Jabbar's ton steadies Goa

Goa faced Karnataka in the last South Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium, Margao. Goa winning the toss, opted to bat first. At the close of play, Goa were 261 for six from 92 overs.

Goa ran in to trouble early in their innings losing two quick wickets for 16 runs. Seamers Mansoor Ali Khan and Dodda Ganesh picking up a wicket each. Opener Vivek K (46) and Tanveer Jabbar (116) gave Goa a face saving 101 run stand for the third wicket. Jabbar's 214 ball innings had 18 boundaries and one six. Former Indian batsman Praveen Amre (33) gave Jabbar valuable support to notch 90 runs for the fourth wicket before Jabbar edged one from Santosh V to Vijay Bharadwaj.

Karnataka claimed the second new ball after 82 overs. Dodda Ganesh trapped Amre in front of the wicket with the very first delivery. Dinesh Rao soon followed edging one from Mansoor, well taken by Bharadwaj in the slips. Ronit Rane (11) and Ananth Bhagwat (18) played out the remaining overs and returned unbeaten.