A well-oiled tempo battery arrange Karnataka’s five-wicket win in opposition to Jharkhand on Saturday and arrange a quarterfinal conflict in opposition to Punjab within the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Karnataka’s pacers justified captain Mayank Agarwal’s resolution to insert the opposition by bowling out Jharkhand for a below-par 187 on the Narendra Modi Stadium. R. Samarth’s fifty on the high (53, 60b, 7×4) and in-form Nikin Jose’s unbeaten 63 (93b, 5×4) helped Karnataka overhaul the goal with 55 balls to spare.
The victory was arrange within the first hour, with the pacers exploiting pleasant situations. Even earlier than Jharkhand had opened its account, Vidhwath Kaverappa swung one which kissed Arnav Sinha’s edge and rested in keeper B.R. Sharath’s gloves.
In the subsequent over, Ronit More accounted for left-hander Utkarsh Singh, the opposite opener, who poked at one exterior off-stump. Veteran Shahbaz Nadeem, promoted to see off the brand new ball, and captain Virat Singh then performed the ready sport till Virat dedicated harakiri.
The fashionable left-hander tried a lofted on-drive off the final ball of the Powerplay straight to M. Venkatesh at mid-on. When Saurabh Tiwary top-edged a swat three overs therefore to present Venkatesh his first wicket. Three balls later, Nadeem perished off allrounder Bhandage to depart Jharkhand reeling at 40 for 5.
Kumar Kushagra and Anukul Roy then displayed the most effective batting exhibition of the day with a 115-run partnership. Kushagra, the batter-wicketkeeper, showcased his prowess to impress outgoing selectors watching from the gallery. While he revered the pacers and made use of fuller deliveries on an easing pitch, Kushagra focused the spin duo of Ok. Gowtham and Shreyas Gopal.
Venkatesh was rewarded along with his short-ball ploy within the fortieth over when Kushagra’s tried pull resulted in an edge to Sharath. The tail hardly wagged as Karnataka pacers shared all ten wickets.
Brief scores:
Jharkhand 187 in 47.5 overs (Kumar Kushagra 74, Anukul Roy 57, Vidhwath Kaverappa 3/20, Ronit More 3/31, M. Venkatesh 3/51) misplaced to Karnataka 188/5 in 40.5 overs (Nikin Jose 63 n.o., R. Samarth 53).
Mumbai 220 in 48.3 overs (Hardik Tamore 53, Shams Mulani 51, Shivam Mavi 4/41) misplaced to Uttar Pradesh 221/2 in 45.4 overs (Aryan Juyal 82, Madhav Kaushik 46, Karan Sharma 42 n.o., Priyam Garg 39 n.o.)
Kerala 174 in 47.4 overs (Vinoop Manoharan 62, Auqib Nabi 4/39) misplaced to Jammu & Kashmir 175/3 in 37.5 overs (Shubham Khajuria 76, Qamran Iqbal 51 retd. damage).