KER vs KAR – Group B

Commentary

End of Match! Karnataka win by 164 runs

Match Highlights:
Karun Nair: 233(389)
Smaran-R: 220(390)
Mohsin Khan: 6/29
Vidhwath Kaverappa: 4/42

Karnataka 1st586/5 (167 ov, RR 3.51)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
KV Aneesh c M Azharuddeen b N Basil	8	23	1	0	34.8
Mayank Agarwal (c) c M Azharuddeen b MD Nidheesh	5	15	1	0	33.3
Shrijith Krishnan c A Imran b B Aparajith	65	110	10	0	59.1
Karun Nair c S Roger b N Basil	233	389	25	2	59.9
Smaran-R* Not out	220	390	16	3	56.4
Abhinav Manohar lbw b V Chandran	20	34	1	0	58.8
Shreyas Gopal* Not out	16	44	0	0	36.4

Extras19 (b 8, lb 7, w 1, nb 3, p 0)

Total586/5 (167 ov · 54 fours, 5 sixes)

Did not batShikhar shetty, Mohsin Khan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Vyshak Vijaykumar

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
MD Nidheesh	25	7	65	1	2.60
Vaisakh Chandran	21	1	103	1	4.90
Nedumankuzhy Basil	32	3	101	2	3.16
Harikrishnan MU	25	1	114	0	4.56
Baba Aparajith	44	5	121	1	2.75
Akshay Chandran	20	0	67	0	3.35

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Mayank Agarwal 5 c M Azharuddeen b MD Nidheesh	11-1	4.3
KV Aneesh 8 c M Azharuddeen b N Basil	13-2	7.3
Shrijith Krishnan 65 c A Imran b B Aparajith	136-3	41.4
Karun Nair 233 c S Roger b N Basil	479-4	138.5
Abhinav Manohar 20 lbw b V Chandran	534-5	151.6

Kerala 1st238/10 (95 ov, RR 2.51)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Krishna Prasad c KV Aneesh b V Vijaykumar	4	12	1	0	33.3
Nedumankuzhy Basil Retired hurt	12	42	2	0	28.6
MD Nidheesh b V Kaverappa	0	8	0	0	0.0
Vaisakh Chandran c (sub N Jose) b V Kaverappa	0	4	0	0	0.0
Akshay Chandran b V Kaverappa	11	19	2	0	57.9
Sachin Baby c S Gopal b V Kaverappa	31	82	4	0	37.8
Baba Aparajith c KV Aneesh b S shetty	88	159	8	4	55.4
Ahamed Imran st S Krishnan b S Gopal	31	61	4	0	50.8
Mohammed Azharuddeen (c) b S shetty	6	22	0	0	27.3
Shoun Roger lbw b V Vijaykumar	29	85	5	0	34.1
Eden Apple Tom* Not out	10	60	2	0	16.7
Harikrishnan MU b V Vijaykumar	6	16	1	0	37.5

Extras10 (b 1, lb 9, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total238/10 (95 ov · 29 fours, 4 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Vidhwath Kaverappa	22	9	42	4	1.91
Vyshak Vijaykumar	21	6	62	3	2.95
Shreyas Gopal	20	6	47	1	2.35
Shikhar shetty	20	2	53	2	2.65
Mohsin Khan	12	2	24	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Krishna Prasad 4 c KV Aneesh b V Vijaykumar	9-1	3.1
MD Nidheesh 0 b V Kaverappa	10-2	6.3
Vaisakh Chandran 0 c (sub N Jose) b V Kaverappa	14-3	8.1
Akshay Chandran 11 b V Kaverappa	28-4	12.3
Sachin Baby 31 c S Gopal b V Kaverappa	114-5	42.6
Baba Aparajith 88 c KV Aneesh b S shetty	182-6	63.5
Ahamed Imran 31 st S Krishnan b S Gopal	186-7	64.4
Mohammed Azharuddeen 6 b S shetty	202-8	73.2
Shoun Roger 29 lbw b V Vijaykumar	232-9	90.5
Harikrishnan MU 6 b V Vijaykumar	238-10	94.6

Kerala 2nd184/10 (79.3 ov, RR 2.31)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Krishna Prasad b M Khan	33	87	5	0	37.9
MD Nidheesh c K Nair b V Kaverappa	9	13	2	0	69.2
Akshay Chandran b V Kaverappa	0	1	0	0	0.0
Mohammed Azharuddeen (c) c S Krishnan b S shetty	15	20	1	1	75.0
Ahamed Imran c & b M Khan	23	76	2	0	30.3
Baba Aparajith lbw b M Khan	19	57	1	1	33.3
Sachin Baby b M Khan	12	42	1	0	28.6
Shoun Roger b M Khan	0	3	0	0	0.0
Harikrishnan MU lbw b M Khan	6	94	1	0	6.4
Vaisakh Chandran c K Nair b S Gopal	4	16	1	0	25.0
Eden Apple Tom* Not out	39	68	7	0	57.4

Extras24 (b 12, lb 12, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total184/10 (79.3 ov · 21 fours, 2 sixes)

Did not batNedumankuzhy Basil

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Vidhwath Kaverappa	13	4	28	2	2.15
Vyshak Vijaykumar	10	3	27	0	2.70
Shikhar shetty	13	2	32	1	2.46
Shreyas Gopal	20	7	44	1	2.20
Mohsin Khan	23.3	14	29	6	1.23

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
MD Nidheesh 9 c K Nair b V Kaverappa	19-1	4.2
Akshay Chandran 0 b V Kaverappa	19-2	4.3
Mohammed Azharuddeen 15 c S Krishnan b S shetty	40-3	9.4
Krishna Prasad 33 b M Khan	97-4	31.1
Ahamed Imran 23 c & b M Khan	106-5	35.2
Sachin Baby 12 b M Khan	130-6	47.1
Shoun Roger 0 b M Khan	130-7	47.4
Baba Aparajith 19 lbw b M Khan	135-8	51.4
Vaisakh Chandran 4 c K Nair b S Gopal	140-9	56.5
Harikrishnan MU 6 lbw b M Khan	184-10	79.3

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Playing XI

Mohammed Azharuddeen CWK

Akshay Chandran AR

Sachin Baby BAT

Baba Aparajith BAT

Ahamed Imran AR

Shoun Roger BAT

MD Nidheesh BOWL

NB

Nedumankuzhy Basil BOWL

HM

Harikrishnan MU BOWL

KP

Krishna Prasad BAT

Vaisakh Chandran BOWL

Bench

Vathsal Govind BAT

Salman Nizar BAT

Rohan Kunnummal BAT

Sanju Samson WKWK

Abhishek Nair BAT

Eden Apple Tom AR

Ankit Sharma AR

MatchKerala vs Karnataka, Group B

SeriesRanji Trophy

Date & timeSat, 1 Nov 2025 · 9:30 AM IST

VenueKCA Cricket Ground, Mangalapuram, India

TossKarnataka won the toss and chose to bat

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresPranav Joshi (India), Yeshwant Barde (India)

Match refereePrakash Bhatt (india)

Pitch

PitchSpinning Pitch

BattingAverage

PaceSwing Favourable

SpinSharp Turn

Weather

Condition<nil>

Temp29°C

Humidity68%

Wind18.9 km/h

Rain chance5%

Which team will win?

Kerala17%

Karnataka67%

Draw17%

12 votes