New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Maharashtra fought back in their Ranji Trophy Super League match against Uttar Pradesh, bowling them out for 208 in their first innings and taking a lead of 84 runs at Pune.
After being shot out for 292 in the first innings, Maharashtra made a strong comeback with left-arm spinner Kiran Adhav claiming five for 24. Left-arm pacer Samad Fallah took three wickets.

Maharashtra then reached 102/2 at stumps on the second day Wednesday, increasing their overall lead to 186 runs.

At Mohali, Manpreet Gony’s match haul of 10 wickets has brought Punjab close to victory against Himachal Pradesh.

After baing packed off for 197 in the first innings, Himachal Pradesh fought their way back into the match, bowling out the hosts for 186. Vikramjeet Malik claimed five for 68.

But Gony, who took five wickets in the first innings, bowled a deadly spell (five for 21) that saw Himachal Pradesh surrender for just 82 in the second innings.

Punjab now need 92 runs to register a sensational victory inside three days.

At Vadodara, Karnataka pacers R. Vinay Kumar (3-23) and Abhimanyu Mithun (3-52) ran through the Baroda batting line-up, leaving them at 137/9.

Karnataka piled up a mammoth 488 in the first innings with Manish Pandey scoring a century. Ganesh Satish made 94.

Vinay Kumar and Mithun, who have been in hot form this season, got good purchase from the wicket to see Karnataka to a strong position.

Brief scores:

At Vadodara, Karnataka vs Baroda: Karnataka 488 all out (Manish Pandey 110, Robin Uthappa 58, Ganesh Satish 94, Ketan Panchal 2-78; Murtuja Vahora 3-81, Irfan Pathan 2-96), Baroda 137/9 (Irfan Pathan batting 52; R Vinay Kumar 3-23, Abhimanyu Mithun 3-52, Sreesanth Aravind 2-27)

At Valsad, Gujarat vs Railways: Gujarat 91 all out, Railways 327/5 (Sanjay Bangar 109, V. Cheluvaraj 46, Yere Goud 62 batting; Siddharth Trivedi 2-46, Mehul Patel 2-52)

At Hyderabad, Hyderabad vs Mumbai: Hyderabad 266 all out (Syed Quadri 76 not out batting, Abhinav Kumar 35, I Khaleel 35; Ajit Agarkar 3-44, Aavishkar Salvi 2-40), Mumbai 198/1 (Sahil Kukreja 87 batting, Ajinkya Rahane 89 batting)

At Pune, Maharashtra vs Uttar Pradesh: Maharashtra 292 all out and 102/2 (Harshad Khadiwale 54, Sangram Atitkar batting 36), Uttar Pradesh 208 all out (Mohammad Kaif 65, Parvinder Singh 47; Samad Fallah 3-54, Kiran Adhav 5-24, Sudeep Tyagi 1-9)

At Sambalpur, Tamil Nadu vs Orissa: Tamil Nadi 361 all out (Arun Karthik 118, Srikkanth Anirudha 53, C. Ganapathy 72, Debasis Mohanty 2-43, Dhiraj Singh 4-109), Orissa 173/1 (Shiv Sunder Das 71, Niranjan Behara 88)

At Mohali, Punjab vs Himachal Pradesh: Himachal Pradesh 197 all out and 82 all out (V Indulkar 16; Manpreet Gony 5-21, Love Ablish 2-10, R Sharma 2-25), Punjab 186 all out (Uday Kaul 50, Vikramjeet Malik 5-68, Ashok Thakur 3-53, J Mehta 2-22)

At Delhi, Delhi vs Saurashtra: Saurashtra 328 all out, Delhi 262/7 (Punnet Bisht batting 49, Virat Kohli 39; Jayesh Odedra 5-7, Sandeep Maniar 2-58)