After the heroics of Deepak Hooda, who was unbeaten on 293 and powered Baroda to 529, Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh and opener Manan Vohra staged an unbeaten partnership of 314 runs to power their side to 452/2 at the end of day’s play in Delhi. Vohra hit a double hundred (201 not out) while Singh was at his best, scoring 179, which included 23 fluent boundaries.

The duo went after the loose deliveries and never dropped their guard even once as they chased down the first innings total set by Baroda. They still trail by 77 runs and will look to take full advantage of the conditions on Sunday as well.

Himachal find their groove

After being bowled out for 36 in their first innings, Himachal Pradesh took a 142-run lead over Hyderabad on day two as Paras Dogra (57) and Robin Bist (50 not out) powered them to 232/6 in their second innings. Hyderabad resumed their innings from 99/7 before being bowled out for 126, with Rishi Dhawan taking a career-best innings haul of 7/50.

Delhi remain on course

Powered by captain Gautam Gambhir’s sublime knock of 147, Delhi declared their innings at 495 after Milind Kumar smashed 106 not out, with Manan Sharma playing a crucial knock of 81 against Odisha. Ishant Sharma then struck twice with the ball for Delhi to send the Odisha openers Sandeep Pattnaik and Ranjit Singh back to the pavilion. Manan Sharma chipped in with a wicket to leave Odisha struggling at 109/4 in their second innings, still trailing by 149 runs.

Kerala set target of 328

Kerala’s Rohan Prem stitched a crucial century to help side set Chhattisgarh a target of 328 in Jamshedpur. Prem, who had scored 62 in the first innings, remained unbeaten on 123 as Kerala declared their second innings at 307/2. In their first innings, Kerala had scored 207 after which Chhattisgarh were bowled out for 187. Karaparambil Monish took 4/34, while Iqbal Abdulla grabbed 3/26. Chhattisgarh ended the day at 15/0, needing another 313 runs for a win.

Brief scores:

Baroda 529 lead Punjab 452/2 (Yurvraj Singh 179 not out, Manan Vohra 201 not out) by 77 runs.

Bengal 205 and 214 all out (Karan Thakur 4/45, Deepak Bansal 3/40) lead Railways 105 & 196/5 (Shivakant Shukla 83, Arindam Ghosh 51; Amit Kuila 3/42) by 119 runs.

Gujarat 347 and 187/5 (Samit Gohel 50; Kuldeep Yadav 3/69) lead Uttar Pradesh 241 all out (Samarth Singh 50; Hardik Patel 4/71) by 293 runs.

Tamil Nadu 555/7 lead Madhya Pradesh 261/7 (Devendra Bundela 93) by 294 runs.

Assam 325 and 48/1 trail Karnataka 570/9 decl (Karun Nair 145, Stuart Binny 156, Robin Uthappa 128) by 197 runs.

Odisha 237 and 109/4 (Govinda Poddar 52) trail Delhi 495/8 decl. (Gautam Gambhr 147, Milind Kumar 106) by 149 runs.

Vidarbha 105 and 315/3 (Sanjay Ramaswamy 102) lead Jharkhand 362/8 decl (Ishank Jaggi 112 not out) by 58 runs.

Maharashtra 461 lead Rajasthan 299/8 (Manender Singh 63, Siddharth Dobal 59) by 162 runs.

Andhra 253 and 220 (Hanuman Vihari 50; Yuzvendra Chahal 3/51, Mohit Sharma 3/37) lead Haryana 103 & 138/3 (Shubham Rohilla 75 not out) by 233 runs.

Kerala 207 and 307/2 (Rohan Prem 123 not out, Sachi Baby 70 not out) lead Chhattisgarh 187 & 15/0 by 313 runs.

Tripura 283 and 226/7 (Rajat Dey 56) lead Goa 269 all out (Swapnil Asnodkar 57; Gurinder Singh 4/46) by 240 runs.

Himachal Pradesh 36 and 232/6 (Paras Dogra 57, Robin Bist 50) lead Hyderabad 126 all out (Balchander Anirudh 64; Rishi Dhawan 7/50) by 142 runs.

Services 477 lead Jammu & Kashmir 379/6 (Shubham Khajuria 111, Ian Dev Singh 120) by 98 runs.