New Delhi: Gujarat were on the brink of a defeat against Delhi thanks to left-arm spinner Varun Sood’s exploits in both the innings of their Ranji Trophy encounter at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium here, while veteran batsman S. Badrinath cracked 152 to help Vidarbha set a 405-run target for Rajasthan at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

Varun’s four for 50 helped Delhi bowl Gujarat out for 150 in the first innings, forcing the tourists to bat again. And the 24-year-old Varun continued his assault with five for 37, which reduced Gujarat to 152 for seven at stumps on day three. The Parthiv Patel-led side now trails by 123 runs.

In Jaipur, the 34-year-old Badrinath hammered his 31st First-class century to help Vidarbha put a chellenging target of 405 runs for Rajasthan. The visitors needed quick runs and they were in trouble at 19 for two when the former Tamil Nadu batsman came to the middle.

However, he showed his experience and stitched a 191-run stand with Shalabh Srivastava (75) to put Vidarbha in command. Badrinath hit 19 fours in his second century for Vidarbha. Rajasthan reached 33 for one at stumps.

In Rajkot, Sagar Jogiyani’s 145 helped Saurashtra reach 308 for four in reply to Punjab’s staggering 659 for seven declared. Jogiyani got good support from Arpit Vasavada (78) and the duo put up a 180-run stand for the second wicket.

At the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Bengal openers began their second innings on a positive note, having reached 129 without loss on the third day against Mumbai. They were asked to bat again following their team’s dismissal for 210 runs in the first innings. Bengal now trail by 75 runs.

Brief Scores:

At Guwahati, Assam vs Himachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh 1st innings 549/4d, Assam 1st innings 218 all out (Pallav Kumar Das 52; Karanveer Singh 3/28).

At Kolkata, Bengal vs Mumbai, Mumbai 1st innings 414, Bengal 1st innings 210 (Abhimanyu Easwaran 85, Manoj Tiwary 63; Shardul Thakur 5/59), Bengal 2nd innings following on 129/0 (Arindam Das 80 not out, Rohan Banerjee 44 not out).

At Delhi, Delhi vs Gujarat, Delhi 1st innings 425/6d, Gujarat 1st innings 150 all out (Varun Sood 4/50), Gujarat 2nd innings following on 152/7 (Samit Gohel 37; Varun Sood 5/37).

At Rohtak, Haryana vs Odisha, Haryana 1st innings 127, Odisha 1st innings 232/9d, Haryana 2nd innings 143 all out (Amit Mishra 37; Deepak Behera 4/22, Basant Mohanty 3/67), Odisha 2nd innings 8 for 1.

At Hyderabad, Hyderabad vs Services, Services 1st innings 306, Hyderabad 1st innings 338 all out (Hanuma Vihari 119; Saurabh Karmakar 4/92), Services 2nd innings 29 for two.

At Dhanbad, Jharkhand vs Kerala, Jharkhand 1st innings 337, Kerala 1st innings 383 all out (Sanju Samson 89, Raiphi Gomez 76; Rituraj Singh 4/74, Shahbaz Nadeem 4/83), Jharkhand 2nd innings 68 for 1.

At Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh vs Baroda, Baroda 1st innings 358, Madhya Pradesh 1st innings 178 all out (Naman Ojha 42; Sagar Mangalorkar 3/46, Gagandeep Singh 5 for 41), Madhya Pradesh 2nd innings following on 41 for 1.

At Jaipur, Rajasthan vs Vidarbha, Vidarbha 1st innings 296, Rajasthan 1st innings 188, Vidarbha 2nd innings 296/4d (S. Badrinath 152, Shalabh Shrivastava 75; Aniket Choudhary 2/48), Rajasthan 2nd innings 33/1.

At Rajkot, Punjab vs Saurashtra, Punjab 1st innings 659/7d, Saurashtra 1st innings 308/4 (Sagar Jogiyani 145, Arpit Vasavada 78; Amitoze Singh 1/6).

At Chennai, Tamil Nadu vs Railways, Tamil Nadu 1st innings 213 (Abhinav Mukund 57, Baba Indrajith 51; Ashish Yadav 6/68) Railways 1st innings 133 for six (P. Awasthi 41; Malolan Rangarajan 3/53).

At Agartala, Goa vs Tripura, Goa 1st innings 251, Tripura 1st innings 265 all out (Manisankar Murasingh; Amit Yadav 4/62, MG Gawas 3/65), Goa 2nd innings 123 for five (A.S. Desai 24; Abhijit Sarkar 2/13).

At Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh vs Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh 1st innings 267 for five (Tanmay Srivastava 99, Akash Verma 57; Waseem Raza 2/43). Day three no play.