Ranji trophy: Sangram Dilip Atitkar sends Bengal on a leather hunt

Middle-order batsman Sangram Dilip Atitkar smashed his first hundred of the season for Maharashtra in their Ranji Trophy semifinal tie against Bengal at the Holkar Stadium here on Sunday. At stumps, Bengal were 16/1, still 325 away from making Maharashtra bat again.

Atitkar made 168 of 228 balls that included 29 boundaries. Maharashtra were dismissed for  with 455.

Brief Scores: Bengal 114 & 16/1 in 4.5 overs trail Maharashtra 455 in 126.3 overs (C Khurana 48, K Jadhav 40, A Bawne 89, S Dilip Atitkar 168, A Sanklecha 52; ADinda 3/114, S Sarkar 2/105, L Shukla 3/76, S Paul 2/54) by 325 runs

Vinay stars with five-for
Karnataka skipper R Vinay Kumar picked up five wickets as Punjab suffered a collapse — 165/2 to 270 all out — on Day Two of the Ranji Trophy semifinal at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Sunday.

Brief Scores: Punjab 270 in 64.5 overs (M Vohra 51, J Singh 74, Y Singh 42; R Kumar 5/27, S Gopal 3/92) lead Karnataka 39/2 in 22.4 overs (R Uthappa 25*; MS Gony 1/22, J Singh 1/6) by 231 runs