VID vs KAR

Commentary

Vidarbha beat Karnataka by 127 runs, qualify for the semifinals.

Despite a spirited comeback on Day 4 led by Vidwath Kaverappa's 6/61, Karnataka's batting lineup came apart appallingly on Day 5 as they succumbed to a 127-run defeat at the hands of Vidarbha. Having bowled the hosts out for 196 in the second innings, the visitors were in with a shout as they were set a target of 371. An opening stand of 101 between skipper Mayank Agarwal (70) and Ravikumar Samarth (40) only swelled those chances but on the fifth morning, too many soft dismissals and a couple of needless run outs saw them crash down. Harsh Dubey and Aditya Sarwate bagged four wickets apiece as Karnataka were bundled out for 243. Vidarbha will now take on Madhya Pradesh in the first semifinal.

Stumps on Day 3 - Vidarbha 50/0, lead Karnataka by 224 runs in the 2nd innings.

Yash Thakur and Aditya Sarvate bagged three wickets apiece to trigger a collapse as Karnataka sunk from 251/5 to 286 all out. In the process, Vidarbha secured a humongous first innings lead of 174 that may have just allowed them to place one foot in the semifinals. While Nikin Jose top scored with a defiant 82, Hardik Raj (23), Sharath Srinivas (29) and Vijaykumar Vyshak (23) failed to convert their starts. In response, Vidarbha got off to a steady start with the bat thanks to Atharva Taide (21*) and Dhruv Shorey (29*). Karnataka need a miraculous bowling display tomorrow morning to bring this game back to life and keep their hopes of qualifying alive.

Stumps on Day 2 - Karnataka 98/2, trail Vidarbha by 362 runs in the 1st innings.

Karun Nair (90) showed the way against his former team as Vidarbha posted a healthy first innings total of 460, with the lower order chipping in with useful contributions to frustrate Karnataka. In response, skipper Mayank Agarwal fell for a two-ball duck but Ravikumar Samarth (43*) and Aneesh KV (34) shared a healthy partnership of 59 before the latter perished. Vice-captain Nikin Jose (20*) and Samarth now have to share a massive partnership to power Karnataka forward as they resume their pursuit of a lead tomorrow morning.

Stumps on Day 1 - Vidarbha 261/3 in the 1st innings.

An attritional day's play has placed hosts Vidarbha on top in Nagpur, thanks to Atharva Taide's 109 and Yash Rathod's 93. It was hard work for the Karnataka bowlers who need to turn up inspired on the second morning to run through the rest of the batting lineup. Their own former player Karun Nair (30*) is batting alongside skipper Akshay Wadkar (2*) for Vidarbha, who will look to bat once and bat big.

Vidarbha460/10 (143.1 ov, RR 3.21)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dhruv Shorey lbw b V Koushik	12	26	2	0	46.2
Yash Rathod c N Jose b V Kaverappa	93	157	12	0	59.2
Karun Nair b V Kaverappa	90	178	16	1	50.6
Akshay Wadkar c R Samarth b V Kaverappa	16	40	3	0	40.0
Mohit Kale c N Jose b H Raj	16	37	2	0	43.2
Aditya Sarwate c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	26	51	4	0	51.0
Harsh Dubey c S Sharath b D Gowda	20	39	1	1	51.3
Yash Thakur c R Samarth b V Vijaykumar	31	55	5	0	56.4
Umesh Yadav* Not out	21	19	1	2	110.5
Aditya Thakare runout (M Agarwal)	7	13	1	0	53.8

Extras19 (b 6, lb 10, w 3, nb 0, p 0)

Total460/10 (143.1 ov · 47 fours, 4 sixes)

Did not bat

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Vidhwath Kaverappa	31.1	9	99	4	3.17
V Koushik	34	8	70	1	2.05
Vyshak Vijaykumar	31	7	88	1	2.83
Dheeraj Gowda	19	1	76	1	4.00
Hardik Raj	21	3	89	2	4.23
Ravikumar Samarth	7	2	22	0	3.14

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Dhruv Shorey 12 lbw b V Koushik	22-1	7.3
Yash Rathod 93 c N Jose b V Kaverappa	206-2	60.1
Akshay Wadkar 16 c R Samarth b V Kaverappa	284-3	93.5
Mohit Kale 16 c N Jose b H Raj	319-4	104.4
Aditya Sarwate 26 c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	374-5	121.3
Karun Nair 90 b V Kaverappa	389-6	125.2
Harsh Dubey 20 c S Sharath b D Gowda	419-7	134.2
Yash Thakur 31 c R Samarth b V Vijaykumar	443-8	139.2
Aditya Thakare 7 runout (M Agarwal)	460-9	143.1

Karnataka286/10 (90.3 ov, RR 3.16)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ravikumar Samarth lbw b H Dubey	59	97	7	0	60.8
Mayank Agarwal c A Wadkar b AS Thakare	0	2	0	0	0.0
KV Aneesh c A Wadkar b YS Thakur	34	48	6	0	70.8
Nikin Jose lbw b AA Sarwate	82	212	11	0	38.7
Manish Pandey b YS Thakur	15	27	2	0	55.6
Hardik Raj c K Nair b YS Thakur	23	45	5	0	51.1
Srinivas Sharath c A Wadkar b AA Sarwate	29	70	4	0	41.4
Dheeraj Gowda lbw b AA Sarwate	5	7	1	0	71.4
Vyshak Vijaykumar b U Yadav	23	31	3	1	74.2
Vidhwath Kaverappa* Not out	0	5	0	0	0.0
V Koushik b U Yadav	0	1	0	0	0.0

