New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh moved into the quarter-finals with a win over Bengal while Himachal Pradesh tasted their first victory of the season in the Ranji Trophy Super League Thursday.
At Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh defeated Bengal by three wickets on the third day at the Green Park Stadium. Uttar Pradesh, resuming at overnight score of 53 for two in the second innings, acheived the target of 236 runs after Parvinder Singh scored 62 off 95 balls and captain Mohammed Kaif made 41.

Uttar Pradesh are now second in the group B with 18 points while Karnataka are on top with 23. Bengal are fifth with eight points.

At Surat, Himachal Pardesh tasted their first win of the season, a comprehensive six-wicket victory over Gujarat in Group A match.

Left-arm fast bowler Mohinder Sharma picked up five for 31 to bowl out Gujarat for a paltry 87 runs in the second innings. Gujarat easily achieved the target of 140 runs in the second innings with Mukesh Sharma remaining unbeaten on 52 and Hemant Dogra scoring 42.

Other results:

At Kanpur: Bengal 193 and 104 all out. Uttar Pardesh 62 all out and 236/7 (Parvinder Singh 62, Mohammed Kaif 41; Ranadeb Bose 3/68). Uttar Pradesh won by three wickets.

At Surat: Gujarat 234 and 87 all out (Mohinder Sharma 5/31, Ashok Thakur 3/24). Himachal Pradesh 182 all out and 141/4 (Mukesh Sharma 52 not out, Hemant Dogra 42). Himachal won by six wickets.

At Hyderabad: Railways 305 and 18/0. Hyderabad 303 all out (Ambati Rayudu 73, Shashank Nag 51; Sanjay Bangar 4/91, Krishnakant Upadhyay 4/93).

At Mumbai: Tamil Nadu 501. Mumbai 308/3 (Wasim Jaffer 129 batting, Ajinkya Rahane 98).

At Chandigarh: Orissa 283 and 196/8 (Subhrajit Sahoo 62; Love Ablish 5/54). Punjab 177 all out (Mayank Sidhana 53; Basanth Mohanty 6/65).

At Delhi: Delhi all out 419. Maharshtra 163 all out and 334/9 (Ankit Bawne 118, Rohit Motwani 61; Pradeep Sangwan 5/95).