Vijay Hazare Trophy: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma may return soon; Delhi, Mumbai win; 100 for Rinku

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Baroda only chasing 206 after bowling Bengal out, and a fast start from Shashwat Rawat means Krunal Pandya can come in at number 4 and shepherd this easy target as captain. Batting on 29*.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Crucial crucial wicket for Delhi! Prince Yadav does the trick by removing Urvil Patel, and Delhi have an outside chance – but they need the Gujarat middle order to get themselves into some trouble.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Mumbai do break that partnership! Always just a little ahead of the game and that helps too. Tarmale gets the opposing captain out on 32, LBW. 57/2 in that one.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Captain Kunal Chandela in at 3 and forming a nice partnership with Yuvraj Chaudhary. Still a lot of work to do for this pair at the moment though.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Everything turning up Jharkhand in recent weeks. Dominating Rajasthan as well at the moment – Shubham Kumar Singh the wrecker in chief, taking 3 of the 4 wickets as the top order crumbles chasing 302. Long way off at the moment.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Good headway made thus far by the two openers for Gujarat vs Delhi. Nothing silly needed with a very achievable total. Will want to take it easy and stay focused on this track, which has seemingly not been too easy to bat on at all.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Maharashtra chasing a paltry 151 against Sikkim and Prithvi Shaw chews up a third of those runs inside the powerplay. Loses his wicket after reaching his fifty but showing some decent consistency lately. Interesting to see how much faith Delhi Capitals will place in him upon his return to the franchise.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Wicket in the Kerala-Karnataka game in Ahmedabad, and that's what Kerala needed early on against this stacked batting unit.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Mumbai have their first wicket, and Shardul Thakur continues to be effective early. Dismisses the opener and provides the breakthrough, with Rohit Sharma completing the catch early on.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: For Karnataka, much more manageable chase than the last game, where they hauled down 410+ anyway. Mayank and Padikkal opening, but against a strong Kerala bowling attack. Interesting one to keep an eye on as well – Karun Nair, R Smaran, and Abhinav Manohar give this Karnataka XI plenty of quality.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Welcome back, the chases have begun for our focus matches and in other contests around the country. Urvil Patel opens for Gujarat.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Elsewhere around the country, still quite a few big scores. Jharkhand reach 301 with Shikhar Mohan's century and Anukul Roy continuing his strong run of form with a quickfire 52 agaisnt Rajasthan.

Vidarbha stack on 365 vs Hyderabad thanks to Dhruv Shorey scoring 109(77).

J&K reach 341/7 at the end of their innings against Assam, largely thanks to Yawer Hassan's 138.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Excellent knock by Rinku Singh at number five for UP! Started off calmly but has stepped through the gears in incredible fashion. Whacks 10 fours and four sixes enroute to his century, and UP reach 360 with an over still to play. Showing off why he was chosen for the World Cup squad.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: First innings draw to a close in Jaipur and Bengaluru with Mumbai's late effort pushing them to a very good score, and one they should defend. Delhi work their way to 254, and that might be short of par: Kohli and Pant played well for 77 and 70 respectively, and Harsh Tyagi chipped in with 40, but nobody else got going.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Another Indian international having a great outing is Rinku Singh at the moment. Got given the platform by Aryan Juyal's century, and is now adding the finishing touches. Currently on 65* with a strike-rate of 150, and joined by CSK mega-money by Prashant Peer, with the team on 324/5 with just under 4 overs to play.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Excellent hand by Tamore but the real push has come from Shams Mulani, flexing some power as he reaches 42*(30). Mumbai on 310 now.

Delhi, meanwhile, struggling now. Losing wickets in a cluster again, 240/9. None of their team have been able to back up their two internationals with the bat.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Uh oh! Jinxed him. Can't motor on and provide that finish as he's dismissed. He'll be disappointed – his team needed the runs, and he needed a triple-digits score.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: That's the state of our two focus games at the moment. Mumbai still going at a very solid rate thanks to wicketkeeper Tamore, batting on 64*.

Delhi have some work to do but Rishabh Pant is well set on 70*, and this is the period he will enjoy batting in. He will be looking at 300 from here but runs not too easy at the moment in Bengaluru.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: After Wednesday's plethora of centuries, things have been quieter today. Harvik Desai scores 101 for Saurashtra against Haryana, dismissed on that score too though. No massive totals in the making yet either. Approaching the final 10 overs in all the contests now.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Elsewhere, good knock from Dhruv Jurel up against Chandigarh. At a good rate coming in at number 4 as well.

