Gujarat and Tamil Nadu advanced to the quarterfinals, while Mumbai and Hyderabad enhanced their chances with two wins apiece in the all-India Buchi Babu memorial cricket tournament here.
Pitted in Group D, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu won their second round-robin matches against Himachal Pradesh and Vidarbha respectively.
Karnataka, who had lost their first match to Mumbai, scored a thrilling 13-run win over Kerala on Saturday. Kerala will meet Mumbai and Karnataka will take on Tripura in their final round-robin matches.
Brief scores: Karnataka: 324/8 in 90 overs bt Kerala: 311 all out in 87.1 overs (Raiphi Vincent Gomez 132, Somasundar Sharma 51, VA Jagadeesh 36, Robert Fernandez 29; S Aravind 3-27, KP Appanna 3-110). Rajasthan: 315 all out in 89.3 overs lt to Baroda: 316/5 in 79.4 overs (Anupam Gupta 60, Azhar Bilakia 94, Pinal Shah 56; Ashok Menaria 2-44).
Andhra: 353 for 7 in 90 overs drew with Saurashtra: 32/1 in 15 overs. Rain stopped play.
Madhya Pradesh: 136 all out in 50 overs lt to Combined Districts: 137/9 in 50.5 overs. Gujarat: 251 for 9 in 90 overs bt Himachal Pradesh: 147 all out in 60.3 overs (Shafiq Khan 43; Timil Patel 4-47). Hyderabad: 388 for 6 in 90 overs bt Assam: 190 all out in 57.2 overs (Amit Sinha 53, Kunal Saika 26; Aswin Yadav 4-27, Vishal Sharma 4-84).