Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir notched up their first win in the ongoing Ranji Trophy season by hammering Tripura by eight wickets in a group A clash here on Friday.
On the other hand, in group C matches, Jharkhand suffered a 92-run defeat against Rajasthan at home, while Goa was also at the receiving end against Haryana, losing by 143 runs at the latter's home.
Meanwhile in plate group matches, Uttarakhand registered a thumping victory by thrashing Sikkim by an innings and 178 runs in a plate group match, while Meghalaya outclassed Nagaland by six wickets.
However, in group B, Andhra played a draw with Tamil Nadu, host Madhya Pradesh settled for a tie with Punjab and the contest between Hyderabad and Delhi ended without any result.
In group A, Karnataka's affair with Mumbai also ended without any result, Gujarat and Saurashtra played a draw, Chhattisgarh played a draw with the Railways, while Baroda also showed a comeback to tie the issue against Vidarbha.
In group C, the Services came back strongly in their second innings to deny Uttar Pradesh a win as the result the match ended in a draw.
After the end of Round 3, Saurashtra, Kerala and Rajasthan lead the Elite group A, B and C charts respectively, while Uttarakhand sits atop the Plate group table.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu's lower order helped the team secure the first innings lead and three important points against Andhra on the final day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' match in Ongole on Friday.
The visiting side flirted with danger before going past Andhra's total. Tamil Nadu slipped to 208 for 7 and 214 for 8 before going past the line.
Apart from B Aparajith (57, 184 balls, 6X4), knocks by J Kousik (33), batting at No. 7 and R Sai Kishore (27 not out), batting at No.9, ensured that Tamil Nadu got three points from the drawn encounter.
Tamil Nadu now has five points from three games. Rain played spoilsport washing out proceedings on the third day on Thursday. Resuming at 122 for 3 in reply to Andhra's first innings score of 216, Tamil Nadu suffered an early jolt when N Jagadeesan (10) fell for the addition of just two runs to the total.
Aparajith and B Anirudh Sitaram (17) added 34 runs to set the tone in the quest for a lead. Later, Aparajith and Kousik put on 43 runs before a mini collapse set back TN.
Kousik was dismissed by Imandi Karthik Raman with the team two short of Andhra's score. Sai Kishore and K Vignesh (10) added 39 runs to first help Tamil Nadu overhaul the rival score and also extend the lead.