Brief scores: Himachal Pradesh 1st innings 228/5: Paras Dogra batting 32, Manvinder Bisla batting 39, Mohnish Gupta 49; Chetanya Nanda 3/56 vs Delhi

• In Mumbai, Maharashtra’s Yogesh Takawale was unbeaten on 83 at the end of the first day of their Super League Group A match. Skipper Amol Muzumdar defended Mumbai’s decision of putting Maharashtra in to bat on a wicket largely perceived to be batsman-friendly. “I still justify my decision. The wicket had something for medium-pacers,” he said.

Brief scores: Maharashtra 1st innings 308/5: Y Takawale batting 83, K Jadhav batting 21; Hussain 2/57 vs Mumbai

• In Siliguri, Bengal restricted favourites Punjab at 210 runs and took seven wickets on the first day of their match at the Kanchenjunga Stadium here today.

Brief scores: Punjab 1st Innings 210/7 Karan Goel 56, Pankaj Dharmani 42 vs Bengal

• In Mysore, the 120-run opening partnership between Manish Sharma and Vinit Saxena helped Rajasthan to score 266 runs for the loss of four wickets against Karnataka.

Brief scores: Rajasthan 1st Innings 266/4: Robin Bisht batting 62, Rohit Jaslni batting 60; Sunil Joshi 2/61 vs Karnataka

• In Chennai, Tamil Nadu openers Abhinav Mukund and M Vijay hammered hundreds and put on 256 runs for the first wicket against Saurashtra.

Brief scores: Tamil Nadu first innings 262/1: Abhinav Mukund 120, M Vijay batting 129; Sandip Maniar 1/44 vs Saurashtra

• In Hyderabad, Orissa’s Debasis Mohanty and Saurav Sehgal restricted Hyderabad to 201/8 in their Super League match today.

Brief scores: Hyderabad 1st Innings 201/8: DB Ravi Teja 81; D Mohanty 4/49 vs Orissa