Medium pacer Umesh Patil struck three early blows after Railways elected to make first use of the track. Patil finished with three for 38 while leg-spinner sameer Khare, who accounted for the dismissal of the two centurians, ended the day with two for 78.

Brief Scores: Railways (1st Innings): 345 for 6 (Balram Singh 122, manoj Srivastava 127, Asif Murtaza 32, Umesh Patil 3 for 38, Sameer Khare 2 for 78).

Delhi gain 5 pts
Delhi gained five points while Haryana ended up with three when their North Zone Cooch Behar Trophy league match ended in a draw at Vishwakarma School grounds at Rohtak, according to reports reaching here.

Replying to Haryana's first innings score of 248, Delhi hit up 311, Gautam Gambhir (72), Neeraj Chawla (58) and Rajan Gupta (54) being the principal scorers. Ishan Ganda claimed five for 65. In their second essay, Haryana scored 240 for seven, Ajay Ratra (74), satish (59) and Bhuvnesh (53) being the main contributors. Medium pacer Rakesh Raman Jha (3 for 72) and spinner Kundan Mehra (3 for 47) were the main wicket-takers.

Brief Scores: Haryana: 248 and 240 for 7 (Satish 59, Ajay Ratra 74, Bhuvnesh 53, Rakesh Raman Jha 3 for 72, Kundan Mehra 3 for 47). Delhi: 311 (Rajan Gupta 54, Gautam Gambhir 72, Neeraj Chawla 58, Varun Kumar 35, Ishan Ganda 5 for 65, Kuldeep 3 for 53).