Splendid performances by Saurashtra leg-spinners Rakesh Dhruve and Ravindra Jadeja dashed Haryana's hopes of taking advantage of their first innings lead, as the hosts tightened their grip on the third day of Ranji Trophy Super League match in Rajkot on Thursday.

The visitors, in a comfortable position after taking a 40-run first innings lead, dramatically collapsed in the final hours to be reduced to 82 for 7 with an overall lead of 122.

Haryana lost Mahesh Rawat (17), Nitin Saini (27) and Sandip Singh (0) in the space of just 19 balls without adding a run to their total.

Skipper Joginder Sharma, who is yet to open his account, was at the crease when stumps were drawn.

Dhruve and Jadeja, who also contributed with the bat to reduce the lead, shared three wickets each in Haryana's second innings.

Earlier, Saurashtra resumed at their overnight score of 134 for 5 and were all out for 268 in 116 overs.

Jadeja top-scored with 48 (81b, 10x4), while Feroz Bambhania and Dhruve contributed 33 and 34 runs respectively.

For Haryana, Joginder Sharma, Gaurav Vashistha and Amit Mishra bagged three wickets each.

Scorecard

Haryana (Ist innings): 308

Saurashtra (Ist innings): (overnight 134 for 5)
Prashant Joshi c S Rana b J Sharma 0
Sagar Jogiyani c S Rana b A Mishra 9
Sitanshu Kotak c A Rawat b A Misha 39
Ceteshwar Pujara c S Rana b S Badhwar 13
Jaydev Shah b G Vashistha 33
Feroz Bambhania c A Mishra b G Vashistha 33
Ravindra Jadeja st Rawat b G Vashistha 48
Rakesh Dhrvue b J Sharma 34
Kamlesh Makwana c D Joon b J Sharma 23
Sandip Jobanputra not out 17
Sandip Maniar c & b A Mishra 14
Extras: (lb-3, nb-2) 5
Total: (all out off 116 overs) 268

Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-34, 3-78, 4-98, 5-108, 6-175, 7-180, 8-236, 9-241

Bowling: Joginder Sharma 29-9-55-3, Sanjay Badhwar 16-7-46-1, Sachin Rana 7-4-13-0, Gaurav Vashistha 29-11-62-3, Amit Mishra 35-14-89-3.

Haryana (2nd innings):
Nitin Saini c S Kotak b R Jadeja 27
Sumit Sharma Bowled S Maniar 6
Ankit Rawat c Jogiyani b R Jadeja 7
Deepak Joon c F Bambhania b R Jadeja 6
Sachin Rana lbw R Dhruve 18
Mahesh Rawat lbw R Dhruve 17
Sandip Singh c J Shah b R Dhruve 0
Joginder Sharma not out 0
Extras: (nb-1) 1
Total: (for seven wickets in 34.3 overs) 82

Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-22, 3-32, 4-55, 5-82, 6-82, 7-82.

Bowling: Sandip Jobanputra 2-0-6-0, Sandip Maniar 3-0-13-1, Ravindra Jadeja 14-8-16-3, Rakesh Dhruve 11.3-2-30-3, Kamlesh Makwana 2-0-11-0, Sitanshu Kotak 2-0-6-0.