NEW DELHI: Karnataka skipper Mayank Agarwal rose to the event as he scored a preventing unbeaten century to take the hosts to 229 for 5 towards Saurashtra on the finish of the Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy semi-final in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Karnataka, who misplaced half their facet for 112 in 40.3 overs, had a horrible begin after being put into bat. 87 overs had been bowled on the opening day earlier than the umpires known as stumps.
But opener Agarwal (110 not out) held one finish along with wicket-keeper batter Srinivas Sharath (58 not out) to regular the innings. The duo placed on an unbeaten 117-run stand for the sixth wicket.
Right-arm medium pacer Kushang Patel picked up two wickets, whereas Chetan Sakariya and Prerak Mankad accounted for one Karnataka batter every. The different wicket fell to a run out.
Agarwal’s affected person knock got here off 246 balls throughout which he struck 11 boundaries and a six, whereas Sharath confronted 143 deliveries throughout his unconquered knock and hit 4 fours within the course of.
Karnataka didn’t have the perfect of begins as they misplaced opener Ravikumar Samarth within the sixth over, caught by Vishvaraj Jadeja off the bowling of Patel.
New man in Devdutt Padikkal did not final lengthy, caught by Sheldon Jackson off Sakariya’s bowling within the opening supply of the ninth over.
Agarwal and Nikin Jose (18) shared 47 runs for the following wicket earlier than the latter nicked a Patel supply to Harvik Desai behind the stumps within the twenty ninth over.
Manish Pandey did not hassle the scorers a lot, changing into Mankad’s scalp and overs later Shreyas Gopal (15) grew to become the sufferer of a run out as Karnataka slumped to 112 for five.
But Agarwal and Sharath joined fingers and performed sensibly with out taking any dangers to disclaim Saurashtra additional inroads.
Brief Scores:
Karnataka: 229 for five in 87 overs (Mayank Agarwal 110 batting, Srinivas Sharath 58 batting; Kushang Patel 2/64).
(With inputs from PTI)
Karnataka, who misplaced half their facet for 112 in 40.3 overs, had a horrible begin after being put into bat. 87 overs had been bowled on the opening day earlier than the umpires known as stumps.
But opener Agarwal (110 not out) held one finish along with wicket-keeper batter Srinivas Sharath (58 not out) to regular the innings. The duo placed on an unbeaten 117-run stand for the sixth wicket.
Right-arm medium pacer Kushang Patel picked up two wickets, whereas Chetan Sakariya and Prerak Mankad accounted for one Karnataka batter every. The different wicket fell to a run out.
Agarwal’s affected person knock got here off 246 balls throughout which he struck 11 boundaries and a six, whereas Sharath confronted 143 deliveries throughout his unconquered knock and hit 4 fours within the course of.
Karnataka didn’t have the perfect of begins as they misplaced opener Ravikumar Samarth within the sixth over, caught by Vishvaraj Jadeja off the bowling of Patel.
New man in Devdutt Padikkal did not final lengthy, caught by Sheldon Jackson off Sakariya’s bowling within the opening supply of the ninth over.
Agarwal and Nikin Jose (18) shared 47 runs for the following wicket earlier than the latter nicked a Patel supply to Harvik Desai behind the stumps within the twenty ninth over.
Manish Pandey did not hassle the scorers a lot, changing into Mankad’s scalp and overs later Shreyas Gopal (15) grew to become the sufferer of a run out as Karnataka slumped to 112 for five.
But Agarwal and Sharath joined fingers and performed sensibly with out taking any dangers to disclaim Saurashtra additional inroads.
Brief Scores:
Karnataka: 229 for five in 87 overs (Mayank Agarwal 110 batting, Srinivas Sharath 58 batting; Kushang Patel 2/64).
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com