J&K bowl out Karnataka, raise dreams of semifinals

Jammu, February 22

Jammu and Kashmir were in a good a position to take the crucial first innings lead after bowling out Karnataka for 206 on Day 3 of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal. In reply, J&K were 88/2 at stumps, needing another 119 runs to take the first innings lead. Shubham Khajuria (39) and Shubham Pundir (16) were at the crease. — PTI

Brief scores

• Karnataka: 206 (Siddharth 76; Nabi 3/45, Yousuf 3/45); J&K: 88/2 (Khajuria 39*, Pundir 16*)
• Gujarat: 602/8 decl. and 158/1 (S Gohel 70*, S Prabhudessai 1/32); Goa: 173 (A Verma 56, C Gaja 5/19)
• Bengal: 332 and 79/2 (K Ghosh 41, A Easwaran 30); Odisha: 250 (D Samantray 68, S Mishra 62, S Senapati 46; N Das 3/43, M Kumar 3/51, I Porel 3/72)
• Saurashtra: 419 and 93/2 (A Barot 44*, V Jadeja 35*); AP: 136 (C Gnaneshwar 43, R Bhui 28, KS Bharat 26; J Unadkat 4/42, D Jadeja 3/27)