All-rounder Shreyas Gopal struck a gritty half century, as hosts Karnakata managed to take the crucial first-innings lead against Uttar Pradesh on the third day of their Elite Group B Ranji Trophy match here on Thursday.
Courtesy Gopal’s patient 58 off 182 balls, the hosts managed to take a slender 40-run first innings lead.
Gopal’s knock meant that Karnataka first passed the UP total and then their bowlers J Suchith (28 off 120 balls) and Abhimanyu Mithun (34 not out), also contributed with the bat and scored valuable runs.
Karnataka were eventually bowled out for 321. UP made 281 in their first essay.
Summarised scores:
In Dindigul: Himachal Pradesh 158 & 154 (S Verma 36; R Ashwin 4/55). Tamil Nadu 96 & 145 (K Mukunth 48; Akash Vashisht 7/33). Himachal Pradesh won by 71 runs.
- In Hubli: Uttar Pradesh 281 & 29/1. Karnataka 321 (Shreyas Gopal 58, Saurabh Kumar 6-116).
- In Indore: Madhya Pradesh 125 & 270 (Ajay Rohera 64; L Meriwala 3/59). Baroda 222 & 114/4 (Kedar Devdhar 48).
- In Ranchi: Assam 162 & 186 (KN Saikia 48; Shahbaz Nadeem 4/53, Utkarsh Singh 4/55). Jharkhand 415/9 decl. (Utkarsh Singh 58). Jharkhand won by an innings and 67 runs.
- In Visakhapatnam: Railways 248 & 27/1. Saurashtra 479/9 decl. (Arpit Vasavada 134 n.o.; Karn Sharma 4/105).
- In Ongole: Delhi: 215 & 89/6 (Cheepurapalli Stephen 4/74). Andhra: 368 all out. (Ricky Bhui 144 n.o.; Navdeep Saini 5/86).
- In Pune: J&K 209 & 263 (Suryansh Raina 83; DR Deshmukh 4/46). Maharashtra 109 (Umar Nazir 5/40) & 192/5.)