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Karnataka stuttered connected time 1 of its last round Ranji Trophy fixture against Punjab, letting the big retrieve from a precarious 168 for six to scope 303 for 9 astatine stumps.
The visitors, who are 3rd successful Elite Group-B with 21 points, request an outright triumph to guarantee qualification for the knockouts without assistance from different teams. But astatine the I.S. Bindra PCA Stadium connected Thursday, Karnataka did not amusement the required ruthlessness.
The information that some sides lined up with spin-heavy attacks and a Shubman Gill-less Punjab opted to bat indicated that the transportation was predominantly adust and that first-innings runs would beryllium crucial.
But isolated from leggie Shreyas Gopal (three for 48) and pacer Vidyadhar Patil (three for 46), the remainder failed to vessel choky lines for sustained periods. Left-arm spinner Shikhar Shetty’s travails were peculiarly stark, for the 20-year-old sprayed the shot and couldn’t capitalise connected the mean magnitude of crook connected offer.
After Prabhsimran Singh fell early, Abhijeet Garg (81, 133b, 8x4, 2x6) and captain Uday Saharan (44, 72b, 6x4, 1x6) enactment connected 102 flawless runs. Garg was compact connected the off-side and expansive connected the on-side portion Saharan came up with an array of beauteous drives.
However, from 108 for one, Punjab slipped to 168 for six. Offie Mohsin Khan sent backmost Saharan, before Shreyas grabbed 2 successful two, including the wicket of Anmolpreet Singh, who was foxed by a googly archetypal ball.
Vidyadhar’s nagging fourth-stump enactment fetched the close reward as Anmol Malhotra (25, 46b, 2x4, 1x6) was caught behind. But 21-year-old Emanjot Singh Chahal (77 batting, 134b, 8x4, 1x6) and Ayush Goyal (23, 82b, 2x4) added 81 runs to resurrect Punjab. The erstwhile batted freely, utilizing his feet good and collecting boundaries astatine will.
A good stumping from debutant wicket-keeper Kruthik Krishna ended that relation but No. 10 batter Sukhdeep Bajwa added 20 runs to further frustrate the distant side. Karnataka present needs thing abbreviated of a superlative batting effort.
The scores:
Punjab — 1st innings: Abhijeet Garg c Rahul b Shreyas 81, Prabhsimran Singh c Shikhar b Vidyadhar 5, Uday Saharan c Rahul b Mohsin 44, Jashanpreet Singh c Mohsin b Shreyas 6, Anmolpreet Singh b Shreyas 0, Anmol Malhotra c Kruthik b Vidyadhar 25, Emanjot Singh Chahal (batting) 77, Ayush Goyal st. Kruthik b Mohsin 23, Harpreet Brar c Kruthik b Vidyadhar 9, Sukhdeep Bajwa b Prasidh 20, Anmoljeet Singh (batting) 0; Extras: (lb-12, w-1): 13; Total (for nine wkts. successful 91 overs): 303.
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-108, 3-119, 4-119, 5-168, 6-168, 7-249, 8-272, 9-309.
Karnataka bowling: Prasidh 14-1-58-1, Vidyadhar 15-4-46-3, Shikhar 15-2-54-0, Mohsin 25-0-85-2, Shreyas 22-6-48-3.
Toss: Punjab.
