On another day when bad light held up play for nearly an entire session, centuries from the Uttar Pradesh pair of Mohammad Kaif and Parvinder Singh put Central Zone in a strong position against East Zone in Amritsar.
East struck soon after play started after a two-hour delay, Ranadeb Bose picking up his 300th first-class wicket when he bowled Suresh Raina two short of a hundred. There wasn't much joy for East after that as Kaif and Parvinder stitched together a 184-run partnership for the fourth wicket. As in his partnership with Raina on Tuesday, Kaif was the more watchful one, while Parvinder was more adventurous, hitting 13 fours and a couple of sixes in his 113.
Parvinder's innings continues his successful season - four of his five career first-class centuries have come in 2009-10. Kaif, meanwhile, crossed a career milestone, reaching 7000 first-class runs when on 75. East were unable to prise out a wicket till just before stumps, when Ashok Dinda bowled Parvinder.