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Pawan keeps Karnataka afloat

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MYSORE: K.B. Pawan, playing in only his sixth Ranji Trophy match, exemplified that patience and perseverance pay. The right-handed opener, with his maiden unbeaten 110, stood tall amidst the ruins as Karnataka finished the day 29 runs adrift of Saurashtra with the last-wicket pair at the crease in the Ranji Trophy Group A Super League clash at the Gangothri Glades grounds here on Monday.

In the morning, Saurashtra added just 16 to its overnight 229 for eight before Aiyappa cleaned up the tail with two successive deliveries in the fourth over of the day. Aiyappa first had Sandeep Jobanputra top edging a pull to short square-leg and got Kamlesh Makhwana snapped up at slip off the next ball.

Terrible start

In reply, Karnataka got off to a disastrous start as left-arm medium-pacer Jobanputra extracted some bounce and angled his deliveries.

Robin Uthappa (5), Sudhindra Shinde (11), Bharath Chipli (5) and C. Raghu (0) all perished in a heap, all falling to Jobanputra with reckless shots.

At 44 for four, ’keeper Thilak Naidu joined the 19-year-old Pawan and played a cameo before his attempt to sweep left-arm spinner Rakesh Dhruv resulted in a edge to ’keeper Sagar Jogiyani. Naidu added 44 for the fifth wicket with Pawan.

The scores: Saurashtra — 1st innings: Saurashtra — 1st innings: K. Vaghela c Naidu b Vinay 37, S. Jogiyani c Naidu b Vinay 0, S. Kotak lbw b Vinay 18, C. Pujara c Uthappa b Vinay 48, F. Bambhaniya c Naidu b Aiyappa 13, R. Jadeja c Naidu b Aiyappa 9, J. Shah c Appanna b Joshi 34, R. Dhruv c Naidu b Vinay 34, K. Makhwana c Chipli b Aiyappa 16, S. Jobanputra c Shinde b Aiyappa 26, S. Maniar (not out) 0; Extras (lb-8, nb-2): 10; Total (in 93.5 overs): 245.

Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-50, 3-112, 4-114, 5-135, 6-136, 7-191, 8-206, 9-245.

Karnataka bowling: Vinay Kumar 22.3-4-70-5, Aiyappa 20.5-6-57-4, Chipli 10-4-13-0, Joshi 25.2-11-44-1, Raghu 5-0-13-0, Appanna 10.1-2-40-0.

Karnataka — 1st innings: K.B. Pawan (batting) 110, R. Uthappa c Makhwana b Jobanputra 5, S. Shinde c Dhruv b Jobanputra 11, B. Chipli c Makhwana b Jobanputra 5, C. Raghu c Jogiyani b Jobanputra 0, T. Naidu c Jogiyani b Dhruv 30, Yere Goud c Kotak b Dhruv 33, S. Joshi (run out) 12, Vinay Kumar c Jogiyani b Jobanputra 0, N.C. Aiyappa c Kotak b Jobanputra 0, K.P. Appanna (not out) 0; Extras (b-4, lb-5, nb-1): 10; Total (for nine wkts. in 83 overs): 216.

Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-30, 3-44, 4-44, 5-88, 6-161, 7-195, 8-200, 9-206.

Saurashtra bowling: Jobanputra 26-2-69-6, Maniar 11-3-30-0, Jadeja 21-4-38-0, Dhruv 14-1-40-2, Vaghela 6-1-13-0, Makhwana 5-0-17-0.

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