Gokhale will come in for all-rounder Satyen Lande, who had injured his right finger recently. Opener Hemant Kinikar has been dropped and in his place Niranjan Godbole would open the account for the hosts, said team manager Shyam Oak.

The hosts have 10 points from two encounters, while the visitors have 5 points from their first match against Railways. This is the second time the two teams are clashing. Orissa had defeated Maharashtra at Cuttack last year in the Super League. Teams: Maharashtra: Surendra Bhave (capt), Shantanu Sugvekar, Hemant Kinikar, Abhijit Kale, Sanjay Kondhalkar (wk), Niranjan Godbole, Mandar Sane, Jaideep Narse, Iqbal Siddique, Milind Kulkarni, Sachin Nair, Ashutosh Agashe, Mahendra Gokhale and Indrajeet Kamtekar. Manager: Shyam Oak; Orissa: Sanjay Raut (capt), SS Das, Debasish Mohanty, RR Parida, Prabanjan Mullick, PJaychandra, Gautam Gopal (wk), Sahid khan, Ajay Barik, Pradip Das, Sanjay Satpathy, Prasanta Mohapatra, Jagannath Das, Robin Morris, BBC Mohapatra. Manager: David Raut.

Karnataka start favourites
Bangalore: Defending champions Karnataka have lived up to their reputation in the Ranji Trophy Super League thus far having accumulated 13 points from two encounters. This, in the absence of their stars -- RahulDravid, Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble, Venkatesh Prasad and Sunil Joshi -- is a creditable performance from the state's second string.

Karnataka scored a resounding innings victory in the last encounter against Haryana last week. It is with this confident frame of mind the hosts play a balanced Saurashtra in the third match of Group C which begins here tomorrow.

Opponents Saurashtra, though devoid of big names, are no pushovers. Led by all-rounder Sitanshu Kotak who played India A against Pakistan, they took the first innings lead against Haryana. ``We have done well in the league sofar. And that should give us the confidence for tomorrow's match. If not gain five points, we want at least three,'' said a confident Kotak.

Teams (from): Karnataka: Sujith Somasundar (capt), J Arun Kumar, Vijay R Bharadwaj, A Vijay, Fazal Khaleel, VS Thilak Naidu, D Ganesh, Mansoor Ali Khan, Anand Yalvigi, Anand Katti, Somashekar Shiraguppi (wk), GK Anil Kumar, Mithun Beerala, B Akhil, GN Umesh. Manager: B Raghunath. Saurashtra: Sitanshu Kotak (capt), Prakash Bhatt (vice-capt), Bimal Jadeja, Sudhir Tanna, Hitesh Parsana, Rajesh Garsondia, Manoj Parmar, Narendra Rana, Yusuf Bamhaniya, Altaf Merchant, Pratik Mehta, Niraj Odedara, Kamal Chavda, Piyush khakkar, Hitesh Goswami. Manager cum coach: Jitendra Singh Parmar.

TN seek outright win
Chennai: Hosts Tamil Nadu will be looking for an outright victory against Railways in the four-day Group B Super League match at MA Chidambaram Stadium from tomorrow.

However, Railways with nothing to lose, are reinforced by the return of spinners KarthikMurali and Kulamani Parida and with all-rounder Sanjay Bangar going great guns, they can turn out to be tough customers on their day.

Teams (from): Tamil Nadu: Robin Singh (capt), S Sharath, Anand George, R C Vasant Kumar, W V Raman, Hemang K Badani, Diwakar Vasu, T R Arasu, J R Madanagopal, S Vasanth Saravanan, T Kumaran, S Mahesh, P Subbiah, Tanveer Jabbar and D Devanand. Manager: Daraiappan. Railways: Prahalad Rawat (capt), Yere Goud, Sanjay Bangar, Abhay Sharma, Saket Bhatia, Vishal Sharma, Karthik Murali, Kulamani Parida, Devender Singh, Zuffri Zakaria, Dharmendra Mishra, Zakir Hussain, W D Balaji Rao, P Munnuswamy and Zabed Zaman. Manager: Gopi Fatmani.

Baroda confident
Jaipur: Riding high on success this season, a well-balanced Baroda team is brimming with confidence for tomorrow's Group A match against Rajasthan.

The tie is crucial for players like Jacob Martin, who has been a prolific run-getter this season, and Rajasthan opener Gagan Khoda. With reports indicating Nationalselectors may try new faces in next month's triangular series by resting some seniors, both the batsmen could use the opportunity here.

Teams (from): Baroda: Tushar Arothe (capt), Jacob Martin, Atul Bedade, RA Swaroop, L Sivaramakrishnan, Ajit Mohite, Himanshu Jadhav, Satyajit Parab, Yogendra Makaskar, Ashish Tandon, Darshan Mulhelkar, Darpan Badola (wk), M Kadri, C Williams. Coach: V Wadkar. Rajasthan: Ashish Kapoor (capt), Gagan Khoda, Rahul Kanwat, Anup Dave, Tariq Khan, Shamsher Singh, Kaushal Devda, Ajay Mehra, P Krishnakumar, Anil Sinha, Manish singh (wk), Devendra Pal Singh, Mohammad Aslam, Jai kumar and Vijesh Bhatnagar. Coach: Dhiraj Parsana.

Daunting task for Bengal
Calcutta: Hosts Bengal face a daunting task when they clash with Hyderabad in the Group A match at Eden Gardens tomorrow.

Fresh from their win against Punjab, Hyderabad have a young and balanced team and would be keen to maintain their winning touch against Bengal in what promises to be an exciting contest.

Ledby Test discard Venkatapathy Raju, Hyderabad have quality spinners in their ranks and the variety in the bowling department could prove to be a handful for the Bengal batsmen.

Bengal have so far collected eight points from two matches. They would be depending on in-form Devang Gandhi, Nikhil Haldipur, Rohan Gavaskar and Saba Karim to deliver the goods with the bat, but the bowling looks a little weak and inexperienced.