After being 206 for two at one stage, Maharashtra succumbed to some accurate bowling to finish the day at 277 for six when stumps were drawn, just 32 runs ahead of the visitors. Nightwatchman Iqbal Siddiqui scored his maiden hundred in the championship to help Maharashtra gain the first innings lead and the vital five points at stake.

Orissa (1st innings): 245

Maharashtra (1st innings, overnight 35-1): Surendra Bhave c Das b Khan 36, Niranjan Godbole c Gopal b Mohanty 15, Iqbal Siddiqui c Mahapatra b Mohanty 116, Abhijit Kale c Raul b Khan 57, Shantanu Sugvekar c Gopal b Jaychandra 0, Siddharth Godbole b Jaychandra 9, Jaydeep Narse batting 11, Sanjay Kondhalkar batting 0; Extras (b4, lb12, nb17): 33. Total (for 6 wkts in 108 overs): 277.

Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-84, 3-207, 4-216, 5-230,6-275.

Bowling: Mohanty 25-12-39-2; Barik 19-5-42-0 (nb7); Jaychandra 16-1-44-2 (nb6); Khan 28-5-81-2 (nb4); Raul 12-3-32-0, Mullick 5-0-17-0; Das 3-0-6-0.

TN well poised

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu were in a strong position with 334 for six wickets in reply to Railway's first innings score of 154 all out at close on the second day of the Super League cricket match here today.

Railways (1st innings): 154

Tamil Nadu (1st innings): Anand George c Bhatia b D Singh 81, R C Vasanth Kumar lbw Karthik 29, Hemang Badani c D Singh b Karthik 35, S Sharath lbw Karthik 30, Mandanagopal batting 84, Robin Singh c Sharma b D Singh 0, Divakar Vasu c Rawat b Zaman 12, S Mahesh batting 27; Extras (lb7, w1, nb28): 36. Total (for six wickets in 130 overs): 334

Fall of wickets: 1-63, 2-165, 3-179, 4-237, 5-238, 6-254

Bowling: Hussain 17-3-43-0, Zaman 20-5-54-1, Banger 12-2-44-0, Bhatia 3-0-13-0; Karthik 32-14-56-3; Parida 29-8-72-0; Singh 16-5-43-2; Rawat 1-0-2-0.

Saurashtra trail

BANGALORE:Saurashtra were 219 for eight in their first innings in reply to host Karnataka's 389 on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Super League cricket match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here today.

Karnataka added 74 runs to their overnight score of 315 for four before being all out. Saurashtra need another 29 runs to avoid follow-on.Karnataka (1st innings, overnight 315-4): S Somasundar c Merchant b Garsondia 3, J Arun Kumar c Manoj b Yusuf 151, F Khaleel c Tanna b Chawda 6, Vijay Bharadwaj not out 87, Tilak c Manoj b Chawda 0, A Vijay c Manoj b Garsondia 97, S Shiruguppi b Chawda 2, A Yalvigi lbw Chawda 2, D Ganesh b Chawda 0, Anand Katti c Manoj b Chawda 0, Umesh c Altaf b Kotak 21; Extras (lb7, nb10, w3): 20. Total (all out in 115.3 overs): 389.

Fall of wkts: 1-24, 2-24, 3-253, 4-254, 5-317, 6-325, 7-328, 8-328, 9-344, 10-389.

Bowling: Garsondia 26-8-59-2; Rana 8.5-1-58-0; Chawda 24-5-95-6; Prasana 24-3-78-0; Bambhaniya 24.1-4-64-1; Kotak 8.3-0-28-1.

Saurashtra (1st innings): Sudhir Tanna lbw Ganesh 0;Altaf Merchant c Shiraguppi b Umesh 4; Sitanshu Kotak (run out) 44; Bimal Jadeja c Vijay b Ganesh 2; Prakash Bhatt lbw Yalvigi 62; Hitesh Parsana b Ganesh 27; Manoj Parmar (batting) 33; Yusuf Bambhaniya b Yalvigi 9; Narendra Rana st Shiraguppi b Yalvigi 18; Rajesh Garsondia (batting) 15. Extras (lb3, nb1, w1) 5. Total (for 8 wickets in 63 overs, 273 mins) 219.

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-26, 3-37, 4-111, 5-139, 6-143, 7-171, 8-193.