Extras16 (b 12, lb 2, w 0, nb 2, p 0)

Total286/10 (90.3 ov · 39 fours, 1 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Umesh Yadav	14.3	1	54	2	3.72
Aditya Thakare	18	4	51	1	2.83
Aditya Sarwate	21	6	50	3	2.38
Yash Thakur	14	3	48	3	3.42
Harsh Dubey	23	2	69	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Mayank Agarwal 0 c A Wadkar b AS Thakare	4-1	1.2
KV Aneesh 34 c A Wadkar b YS Thakur	63-2	16.4
Ravikumar Samarth 59 lbw b H Dubey	121-3	33.6
Manish Pandey 15 b YS Thakur	148-4	42.3
Hardik Raj 23 c K Nair b YS Thakur	198-5	57.3
Srinivas Sharath 29 c A Wadkar b AA Sarwate	251-6	79.6
Dheeraj Gowda 5 lbw b AA Sarwate	257-7	81.3
Nikin Jose 82 lbw b AA Sarwate	286-8	89.1
Vyshak Vijaykumar 23 b U Yadav	286-9	90.2
V Koushik 0 b U Yadav	286-10	90.3

Vidarbha196/10 (57.2 ov, RR 3.41)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dhruv Shorey b V Vijaykumar	57	98	9	0	58.2
Yash Rathod lbw b V Vijaykumar	7	34	0	0	20.6
Karun Nair c S Sharath b V Vijaykumar	34	56	5	0	60.7
Mohit Kale c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	3	18	0	0	16.7
Akshay Wadkar b V Kaverappa	5	12	0	0	41.7
Aditya Sarwate c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	29	42	4	1	69.0
Harsh Dubey c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	9	16	1	0	56.3
Yash Thakur* Not out	8	13	1	0	61.5
Umesh Yadav b V Vijaykumar	10	5	1	1	200.0
Aditya Thakare c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	0	3	0	0	0.0

Extras9 (b 2, lb 3, w 1, nb 3, p 0)

Total196/10 (57.2 ov · 21 fours, 2 sixes)

Did not bat

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Vidhwath Kaverappa	23.2	4	61	6	2.61
V Koushik	13	1	45	0	3.46
Vyshak Vijaykumar	17	1	81	4	4.76
Hardik Raj	4	1	4	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Dhruv Shorey 57 b V Vijaykumar	93-1	28.6
Yash Rathod 7 lbw b V Vijaykumar	94-2	30.6
Mohit Kale 3 c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	105-3	35.4
Akshay Wadkar 5 b V Kaverappa	120-4	39.2
Karun Nair 34 c S Sharath b V Vijaykumar	169-5	50.5
Aditya Sarwate 29 c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	169-6	51.2
Harsh Dubey 9 c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	184-7	55.4
Umesh Yadav 10 b V Vijaykumar	195-8	56.4
Aditya Thakare 0 c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	196-9	57.2

Karnataka243/10 (62.4 ov, RR 3.87)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ravikumar Samarth b AA Sarwate	40	69	5	0	58.0
Mayank Agarwal c H Dubey b AA Sarwate	70	98	9	1	71.4
KV Aneesh runout (YV Rathod)	40	73	5	0	54.8
Nikin Jose c YV Rathod b AA Sarwate	0	2	0	0	0.0
Manish Pandey lbw b AA Sarwate	1	6	0	0	16.7
Hardik Raj b H Dubey	13	27	1	0	48.1
Srinivas Sharath b H Dubey	6	14	1	0	42.9
Dheeraj Gowda runout ()	2	8	0	0	25.0
Vyshak Vijaykumar b H Dubey	34	37	3	2	91.9
Vidhwath Kaverappa c AA Sarwate b H Dubey	25	29	3	2	86.2
V Koushik* Not out	4	14	1	0	28.6

Extras8 (b 0, lb 2, w 5, nb 1, p 0)

Total243/10 (62.4 ov · 28 fours, 5 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Umesh Yadav	12	2	50	0	4.16
Aditya Thakare	7	1	15	0	2.14
Yash Thakur	8	0	33	0	4.12
Harsh Dubey	13.4	1	65	4	4.75
Aditya Sarwate	22	4	78	4	3.54

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Ravikumar Samarth 40 b AA Sarwate	101-1	23.4
Mayank Agarwal 70 c H Dubey b AA Sarwate	127-2	33.3
Nikin Jose 0 c YV Rathod b AA Sarwate	127-3	33.5
Manish Pandey 1 lbw b AA Sarwate	131-4	35.3
Hardik Raj 13 b H Dubey	171-5	44.6
KV Aneesh 40 runout (YV Rathod)	173-6	45.5
Dheeraj Gowda 2 runout ()	179-7	47.6
Srinivas Sharath 6 b H Dubey	189-8	50.2
Vyshak Vijaykumar 34 b H Dubey	222-9	58.3
Vidhwath Kaverappa 25 c AA Sarwate b H Dubey	243-10	62.4

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