Riding on an unbeaten fifty by young Harsh Tyagi, Railways lead Saurashtra by 130 runs at stumps on the penultimate day of the four-day Ranji Trophy game against hosts Saurashtra Wednesday.
For Railways, Tyagi was impressive in the second outing with his unbeaten innings of 73 in 182-balls.
While all others batters failed, 18-year-old Tyagi kept the score-board ticking.
His knock ensured that Railways managed to get past the 250-run-mark and ended the third day on 278/8.
After opting to bat, Railways were bowled out for 200 in their first outing.
Saurashtra then took a crucial 148-run first-innings lead with Ravindra Jadeja remaining unbeaten on 178 as they posted 348 on the board.
Resuming the day on 344/8, Saurashtra managed to add just four runs.
But their bowlers rose to the occasion in the second innings, grabbing eight wickets and keeping afloat chances of an outright win.
Slow-arm left-arm orthodox bowler Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (4-79) did the bulk of the damage.
Ravindra Jadeja claimed 3 wickets but conceded 104 runs.
Come tomorrow, Saurashtra will aim to scuttle out Railways as quickly as possible and then chase the target.
Brief Scores: At Rajkot: Railways 200 and 278/8 (Harsh Tyagi 73 not out, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 4-79) versus Saurashtra 348 all out (Ravindra Jadeja 178 not out, Harsh Tyagi 3-78).
Railways lead by 130 runs.
At Vadodara: Baroda 322 and 367/3 (Vishnu Solanki 156 batting, Kedar Devdhar 91) versus Maharashtra 268 all out.
(Naushad Shaikh 65, Chirag Khurana 56, Swapnil Singh 5-78).
Baroda lead by 421 runs.
At Valsad: Gujarat 538/7 Declared (Dhruv Raval 116 not out, Manprit Juneja 107, Vishal Kushwah 3-92) versus Chhattisgarh 366/7 (Vishal Kushwah 117 batting, Harpreet Singh Bhatia 110, Arzan Nagwasalla 3-66).
Chhattisgarh trail by 172 runs.
At Nagpur: Vidarbha 307 and 72/2 (Ganesh Satish 24 batting, Wasim Jaffer 21 batting) against Karnataka 378 all out (Dega Nischal 113, B R Sharath 103, Aditya Sarvate 5-91).
Vidarbha lead by 1-run.
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