RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh were in the driver’s seat against Maharashtra in the multi-day Col CK Nayudu Trophy as middle order batsman Sanjeet Desai (121 off 236, 11 fours, two sixes) registered his second consecutive hundred to guide the team to a healthy 134 first innings lead. In the previous match against Bihar, Sanjeet had scored 139 runs.
Opener Sanidhya Hurkat also hit a crucial half-century (62 off 87). Similarly, U M Tiwari (61 off 125) and Harsh Sahu (45 off 97) made healthy contributions in the tail.