Sunil Subbaiah
Hubballi: Mumbai found themselves in driver's seat after enforcing follow on against hosts Karnataka on the penultimate day of the four-day Col CK Nayudu cricket tournament at the KSCA Rajnagar cricket stadium, here on Wednesday.
In reply to Mumbai's mammoth first innings total of 475, Karnataka batsmen showed little application to be bowled out for 203 in 80.2 overs with No.8 batsman Zeeshan Ali top-scoring with 52 runs to steady the innings.
Shashank Singh bagged three wickets while Sagar Trivedi,
Akash Parkar and Harmeet Singh claimed two wickets each as Mumbai snatched first innings lead of 272 runs.
Following on, Karnataka were 18 for no loss.
Brief scores: Mumbai: 475 all out in 176.5 overs vs
Karnataka: 203 all out in 80.2 overs (KV Siddharth 29, Naveen MG 34, Zeeshan Ali 52; Sagar Trivedi 2-15, Akash Parkar 2-36, Shashank Singh 3-18, Harmeet Singh 2-44) & 18 for no loss in 8 overs.