Pawar stars in Karnataka's innings win

After being put in to bat, Karnataka defeated Goa by an innings and 137 runs in the South Zone U-14 Tournament match at the SAG ground in Goa on Friday.

Opener V Pawar scored a double century to propel Karnataka to an imposing total of 511 for four declared off 114 overs. Pawar's mammoth 323-ball innings had one six and 26 boundaries. He was involved in a huge 245-run partnership off 62 overs with fellow opener V Chelvaraj who made a brilliant century off 194 balls. He hit ten boundaries. G Dhiman (44) was given out when he hit the ball twice. VK Vinayak chipped in with a useful 40.

In reply, Goa were sent packing for 187 off 73.2 overs. G Dhuri top scored with an unbeaten 75. He hung around for 121 deliveries but ran out of partners. He hit 13 boundaries in his patient innings. Moinuddin was the wrecker-in-chief bagging five wickets for 64 runs. Goa followed on and were dismissed for a similar total of 187 in 83 overs. S Bhandekar topscored with 48. Dhiman bagged three for 51 and Moinuddin picked up two for 30 runs. Karantaka got eight points.