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Weather and Karnataka haven’t been connected bully presumption successful caller times.
On Monday astatine the KSCA Navule Stadium here, they fell retired again, with overnight rainfall and atrocious airy eating up astir 2 hours of playing clip and halting the hosts’ complaint towards securing the first-innings lead.
By stumps connected time three, Goa, from 28 for one, had reached 171 for six successful reply to Karnataka’s 371. Credit should besides beryllium fixed to the visitors’ little middle-order for digging its heels in, for Snehal Kauthankar’s side was 51 for 4 astatine 1 signifier and past 115 for six.
Arjun Tendulkar (43 batting, 115b, 5x4, 1x6) and Mohit Redkar (24 batting, 54b, 2x4) resisted Karnataka’s advance, putting connected 56 unbeaten runs for the seventh wicket from 142 balls.
Goa is inactive 200 runs adrift and volition person to bat retired of its tegument connected the last day. But it was admirable that it didn’t fold adjacent nether utmost pressure.
After play started an hr late, Vidwath Kaverappa and Abhilash Shetty, nether mostly overcast skies, came up with fantabulous spells, bowling a nagging enactment and mostly successful the good-length area.
Kaverappa drew archetypal blood, having Suyash Prabhudessai caught behind, before Abhilash sent back Kauthankar, besides caught by wicket-keeper K.L. Shrijith.
When Abhinav Tejrana edged Kaverappa to Nikin Jose successful the cordon, Goa was down successful the dumps.
Some dogged batting from Lalit Yadav (36, 96b, 3x4) and Darshan Misal (12, 84b, 1x4) stemmed the rot, but right-arm pace-bowling all-rounder Yashovardhan Parantap proved the partnership-breaker arsenic helium forced Misal to borderline to Karun Nair at slip.
A suffocating signifier of play ensued as Arjun and Lalit were kept soundless for astir 10 overs, allowed to people astatine conscionable supra a tally an over. But an attempted pressure-releasing propulsion from Lalit off Abhilash proved fatal arsenic the shot went consecutive to Parantap at abbreviated square-leg.
Arjun and Redkar ensured Goa lived to combat different day. Some much resoluteness and a continuation of Karnataka’s strained narration with the upwind whitethorn connection an flight route.
The scores: Karnataka — 1st innings: 371 from 110.1 overs.
Goa — 1st innings: Manthan Khutkar c Shrijith b Abhilash 9, Suyash Prabhudessai c Shrijith b Kaverappa 12, Abhinav Tejrana c Jose b Kaverappa 18, Snehal Kauthankar c Shrijith b Abhilash 10, Lalit Yadav c Parantap b Abhilash 36, Darshan Misal c Karun b Parantap 12, Arjun Tendulkar (batting) 43, Mohit Redkar (batting) 24; Extras: (b-2, lb-4, nb-1): 7; Total (for six wkts. successful 77 overs): 171.
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-29, 3-47, 4-51, 5-100, 6-115.
Karnataka bowling: Kaverappa 18-5-30-2, Abhilash 18-3-63-3, Parantap 16-6-18-1, Vyshak 17-2-41-0, Shreyas 8-2-13-0.
