At close, MP were 250 for the loss of nine wickets, thanks to a superb 99 by Santosh Sahu.

Brief scores: MP 338 & 250-9 (H Sodhi 58, Santosh Sahu 99; Vajpayee 4-76) drew with UP 383.Karthik deadly
NAGPUR: Indian Railways defeated hosts Vidarbha by seven wickets in their Central Zone match at the VCA ground here today. Resuming at 146 for 8, Vidarbha were all out for 172. Murali Kartik had a haul of six wickets.

Brief scores: Vidarbha 170 & 172 (Murali Kartik 6-31) bt Indian Railways 270 (Sanjay Bangar 85, Abhay Sharma 60; Preetam Gandhe 8-88) & 76-3 (Bangar 34).

Sarandeep scalps 10
MOHALI: Spinner Sarandeep Singh had a match haul of 10-91 as Punjab beat Services by an innings and 173 runs on thefinal day of the North Zone match here.

Brief scores: Punjab 533-6 decl bt Services 171 & 189 (S Verma 67; S Singh 4-50).

Haryana draw
NEW DELHI: A valiant fightback by Haryana through an unbeaten ton from Sanjay Dalal (107), helped the visitors hold off the Delhi attack, and draw the North Zone match today.

Brief scores: Haryana 166 & 346-5 (S Dalal 107 not out, A Ratra 61 not out, R Puri 66, J Singh 47; A Nehra 2-66, A Bhandari 2-80) vs Delhi 470-8 decl.