Karnataka (1st innings): 497

Bihar (1st innings): 227

Bihar (2nd innings, overnight 120-6): Niklesh Ranjan lbw Joshi 2, Zishan-ul Yaquin c Shiraguppi b Ganesh 26, Rajiv Kumar (run out) 34, Tariq-Ur Rehman lbw Joshi 11, Sunil Kumar (run out) 31, Syed Arafi lbw b Joshi 29, CM Jha lbw Ganesh 1, Sumit Panda c Yalvigi b Joshi 15, Vikas Kumar (not out) 14, Dheeraj Kumar c Mansoor b Joshi 6, Sarfraz Ahmed c Sujith b Ganesh 4. Extras (b3, lb4, nb3) 10. Total (all out in 71.5 overs) 183.

Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-29, 3-53, 4-105, 5-108, 6-109, 7-140, 8-159, 9-174.

Bowling: Ganesh 27.5-2-88-3, Mansoor 3-0-13-0, Joshi 32-17-48-5, Yalvigi 6-1-23-0, Vijay Bharadwaj 3-0-4-0.

MP spin into contention

Indore: Hosts MadhyaPradesh today defeated Saurashtra by seven wickets in the Super League match here at the Usha Raje Stadium. Accurate bowling by leg spinner Narendra Hirwani (6-85) and a fluent 60 by Amay Khurasia contributed to the host team's victory. MP will play the crucial final league match against Haryana.

Saurashtra (1st innings):249 MP (1st innings) 370 Saurashtra (2nd innings, overnight 215-7): Sudhir Tanna c Abbas b Hirwani 23, Altaf Merchant c & b Hirwani 37, Sitanshu Kotak c Bundela b Hirwani 17, Vimal Jadeja lbw S Pandey 10, Prakash Bhatt lbw Hirwani 69, Hitesh Parsana b Hirwani 10, Manoj Parmar lbw JP Yadav 42, Hitesh Goswami c Bundela b JP Yadav 0, Yusuf Bambhania (run out) 19, Neeraj Bodedra (not out) 7, Kamal Chavda c JP Yadav b Hirwani 0. Extras 26. Total (in 87 overs) 260.

Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-72, 3-97, 4-108, 5-128, 6-207, 7-209, 8-246, 9-260, 10-260. Bowling: Harvinder 8-1-26-0, Bundela 2-1-6-0, Pandey 17-0-74-1, Hirwani 31-4-85-6, Majithia 8-2-25-0, Yadav 21-7-41-2. MP (2nd innings): JP Yadav cTanna b Bhambhaniya 18, Vipin Acharya c & b Odedera 8, Amay Khurasia c Parsana b Odedera 60, Devendra Bundela not out 32, Abbas Ali not out 18. Extras 4. Total (for three wickets in 37.1 overs) 140.

Bowling: Chawda 6-1-21-0, Goswami 7-4-7-0, Bhambhania 10-3-46-1, Odedera 11.1-5-25-2, Kotak 3-0-41-0