66*, M Murasingh 1/24) by 68 runs
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