Bowling: Ganesh 23-3-64-3, Umesh 12-3-40-1, Katti 9-4-32-0, Somasundar 4-0-15-0, Yalvigi 15-2-65-3.

Haryana post big total

Ranchi: Haryana declared their first innings at a commanding 506 for nine on the second day of the Super League match here.

Haryana (1st innings): Jeetinder Singh b D Kumar 5, Parinder Sharma c Vikas b Rao 154, Shafiq Khan c Ali b D Kumar 0, Amarjeet Kaypee c & b Vikas 80, Rajesh Puri c S Kumar b Rao 25, Sanjay Dala b Vikas 70, Dhanraj Singh c Arfi b Vikas 6, Subhash Chaudhry c Tariq b Vikas 26, Ajay Ratra c Sunil b Rao 17, Pankaj Thakur not out73, Vineet Jain not out 23. Extras (b4, lb11, nb12) 27. Total (decl for 9 wkts) 506.

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-5, 3-180, 4-238, 5-323, 6-340, 7-390, 8-393, 9-446.

Bowling: Panda 24-5-65-0, D Kumar 22-4-60-2, Rao 43-10-123-3, Vikas 60-8-194-4, Rehman 8-0-31-0, Arfi 3-0-18-0. Bihar (1st innings): Nikhilesh Ranjan c Ratra b Jain 0, Zeeshan Ali batting 17, Tariq- Ur-Rehman batting 33. Extras (nb10) 10. Total (for one wicket) 60.

Fall of wicket: 1-0.

Bowling: Jain 8-1-37-1, Singh 2-0-10-0, Sharma 2-2-0-0, Thakur 6-3-3-0, Chaudhary 3-1-5-0, Dala 1-0-5-0.

Bengal survive scare

CALCUTTA: Bengal recovered from a disastrous 13 for three to crawl to 167 for five on the second day of the Group-A Super League tie against Hyderabad at Eden Gardens today. Nikhil Haldipur's gritty 67 and an unfinished 61-run sixth wicket partnership between Srikant Kalyani and Ajay Das were instrumental in the revival.

Hyderbad (1st innings, overnight 182-8): A Shetty c Kalyani b Chatterjee 15, D Manohar b Das 34, ANandakishore c Gandhi b Banerjee 13, M V Sridhar c&b D Singh 85, V Pratap c Ahmed b Das 12, D Vinay Kumar c Dasgupta b Chatterjee 0, Y Singh c Kalyani b Banerjee 4, Venkatapathy Raju c Gandhi b Singh 7, N P Singh c Chatterjee b Banerjee 0, K Singh b Banerjee 5, M Mohiuddin not out 0. Extras (b4, lb6, w1, nb2) 13. Total (in 93.1 overs) 188.

Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-60, 3-73, 4-93, 5-96, 6-133, 7-179, 8-182, 9-188.

Bowling: Banerjee 17-3-39-4, Bose 14-3-34-0, Chatterjee 36-17-45-2, Singh 12.1-3-20-2, Das 11-3-29-2, Gavaskar 2-0-10-0, Gandhi 1-0-1-0.

Bengal (1st innings): Devang Gandhi c Kanwaljit b N Singh 0, Deep Dasgupta b N Singh 8, Nikhil Haldipur c Pratap b Raju 67, Rohan Gavaskar c Kanwaljit b N Singh 0, Saba Karim c Shetty b N Singh 16, Srikant Kalyani batting 44, Ajay Das batting 24; Extras (lb2, nb5, w1): 8. Total (for 5 wkts in 86 overs): 167. Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-13, 3-13, 4-61, 5-106.

Bowling: N Singh 20-8-36-4, Mohiuddin 16-3-46-0, Pratap 2-1-4-0, Raju 20-8-32-1, K Singh 25-8-44-0,Manohar 3-1-3-0.

Rajasthan strike back

Jaipur: Despite a dramatic collapse from 316 for three to 374 in the morning, Rajasthan fought back to gain a slight edge by reducing Baroda to 73 for 3 at close on the second day in the Super League match here today.Brief scores: Rajasthan 374 (M Singh 73, G Khoda 56, A Kapoor 106, P Krishnakumar 55, T Arothe 4-79) vs Baroda 73-3 (Connor Williams 22 batting).