BENGALURU: On a gloomy Sunday morning, with Karnataka eyeing three points from their
Ranji Trophy Group 'A' encounter against Delhi, pacer
Abhimanyu Mithun (5-70) provided the colour with an inspired bowling show that saw the Delhi batting line-up collapse within an hour.
On the final day of their fifth-round match at the KSCA Alur ground, the visitors, resuming on 274 for four, folded up for 301in 95 overs to hand Karnataka a 348-run first innings lead.
The hosts didn't enforce the follow-on as they decided to rest their bowlers on a flat deck and gave their batsmen some practice instead.
Karnataka ended their second innings on 235/3 in 63 overs with opener KL Rahul finding form with a breezy 109-ball 92, which included nine hits to the fence and two over it. The innings helped the opening batsman get some time in the middle ahead of India's Test series against Sri Lanka starting later this week. With no possibility of a result, stumps were drawn at 3.15pm, half an hour after tea.
With this draw, Karnataka remained on top of the table with 23 points and all but assured themselves of a berth in the quarterfinals with two matches to go. Delhi with 17 points, after one point from this match, continue to be placed second.
RANJI SCORES: RD 5, DAY 4GROUP AIn Guwahati: Uttar Pradesh 349 & 357/6 decl in 86.4 ovs (U Sharma 148, Md Saif 77). Assam 318& 148/4 in 55 ovs (SA Roy 62, G Sharma 62;
Saurabh Kumar 3/52). Match drawn (UP 3 pts Assam 1); In Pune (Gahunje): Maharashtra 481& 186/6 decl in 37 ovs (N Shaikh 40; K Thakur 3/43). Railways 381in 131.2 ovs & 54/1in 18 ovs. Match drawn. (Maharashtra 3 pts, Rlys 1); In Alur: Karnataka 649 & 235/3in 63 ovs (KL Rahul 92, R Samarth 47). Delhi 1st inngs 301 in 95 ovs (G Gambhir 145; A Mithun 5/50). Match drawn (Karnataka 3 pts, Delhi 1) Points tally: Karnataka (23 pts, 4 matches); Delhi (17/4); Railways (14/5); Maharashta (10/4), Hyderabad (9/4), UP (4/5), Assam (2/4)
GROUP BIn Jamshedpur: J&K 376 & 265/9 declin 63.5 ovs. Jharkhand 292/9 decl & 243in 49.4 ovs (I Kishan 52,
Utkarsh Singh 47, S Nadeem 53; P Rasool 5/99, A Aziz 5/63). J&K won by 106 runs (J&K 6 pts, Jharkhand 0); In Lahli: Haryana 223 & 179/5 decl in 55 ovs. Rajasthan 150 & 59/7 in 39 ovs (H Patel 3/29, A Hooda 3/8). Match drawn (Haryana 3 pts, Rajasthan 1); In Rajkot: Saurashtra 570 & 98/1in 30.3 ovs (
R Uthappa
64*). Gujarat 1st inngs 413 in 145.1ovs (R Bhatt 107;
J Unadkat
4/83). Match drawn (Saurashtra 3 pts, Gujarat 1) Points tally: Saurashtra (23/4), Gujarat (20/4), Kerala (18/4), J&K (9/5), Jharkhand (8/5); Rajasthan (5/4), Haryana 3/4)
GROUP CIn Agartala: Andhra 402 & 234/4 declin 46 ovs (KS Bharat 50; R Dutta 3/43). Tripura 315 & 272/5 in 56 ovs (U Bose 53, S Patel 107*). Match drawn (Andhra 3 pts, Tripura 1); In Cuttack (DRIEMS ground): Tamil Nadu 530/8 decl in 90 ovs. Odisha 533/9 in 187.1ovs (S Pattnaik 66, N Behera 91, SMishra 71, B Samantray 50, R Dhuper 97; W Sundar 4/95, Y Mahesh 3/60). Match drawn (Odisha 3 pts, TN 1); In Mumbai: Mumbai 171& 260/7 in 120.4 ovs (A Rahane 45, S Yadav 44, S Lad 71*). Baroda 575/9 decl in 180 ovs. Match drawn (Baroda 3 pts, Mumbai
Points tallyAndhra (18/5)
MP (14/4)
Mumbai (11/4)
TN (8/4)
Baroda (7/4)
Odisha (5/4)
Tripura (4/5)
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