KAR vs CG

Commentary

Match drawn; Karnataka pocket three points, Chandigarh take a lone point.

Karnataka finished second in Group C having failed to register an outright win over Chandigarh but a mammoth first innings lead was enough to seal their passage into the knockouts. Despite losing Shivam Bhambri (33) early on the fourth morning, Chandigarh put on a stubborn resistance thanks to Arslan Khan (63) and Mayank Sidhu (56*) with Karan Kalia (25* off 93) also doing his bit. V Koushik was the pick of the bowlers for Karnataka with 2/26 off his ten overs and with 27 points, the hosts finished second to Tamil Nadu (28 points) in their group.

Stumps on Day 3 - Chandigarh 61/0, trail Karnataka by 235 runs in the 2nd innings.

Karnataka are all but through to the knockouts on the back of a sensational batting performance that saw them whip up 563/5 before Mayank Agarwal declared the innings in Hubballi. Manish Pandey top-scored with 148 but Sharath Srinivas (100*) and Vijaykumar Vyshak (103*) notched up their maiden first-class runs to pile further misery on Chandigarh, with their unbeaten stand worth 198. Winning this game will only see the hosts carry forward momentum and confidence into the quarterfinals - can they pick up ten wickets then on the final day?

Stumps on Day 2 - Karnataka 268/3, lead Chandigarh by 1 run in the 2nd innings.

Hardik Raj and Vijaykumar Vyshak bagged four wickets apiece to bowl Chandigarh out for 267, post which Karnataka dominated proceedings to take a lead of one run by Stumps. Manish Pandey powered along to a rapid century and is currently batting on 102 with Hardik taking the more sedate route as he's unbeaten on 49. Captain Mayank Agarwal (57) and his deputy Nikin Jose (37) also made useful contributions and Karnataka might well have a foot into the knockouts with this.

Stumps on Day 1 - Chandigarh 219/6 in the 1st innings.

A hard fought day for Chandigarh in Hubballi, although table-toppers Karnataka will be happy having chipped away regularly without conceding too many runs. Left-arm spinner Hardik Raj had a lot of bowling to do but was at his economical best for the hosts while bagging a couple of wickets. Karan Kalla (79) was the standout performer with the bat even as Chandigarh needed a lot more from the rest. Can they somehow scrap their way to 300 tomorrow?

Chandigarh267/10 (106.4 ov, RR 2.50)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shivam Bhambri c N Jose b V Koushik	0	9	0	0	0.0
Arslan Khan c S Sharath b V Vijaykumar	8	13	2	0	61.5
Manan Vohra b M Venkatesh	21	41	4	0	51.2
Karan Kaila lbw b V Vijaykumar	79	207	9	0	38.2
Kunal Mahajan b H Raj	34	98	4	0	34.7
Ankit Kaushik c S Sharath b H Raj	25	59	3	0	42.4
Mayank Sidhu lbw b V Vijaykumar	31	95	4	0	32.6
Gurinder Singh b V Vijaykumar	16	32	3	0	50.0
Jagjit Singh Sandhu b H Raj	25	46	2	1	54.3
Hartejassvi Kapoor lbw b H Raj	10	27	1	0	37.0
Rohit Dhanda* Not out	5	13	0	0	38.5

Extras13 (b 0, lb 12, w 1, nb 0, p 0)

Total267/10 (106.4 ov · 32 fours, 1 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
V Koushik	19	8	38	1	2.00
Vyshak Vijaykumar	23	3	77	4	3.34
M Venkatesh	17	2	48	1	2.82
Hardik Raj	30.4	10	56	4	1.82
Shashi Kumar Kamble	16	2	35	0	2.18
Ravikumar Samarth	1	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Shivam Bhambri 0 c N Jose b V Koushik	4-1	2.3
Arslan Khan 8 c S Sharath b V Vijaykumar	8-2	5.1
Manan Vohra 21 b M Venkatesh	37-3	13.3
Kunal Mahajan 34 b H Raj	108-4	44.3
Ankit Kaushik 25 c S Sharath b H Raj	154-5	62.1
Karan Kaila 79 lbw b V Vijaykumar	200-6	83.2
Gurinder Singh 16 b V Vijaykumar	226-7	91.2
Mayank Sidhu 31 lbw b V Vijaykumar	227-8	93.5
Jagjit Singh Sandhu 25 b H Raj	258-9	102.5
Hartejassvi Kapoor 10 lbw b H Raj	267-10	106.4

Karnataka563/5 (136.5 ov, RR 4.11)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ravikumar Samarth c M Sidhu b J S Sandhu	4	11	1	0	36.4
Mayank Agarwal b K Kaila	57	90	9	1	63.3
Nikin Jose c M Sidhu b H Kapoor	37	60	4	0	61.7
Manish Pandey lbw b K Kaila	148	181	17	3	81.8
Hardik Raj c M Sidhu b K Kaila	82	178	7	0	46.1
Srinivas Sharath* Not out	100	160	11	0	62.5
Vyshak Vijaykumar* Not out	103	141	10	2	73.0

Extras27 (b 16, lb 8, w 3, nb 0, p 0)

Total563/5 (136.5 ov · 59 fours, 6 sixes)

Did not batKV Aneesh, V Koushik, M Venkatesh, Shashi Kumar Kamble

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Jagjit Singh Sandhu	20	3	63	1	3.15
Rohit Dhanda	24	2	93	0	3.87
Gurinder Singh	29	1	121	0	4.17
Hartejassvi Kapoor	16	3	84	1	5.25
Karan Kaila	40.5	4	143	3	3.50
Shivam Bhambri	4	0	14	0	3.50
Kunal Mahajan	1	0	12	0	12.00
Ankit Kaushik	2	0	4	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Ravikumar Samarth 4 c M Sidhu b J S Sandhu	8-1	2.5
Nikin Jose 37 c M Sidhu b H Kapoor	78-2	20.2
Mayank Agarwal 57 b K Kaila	115-3	31.4
Hardik Raj 82 c M Sidhu b K Kaila	354-4	84.4
Manish Pandey 148 lbw b K Kaila	365-5	88.4

Chandigarh236/5 (80 ov, RR 2.95)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Shivam Bhambri lbw b S K Kamble	33	27	6	122.2
Arslan Khan lbw b V Koushik	63	90	11	70.0
Manan Vohra c N Jose b S K Kamble	23	53	3	43.4
Mayank Sidhu* Not out	56	150	3	37.3
Kunal Mahajan b V Koushik	1	12	0	8.3
Ankit Kaushik c S Sharath b M Venkatesh	15	56	1	26.8
Karan Kaila* Not out	25	93	3	26.9

Extras20 (b 16, lb 2, w 1, nb 1, p 0)

Total236/5 (80 ov · 27 fours, 0 sixes)

Did not batGurinder Singh, Jagjit Singh Sandhu, Hartejassvi Kapoor, Rohit Dhanda

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
V Koushik	10	4	26	2	2.60
M Venkatesh	14	2	59	1	4.21
Hardik Raj	15	1	46	0	3.06
Shashi Kumar Kamble	25	6	55	2	2.20
Vyshak Vijaykumar	7	0	20	0	2.85
Ravikumar Samarth	6	2	11	0	1.83
Nikin Jose	3	2	1	0	0.33

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Shivam Bhambri 33 lbw b S K Kamble	61-1	11.1
Manan Vohra 23 c N Jose b S K Kamble	122-2	27.6
Arslan Khan 63 lbw b V Koushik	122-3	28.2
Kunal Mahajan 1 b V Koushik	127-4	30.6
Ankit Kaushik 15 c S Sharath b M Venkatesh	175-5	50.6

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