No Ishan Kishan or Abhishek Sharma in action today either – both set to join the Indian camp for the NZ T20Is.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: That's him at his best, isn't it? Doesn't matter that he's a couple of runs from a landmark, if he sees the chance to go for it, he will. Good innings and important one for Rishabh Pant to get back amongst the runs after a few months away from white ball cricket. Looking for a big one here.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Shardul Thakur in at 7 and playing the way he knows best. Races to 21* with two fours and a six already. Mumbai looking for a big finish with 16 overs to play, at 210/5.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Some backs-to-the-wall batting needed from Rishabh Pant now, Delhi go five down. Has to stand up and take responsibility with the lower order. Can he manage this situation?

149/5 after 31.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Pant gets going! Watchful to start his innings after a few quick wickets, but starts to counter now. Picks up a six and a couple of boundaries, onto 30*.

In Jaipur, both the Khan brothers dismissed on 55. Middle order needs to step up in both games.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: In the Tamil Nadu vs MP match, TN bat first with Sai Sudharsan and Narayan Jagadeesan opening. Sudharsan reaches his fifty, and Jagadeesan not far behind, as the opening stand approaches a 100-run partnership.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Delhi losing their way here and Kohli's positivity sees his downfall too! Is stumped by Urvil Patel as he tries to step out, and he has to walk after a really exciting innings.

Lots of pressure on Rishabh Pant and Ayush Badoni now with Delhi on 108/4 and lagging.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Rana doesn't last long today, Delhi need to be careful here. Captain Rishabh Pant joins Kohli in the middle now to try and carry this innings forward.

Musheer reaches 50 in Jaipur, Sarfaraz not too far behind.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Got the runs under his belt and now doing what he does best – rotating strike through the middle overs, keeping it ticking over and crafting a partnership. That's typical stuff now.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Arpit Rana was trying to hold up and end while Kohli attacked but is dislodged here. Nitish Rana had a great stand with Kohli on Wednesday and joins him here again.

Mumbai rocked by two early wickets in Jaipur but brothers Sarfaraz and Musheer rebuild.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: There's Kohli's half-century, in 29 deliveries! Batting on 58* at the moment with 12 fours and a six – only 4 runs not via the boundary. This is very similar to how Rohit batted in the previous game, boundary-heavy and adding lots of impetus.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Rapid stuff from Kohli. Batting on 40*(22) and ensures that Priyansh dismissal doesn't hurt Delhi's scoring too much. T20 stuff.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Kohli is off on a canter. Already five fours with his six. Backing himself to make the most of the poweplay.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Kohli showing his own attacking tendencies when he has arrived to bat in the powerplay! Started with a four, now picks up a six. Ominous form from the great man!

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: No sterling start for Priyansh Arya this time, gone for just 1. Brings Kohli to the crease early in the piece again – starts off with an early boundary!

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: No success for Rohit Sharma today! Dismissed very early, it's a first-ball duck in the first over. Tries to continue his ultra-aggressive style with a pick-up pull shot, but finds himself caught out. Not today for him! Disappointment for the fans.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: Here we go then! Dekhi will have the dangerous Arya opening, but Arpit Rana will want to protect Kohli a bit after being dismissed for a duck in the first over last time out.

Rohit Sharma with Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who was subdued and watchful in the opener.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: News from the tosses! Uttarakhand and Gujarat both win the flip, and put Mumbai and Delhi in to bat first respectively.

Runs on the board key today – and the senior players needed to guide the testing first period.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: Vaibhav Suryavanshi won't be making an appearance for Bihar against Mizoram today. India's U-19 World Cup campaign begins in just under three weeks in Zimbabwe and Namibia, so his participation in training camps in the lead-up would be the reason.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: Tosses will have taken place by now, so just waiting for that information to start filtering in. Chasing was just a touch better overall, as expected, on the first day of action given the early 9:00 AM start offering just a little bit for bowlers to work with.

Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: Tosses should be taking place in just about 10 minutes. While our focus will be on Kohli and Sharma, there are still going to be many players who will call for attention today.

There should be some really interesting matches throughout too: Madhya Pradesh vs Tamil Nadu, Karnataka vs Kerala, Hyderabad vs Vidarbha, and Baroda vs Bengal look particularly appetising today.