Parthiv Patel slams century, Gujarat takes lead against Hyderabad

New Delhi, Nov 19 : Gujarat skipper and wicketkeeeper Parthiv Patel slammed a century against Hyderabad to give his team the first innings lead on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Super League match at Hyderabad Thursday.

Resuming at their overnight score of 209 for seven, Hyderabad could add a mere 27 runs with Siddharth Trivedi finishing with the figures of five for 39. At stumps, Gujarat were 243 for four with Bhavik Thaker batting at 37 and Digant Popat 3.

Gujarat lost both their openers for 59 but Parthiv (105) and Niraj Patel (58) added 135 runs for the third wicket to tilt the momentum in visitors's favour.

Parthiv's 142 balls innings included eight fours and a six.

At Mumbai, the hosts set Himachal Pradesh a victory target of 252 runs. Ajit Agarkar made an unbeaten 102 in Mumbai's 335 for seven in the second innings.

Brief scores:

At Rajkot, Saurashtra vs. Maharashtra: Saurashtra 544/3 declared; Maharashtra 266/7 (Rohan Bhosale 82, Ganesh Gaikwad 45)

At Hyderabad, Hyderabad vs. Gujarat: Hyderabad 236 all out (Ambati Rayudu 60, Anirudh Singh 61, S.Quadri 52; Siddharth Trivedi 5-39); Gujarat 263/4 (Parthiv Patel 105, Niraj Patel 58, Bhavik Thaker 37 batting; A. Absolem 2-58, S. Quadri 1-34)

At Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh vs. Baroda: Baroda 234 all out and 60/3 (C. Williams 21) Uttar Pradesh 240 all out (Piyush Chawla 65, Munaf Patel 4-61, Irfan Pathan 2-50)

At Amritsar, Punjab vs. Tamil Nadu: Punjab 228 all out and 114/5 (A Kakkar 33, R Aushik Srinivas 3-41, R Ashwin 2-54; Tamil Nadu 521/9 (Murli Vijay 148, Arun Karthik 73, Dinesh Karthik 117; Sarabjit Ladda 4-144)

At Bhubaneswar, Orissa vs. Railways: Railways 297/8 (V. Cheluvaraj 88, Krishnakant Upadhyay 45 batting; Debasis Mohanty 3-40, Basanth Mohanty 2-58. A.K. Sahoo 2-88)

At Mumbai, Mumbai vs. Himachal Pradesh: Mumbai 162 and 335/7 declared, (Ajit Agarkar 102 batting, Iqbal Abdulla 52 batting; Mukesh Sharma 4-95) Himachal Pradesh 246 all out (B Thakkar 88, Harmeet Singh 4-89, Iqbal Abdulla 4-48)

At Mysore, Bengal vs Karnataka: Bengal 324 all out; Karnataka 523/9 (KB Pawan 134, Amit Verma 157, CM Gautam 108; Ranadeb Bose 3-97).