Mavi hits maiden century, Akash Choudhary hits 11-ball fifty

Top batting performances

Paras Dogra's hundred, his 34th in first-class, and Abdul Samad's 85 powered Jammu & Kashmir to a 99-run lead over Delhi even as Simarjeety Singh finished with a six-wicket haul.

Meghalaya's Akash Choudhary scored the fastest fifty off 11 balls in first-class cricket, in the process becoming the first batter to hit eight consecutive sixes in the format. He hit six sixes in an over off Arunachal Pradesh's Limar Dabi.

Hyderabad's wicketkeeper-batter Rahul Radesh, overnight on 15, scored 129 to take his side to 364. In response, Rajasthan were struggling at 117/5 before a century partnership between Kunal Singh Rathore and Kukna Ajay Singh restored some fightback into the innings.

Jharkhand's Kumar Kushagra, on 133 overnight, completed his double ton and helped his team, to 506 in the first innings against Baroda. He and Sahil Raj added 118 for the seventh wicket. Raj then struck with early wickets as Jharkhand finished the day firmly in front.

Sumanta Gupta's 120, his maiden hundred, added crucial runs down the order and helped Bengal to a massive total of 474 in their first innings. Railways, in response, were rattled by Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal's 4 wicket haul and ended the day at 97/5.

Mayank Verma, the keeper-batter from Chattisgarh, scored a maiden first-class hundred to help his side to 377 in the first innings, helping add 176 to the overnight tally.

Kanpur witnessed Shivam Mavi score his maiden century, coming off just 87 balls as UP declared on 535/6. M

Shams Mulani scored 69 and added crucial lower-order runs for Mumbai, the first innings eventually coming to a close on 446. Mulani and Tushar Deshpande added 75for their ninth wicket. Deshpande then struck with the ball, picking two wickets as Himachal Pradesh finished the day on 94/7.

Al Bashid Muhammed's 126 took Manipur to 400 in their fixture against Mizoram from an overnight total of 201/3.

Vijay Shankar's 150not out powered Tripura to 602/7 against Assam in Agartala. Hanuma Vihari, on 143 overnight, could add only 13 runs to his total.

Top bowling performances

Karnataka went from an overnight total of 257/5 to 313 all out but Shreyas Gopal put on a good bowling performance with a xx-wicket haul.He broke the 98-run opening stand and then kept chipping with wickets to ensure that Maharashtra, who were once going strong thanks to Prithvi Shaw's rapid 71, don't run away with the advantage.

Sandeep Warrier's four-wicket haul helped Tamil Nadu eke out a five-run lead despite Shaik Rasheed's lone effort of 87 not out.

Siddharth Desai's five-wicket haul helped Gujarat bowl out Services for only 248. Gujarat were wett set at stumps on Day 2, behind by 77 runs with six wickets in hand.

Nishunk Birla and Vishnu Kashyap shared seven wickets to bowl out Punjab for 142 and eke out a 31-run lead for Chandigarh. Batting again, Chandigarh were 168/7 at stumps, with Harpreet Brar picking three wickets.

Saurashtra captain Jaydev Unadkat stood out with his four-wicket haulbut could not keep Kerala from taking a 73-run lead in the first innings, with Rohan Kunnummal's 80 top-scoring in Thiruvananthapuram. Baba Aparajith scored 69, helping put important stands down the order to take Kerala into the lead.