Punjab got back to winning ways as they defeated Goa by an innings and 133 runs in their third group stage match in at Porvorim, Goa. Punjab in the first innings had three centurions in Jiwanjot Singh, Anmolpreet Singh and Gurkeerat Singh Mann. Jiwanjot celebrated his India ‘A’ call-up with a fantastic 238 in the first innings. Shadab Jakati took a five-for in the first innings for Goa.
Raghu Sharma took eight wickets in the match for Punjab to spin the match in Punjab’s favour. Punjab was without the services of Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh in the match. Punjab got their first win of the season.
Unlike Punjab, Mumbai is still waiting for their first win of the season as they could only manage a draw against Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu took three points from the match by their first innings lead. Prithvi Shaw proved his potential once again scoring a brilliant century in the first innings. Ravichandran Ashwin could only pick up three wickets in the match.
GROUP A-
Assam 244 and 55 (KN Saikia 16; Anureet Singh 5/ 28) Vs Railways 483/7d (SS Shukla 86, AN Ghosh 109; DS Goswami 2/93), Railways won by an innings and 184 runs
Karnataka 183 and 332 (Karun Nair 134; M Hassan 5/88) Vs Hyderabad136 and 320 (BP Sandeep, S Gopal 4/91), Karnataka won by 59 runs
Maharashtra 312 and 282/7d (RA Tripathi 91; Saurabh Kumar 4/105) Vs Uttar Pradesh 271 and 292 (RK Singh 122*; CG Khurana 6/131), Maharashtra Won by 31 runs
GROUP B-
Haryana 208 and 296 (RS Paliwal 93;S Nadeem 6/93) Vs Jharkhand 425/9 and 81/0 (Ishan Kishan 46*; A Chahal 0/29), Jharkhand won by ten wickets
Kerela 335 and 250/4d (Jalaj Saxena 105*; Tajinder Singh 2/38) Vs Rajasthan 243 and 211 (R Bist 70; S Joseph 5/84), Kerela won by 131 runs
Gujarat 455 (MC Juneja 131; M Gupta 5/143) Vs Jammu & Kashmir 261 and 130 (R Dayal 29; HP Patel 5/49), Gujarat won by an innings and 64 runs
GROUP C-
Andhra Pradesh 584/5 (H Vihari 302; B Pradhan 2/106) Vs Odisha 391 and 152/7 (BB Samantray 62*; B Bhatt 4/40), Match Drawn; Andhra- 3 points, Odisha- 1 point.
Mumbai 374 and 371/5d ( S Iyer 138; RS Shah 2/86) Vs Tamil Nadu 450 (B Indrajit 152; VKD Gohi 4/129), Match Drawn; Tamil Nadu 3 points, Mumbai 1 point
Tripura 2015 and 103 (R Banik 29; 5/22) Vs Madhya Pradesh 260 and 52/0 (Harpreet Singh 25; B Murasingh 0/8), Madhya Pradesh Won by ten wickets
GROUP D-
Goa 246 and 256 (DW Misal 64; V Choudhary 3/57) Vs Punjab 635 ( Jiwanjot Singh 238; S Jakati 5/165), Punjab won by an innings and 133 runs
Himachal Pradesh 364 and 176/9d (AP Vashish 44; DG Pathania 3/36) Vs Services215 and 228 (Ravi Chauhan 97; Gurvinder Singh 6/52), Himachal Pradesh won by 97 runs
Chattisgarh 489 and 195/9 (Jatin Saxena 75; AK Karnewar 3/43) Vs Vidarbha (F Fazal 125; SS Ruikar 4/98, Match Drawn; Vidarbha 3 points, Chattisgarh 1 point