DHARAMSALA (India), Sept 29: Rizwan Shamshad top-scored again with a patient 88 to leave India champions Uttar Pradesh in command in their four-day Nissar Trophy game against their Pakistan counterparts Sialkot on Friday.

The 33-year-old Shamshad, who top-scored with 84 in the first innings, led a strong batting display to guide the team to 361 for seven in the second innings at stumps on day three.

The Ranji Trophy champions stretched their overall lead to 416, having scored 316 in the first innings and then restricted the Quaid-i-Azam winners to 261 all out.

India under-19 captain Ravikant Shukla hit a chancy 64 after scoring 54 in his first innings while skipper and India batsman Suresh Raina contributed 55.

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif, sidelined with back trouble after bowling just six overs on the opening day, eased some concern over his fitness for the ICC Champions Trophy after bowling four overs on Friday.

Scoreboard

UTTAR PRADESH (1st Innings) 316 (R. Shamshad 84, Ravikant Shukla 54).

SIALKOT (1st Innings) 261 (Imran Nazir 123).

UTTAR PRADESH (2nd Innings, overnight 14-0):

R.P. Srivastava c Shahid b Majid 33

S.K. Shukla c Shahid b Tahir 36

S.K. Raina b A. Rehman 54

Ravikant Shukla c Majid b Tahir 64

R. Shamshad c sub b Mansoor 88

Jyoti P. Yadav not out 47

P. Kumar c sub b Tahir 1

Piyush Chawla c and b Majid 8

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-3, NB-17) 29

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 97.4 overs) 361

BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Asif 4-1-7-0 (1nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 22-4-68-0; Tahir Mughal 22-1-96-3 (2nb); Hafiz Majid Jahangir 8.4-0-28-2 (5nb); Abdur Rehman 27-1-108-1; Shoaib Malik 7-1-23-0 (1nb); Mansoor Amjad 5-1-16-1 (3nb); Shahzad Malik 2-0-3-0.—Agencies