Maharashtra enter quarterfinals

Maharashtra predictably made it to the quarterfinals by virtue of their first innings lead over Karnataka in the Cooch Behar Trophy (under-19) tournament at Pune on Sunday.

In reply to Maharashtra's 381, Karnataka who were 182 for eight at close of play on the second day, were all out for 215. K Adhav picked up both the wickets to fall in the morning to finish with four for 63.

Despite a lead of 166 runs, Maharashtra did not enforce the follow on. Opting to bat again, they were all out for 165 with opener Nachiket Pingle's 73 being the main highlight. Pingle faced 137 balls and hit ten of them to the ropes. Dharmichand again took four wickets, this time for 59 runs. Skipper C Raghu claimed four wickets for 56 runs. In the remaining time, Karnataka were 20 for two when stumps were finally drawn.