India D 164 and 206 for 8 (Padikkal 56, Iyer 54, Suthar 5-30) lead India C 168 (Indrajith 72, Rana 4-33, Saransh 2-16) by 202 runs

Suthar took all five of them in the last 15 overs of the day, with the pitch in Ananatpur offering sharp turn and bounce. Ricky Bhui scored 44 to help drag India D's total past 200 while Axar Patel remained unbeaten on 11 at stumps.

The day had started with Rana adding to his overnight figures of 2 for 13 by trapping Abhishek Porel lbw and then dismissing Suthar to reduce India C to 101 for 6.

Madhya Pradesh offspinner Saransh Jain then knocked over Kamboj and Indrajith in successive overs to dismiss India C for 168 and turn the game into a single-innings shootout.

Vyshak was accurate with the new ball and removed both Yash Dubey and Atharva Taide in the first six overs. But Shreyas tackled a tricky situation with aggression as India D maintained a run rate of around six till he was out in the 15th over. He was severe against anything full and hit nine fours and a six in 44 balls. He tried to swing a fullish ball from Kamboj over long-on but holed out to India C captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who had positioned himself in the outfield.

Padikkal got off to a quick start as well and shared half-century stands with Shreyas and Bhui during his 70-ball 56. Six of his eight boundaries came off Vyshak and Kamboj's bowling.

Suthar had Padikkal and Bhui out defending and looked to extract big turn from the rough, which tempted KS Bharat and Arshdeep Singh into attempting lofted shots and holing out.

The conditions could help Suthar - and Axar - add to their wickets tally on day three.