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Karnataka 372-5 (J Arunkumar 131, F Khaleel 82, S Somasunder 44) vs Goa

TN in command

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: P Sriram's 71 and useful half-centuries by S Ramesh and Hemang Badani helped Tamil Nadu score 317-7 in their first innings against Kerala on the opening day of the four-day South Zone match.

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Tamil Nadu 317-7 (P Sriram 71, S Ramesh 55, Hemang K Badani 54, Robin Singh 41, Madanagopal 30; Sreekumar Nair 5-57) vs Kerala

Hyderabad limited

VISAKHAPATNAM: An unbeaten 63 by D Vinay Kumar (63) enabled Hyderabad score 250 for nine wickets in their first innings against Andhra on the opening day of the four-day South Zone Ranji Trophy league match.

Brief Scores

Hyderabad 250-9 (VinayKumar batting 63, D Manohar 31, Vishnuvardhan 25; H Ramkishen 4-76, MS Ranganath 4-59) vs Andhra Pradesh.

Bihar beat Tripura

JAMSHEDPUR: A 134-run fourth wicket partnership between Mayur Kaderkar (65) and Amitabh Velaskar (79) went in vain as Tripura lost by 29 runs to Bihar in the East Zone One-day league match at Keenan Stadium today.

Brief Scores

Bihar 254-3 (R Kumar 106 n.o, CM Jha 82 n.o; Deb Burma 2-33) bt Tripura 225-9 (M Kaderkar 65, A Velaskar 79).

Bengal win

GUWAHATI: Opener Alakendu Lahiri's 69 helped Bengal defeat Assam by 20 runs in the One-dayer.

Brief Scores

Bengal 242-9 in 50 overs (A Lahiri 69) bt Assam 222 in 47.2 overs (Vinayak Samant 58, Iqbal Khan 46; R Mazumdar 3-47).