New Delhi: Delhi, Bengal and Baroda romped to easy victories on day three of Ranji Trophy round seven Monday.
Delhi trounced Vidarbha by an innings and 156 runs at the Roshanara Ground here to be second in Group A points table behind Mumbai with 19 points from six matches.
The home team was in the driver's seat after dismissing Vidarbha for 88 on day one in a match that would be best remembered for a pitch controversy after play was stopped for 28 minutes Saturday morning.
Delhi, however, did not find many demons on the surface declaring at their day two overnight score of 448 for nine. Vidarbha could only improve to make 204 in their second attempt. First innings star Ashish Nehra, Sumit Narwal and Parvinder Awana took three wickets each.
Bengal won their first game of the season beating Uttar Pradesh by eight wickets in a Group B match at the Eden Gardens.
Uttar Pradesh were bowled out for 140 in their second innings with speedster Ashok Dinda racing to a seven wicket haul. The hosts were left to get a 70-run target which they managed in 18.1 overs.
In Hubli, skipper R Vinay Kumar scored an unbeaten 105, his maiden first class century, and Karnataka moved within sight of a possible victory against Punjab at stumps of another Group A tie.
Karnataka, overnight 367 for seven, went on to make 505 for nine declared with Vinay Kumar steering his side to a massive first innings lead of 331 runs and then reduced Punjab to 156 for five in their second essay as the hosts looked set to clinch their third win in six matches.
Vinay Kumar, better known as a seamer, batted in an exemplary fashion with the tail-enders among whom KP Appanna chipped in with a useful 45 as Punjab were literally batted out of the game.
Seamer Abhimanyu Mithun then snatched three wickets for 26 as Punjab faltered in their second innings. With a full day's play remaining Tuesday, the visitors' hopes hinge on a defiant Gurkeerat Singh who was batting on 56.
