Opener Amit Pagnis scored an unbeaten hundred while Yere Goud made an unbeaten 86 as defending champions Railways prevented Delhi from registering an outright win in the four-day Ranji Trophy elite group match, which ended at Feroz Shah Kotla on Tuesday. After conceding a 202-run first innings lead, the Railwaymen made 272-2 in their final innings before play was finally called off. Delhi, though, had the satisfaction of gaining one point for securing the first innings lead.

In another elite group match at Secunderbad's Gymkhana Ground, 34-time champions Mumbai completed a rousing fightback beating hosts Hyderabad by 69 runs to claim the maximum of three points. Mumbai, who had conceded a 32-run first innings lead, had earlier set Hyderabad a fourth-innings target of 302 . The hosts, who began the day on 110-5, failed to get there despite a 60 from Anirudh Singh and an unbeaten 78 from Jogram Yadav. For Mumbai, Sairaj Bahatule, Ramesh Powar and Avishkar Salvi claimed three wickets respectively.

Fighting hands from Rakesh Solanki (38), Tushar Arothe (42) and Atul Bedade (46), meanwhile, thwarted Punjab's bid for an outright win against Baroda at Mohali. The visitors, who were set a victory target of 357, made 197-6 in their second essay. They could, however, not prevent Punjab from gaining one point for securing the first-innings lead.

Andhra, for their part, managed to get past Himachal Pradesh's first innings total of 321 and gain one point. Yelhanka Venugopal Rao and MSK Prasad, the overnight not out batsmen, were the heroes; Rao making 130 and Prasad 130 as their team made 455 all out. Himachal Pradesh played out five overs in their second innings, reaching 29-0 before stumps were drawn.

The fourth day's play in the other two elite group matches - between Bengal and Rajasthan, and Assam v Orissa - was washed out. While Assam gained one point for securing the first innings lead, Bengal and Rajasthan ended up with no points after Rajasthan replied with 200-3 to Bengal's first innings total of 413.

Joginder Singh claims six wickets as Haryana beat Madhya Pradesh

Haryana medium-pacer Joginder Sharma, who claimed six wickets, tore the heart out of the Madhya Pradesh batting as the hosts crumbled to 104-run defeat at the Maharaja Agarsingh Stadium, Rohtak. Yogesh Golwalkar, who made 15, was the top-scorer for the hosts who began the day at 5-2, chasing 172 for win. Only three other batsmen were to reach double-figures, in the second innings. The win ensured two points for Haryana.

Karnataka, for their part, went on to secure one point for having gained the first innings lead in their drawn plate group encounter against Maharashtra at the Nehru Stadium, Pune. The visitors, who began the day on 282-4, went on to make 373-5 declared; overnight not out batsman Thilak Naidu being dismissed for 98. When Maharashtra replied for a second time, Abhijit Kale made 91 as his team ended up with 209-5 in 65 overs.

At the Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, meanwhile, hosts Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir ended up with no points after rain washed out the final day's play. At the end of the third day, Jammu and Kashmir had reached 143-2 in reply to Bihar's 532-8 declared.

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