Experienced all-rounder Jalaj Saxena took 5 wickets in the second innings and bowled out Odisha for 143 runs while following on, giving Kerala victory by an innings and 36 runs. With this victory, Kerala has reached second place in the points table of Elite Group-C. Bengal is on top with its second consecutive win and has 12 points in its account. Bengal had won against Services by 60 runs in the second round.
Gujarat, which was on top after the first round, has slipped to third place in the points table. Both Kerala and Gujarat have 8 points each. Maharashtra is at fourth position. He scored three points on the basis of lead in the first innings against Jharkhand on his home ground.
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Delhi got 3 points from the draw against Gujarat
Host Delhi drew the match against Gujarat at Palam B ground and scored three points. Delhi declared the first innings at 648 runs for six wickets with the help of Ayush Badoni's 217 runs and Priyansh Arya's 199 runs. In response, Gujarat team was all out for 479 runs. After being forced to follow on, Gujarat scored 15 runs for 1 wicket in 8 overs in their second innings.
On the last day of the match, Gujarat team, which was ahead by 363 runs for 5 wickets in the first innings, added 116 runs and lost the remaining 5 wickets. Manan Hingrajiya scored 123 runs in 303 balls. Captain Chintan Gaja played an inning of 82 runs but could not save Gujarat from falling behind in the first innings. Hrithik Shaukeen was the most successful bowler for Delhi. He took 5 wickets for 143 runs, while Sumit Mathur took 2 wickets. Delhi is at sixth place in the points table of 8 teams.
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Maharashtra-Jharkhand also played a draw
Maharashtra secured 3 points on the basis of first innings lead from the drawn match against Jharkhand in Pune. In reply to Jharkhand's 169 runs, Maharashtra declared its first innings by scoring 527 runs for 5 wickets. After falling behind by 358 runs in the first innings, Jharkhand scored 344 runs for 8 wickets in the second innings with the century of Shikhar Mohan (127) and half-centuries of Utkarsh Singh (58) and Aditya Singh (51). After this the match was declared a draw.