Scoreboard
Mumbai (1st innings): 335
Vadodara (1st innings): C Williams c Muzumdar b Kulkarni 56, R Swaroop c Muzumdar b Kulkarni 25, S Parab c Zaffer b Mhambrey 122, H Jadhav lbw Pawar 1, T Arothe c&b Kulkarni 16, A Bhoite lbw Kulkarni 14, M Kadri b Mhambrey 20, N Mulherkar b Mhambrey 8, M Meawda c Paranjpe b Pawar 46, R Patel batting 2, Z Khan batting 0. Extras: (b1, lb9, nb2, w1) 13. Total: (for nine wickets in 153 overs): 323.
Fall of wickets: 1-79, 2-92, 3-93, 4-126, 5-142, 6-193, 7-308, 8-316, 9-322.
Bowling: Mhambrey 26-7-49-3, Saxena 15-3-42-0, Kulkarni 55-21-99-4, Pawar 49-14-99-2, Sutar 12-5-18-0, Pagnis 2-1-6-0.

Gujarat 45 short
RAJKOT: The third day of the West Zone match saw Saurashtra's strong opening, Gujarat's King defence -- and this coupled with close-in field castling and questionable moves. Gujarat ended the day at 308/8, still 45 runs short of the follow-on mark.

SCOREBOARD
Saurashtra (1st innings): 503-3 decl
Gujarat (1st innings): Amrish Kotecha st Parmar b Odedra 19, Nilesh Modi st Parmar b Chudasama 59, Niraj Patel b Parsana 58, Keyur Padia c Parmar b Chudasama 37, Tejas Varsani c Tanna b Parsana 14, Kirat Damani lbw Parsana 39, Pathik Patel batting 45, Mukund Parmar c Parsana b Chudasama 0, Bhavin Mehta c Parmar b Odedra 9, Hitesh Majumdar batting 16. Extras: (8lb, 3nb, 1w) 12. Total: (for eight wickets in 115 overs): 308.
Bowling: N Rana 9-3-27-0, Chavda 6-0-25-0, Parsana 29-10-73-3, Odedra 33-10-66-2, Chudasama 36-11-102-3, Kotak 1-0-4-0, Vasant Kumar 2-0-3-0.

Sharath steadies TN
BANGALORE: Left-hander Sridharan Sharath struck an unbeaten 77 to enable TN score 246 for five in the first innings against reigning champions Karnataka in the South Zone Ranji Trophy match on the opening day.
Brief scores: TN 246-5 (Ashish Kapoor 64, Hemang Badani 29, S Sharath batting 77, V Saravanan 25 batting) vs Karnataka.

Kanwaljit strikes
KOZHIKODE: A six-wicket haul by Hyderabad off-spinner Kanwaljit Singh restricted Kerala to 247 runs in their first innings on the first day of the South Zone match.
Brief scores: Kerala 247 (S Sankar 48, Vinay Kumar 35, Sunil Oasis 46, Ram Prakash 34; Kanwaljit Singh 6-91, V Raju 3-102) vs Hyderabad 21-1.

Rajesh Naik shines
VISAKHAPATNAM: An unbeaten knock by Rajesh Naik and his two fruitful partnerships for the sixth and seventh wicket helped Goa score 188 runs for nine in their first innings against Andhra on the opening day of the South Zone match.
Brief scores: Goa 188-9 (Milind Chavan 35, Rajesh Naik batting 56; N Madhukar 3-49) vs Andhra

Satpathy captures four
CUTTACK: Promising Orissa off-spinner Sanjay Satpathy captured four wickets as Bihar batsmen toiled to make 259 for seven at close on the third day of the East Zone match being played. With just a day to go, the tussle was now for the first innings lead.
Brief scores: Orissa 390 vs Bihar 259-7 (Debjit Chakraborty 57, Vaneet Saxena 55; S Satpathy 4-54)

Tripura face innings defeat
AGARTALA: Tripura face an uphill task to avoid innings defeat after being forced to follow on by Bengal on the third day of the East Zone Match.Brief scores: Bengal 533-2 decl vs Tripura 163 (R Ghosh 58; U Chatterjee 7-45) & 101-5.