Karnataka make fitting reply

On a day of slow cricket, Karnataka made a fitting reply to Hyderabad's first innings total of 302 on the second day of their South Zone (under-19) Cooch Behar Trophy game at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday. A watchful unbeaten 48 by Deepak Chaugule saw Karnataka finish the day on 126 for four off 60 overs.

Karnataka in fact lost three wickets for 60 before a fourth wicket partnership of 63 runs off 32.4 overs between Chaugule and C Raghu (23) saw the side go into a position from which they could challenge the Hyderabad total on the final day on Wednesday. Chaugule, by close had faced 119 balls and hit two boundaries. Keeping him company was Stuart Binny who failed to open his account after facing 19 balls.

Earlier, Hyderabad, resuming at 239 for five, were all out shortly before lunch. The overnight batsmen Ibrahim Khaleel and Abhinav Kumar both did not last very long, being dismissed for 73 and 43. A watchful 35 by Ahmed Qadri, who was last out, saw Hyderabad getting past the 300 mark. Opening bowler Steve Lazarus and Keerthi Bhat took two wickets each on Tuesday and finished with five for 108 and four for 63 respectively.