Riyan Parag also continued his rich vein of form by cracking a 93-ball 128 as Assam crushed Sikkim by 180 runs

Uttarakhand, Baroda and Assam register big victories

Uttarakhand get their first win on the board on the back of Karnaveer's century, despite Abhishek Nayar's heroics

Delhi needed 79 runs to win in 14 overs, but got to play only eight

Delhi, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are the other strong contenders from Group A

Rajput will replace ex-India left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi, who coached Assam last year

Soft dismissals on a day of reckoning did the 2015-16 semifinalists in as Delhi pocketed seven points from their opening game of Ranji Trophy 2016-17

Gokul Sharma used as many as nine bowlers but kept drawing a blank as Delhi snatched the game away from Assam on Day 3

Assam's plan of coming away with little damage on an overcast Day 1 in Baroda was thwarted by Delhi's disciplined bowlers

The former Karnataka cricketer, who previously coached Jammu & Kashmir and Hyderabad, will replace statemate Sanath Kumar