Karnataka complete emphatic innings win over Goa

Aided by a fine four wicket haul by Mohd Aleem, Karnataka scored an emphatic innings and 147 run win over Goa in their P Ramachandra Rao Trophy (Under-22) match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Friday.

Resuming at a hopeless 85 for 5 on the final day, Goa's second innings folded up with the addition of just 58 runs. Overnight batsman, A Jadhav (27) departed caught in the slips by Mahesh off Chaitra. Then G Phadte (28) was caught behind by Shambal off Chaitra. Dharmichand who replaced Chaitra, had N Haglekar (3) caught and bowled off his first ball. Then in the 46th over, Aleem trapped G Narvekar (4) leg before and two balls later had Gonsalves (0) caught behind to signal victory to Karnataka.

Earlier, in reply to a paltry score of 80 by Goa, Karnataka declared their first innings at 370 for nine aided by fine centuries by AR Mahesh (103 not out) and S Ponnappa (153). Resuming at 178 for 1, on the second day, Karnataka lost overnight batsman Amit Kumar (15) in the second over of the day, bowled by D'Souza. Three overs later new batsman S Shinde (2) was caught at mid off by Gonsalves off Jakati.

This brought in AR Mahesh to the centre. Both Ponnappa and Mahesh forged a 92 run partnership for the fourth wicket in 23 overs. Ponnappa after a 306 minute stay departed when he was caught by Gonsalves at mid wicket off Jakati. Ponnappa during his stay faced 250 balls and found the boundary ropes 15 times and managed to clear it once. Though wickets kept falling at regular intervals Mahesh went on to complete his century. Mahesh during a 222 minute stay, faced 164 balls and hit nine fours and three sixes. Karnataka skipper S Shinde declared the innings with the score at 370/9.