Karnataka held to a draw by Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka played host to Andhra Pradesh at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in the P Ramachandra Rao Trophy for the Under-22 and the match came to end as a draw on Saturday.

Having won the toss on Thursday, Andhra decided to bat first and were helped on by some useful partnerships that kept the innings going. Andhra were all out for 333 in 91.3 overs as KV Lazarus picked 5/111 for Karnataka. For Andhra ASK Varma made a breezy 83 in 136 balls which included two sixes and nine boundaries. TK Ayappa Swamy made 79 in 121 balls which included 10 hits to the fence. There were useful contributions in the lower order from Shankara Rao (33) and M Faiq (40) hitting seven fours each.

Karnataka made a steady start and kept going till they were bowled out for 390 in 121.5 overs. BM Rowland made 84 (10 fours) and Amith Kumar 89 with 12 fours were the main stay of the Karnataka innings. R Shanbal chipped in with 54 (6 fours, 1 six) adding 110 for the sixth wicket with Kumar. Faiq came good with the ball picking up 3/92. Karnataka gained the crucial first innings lead of 57 runs. Batting on the last day Andhra struggled against a determined Karnataka attack. M Aleem 4/53 and G Chaitra 3/42 reduced Andhra to 176/9 in 52 overs at the close of the match. ASK Varma with 31 top scored for Andhra as wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Karnataka collected five points to Andhra's three.