Karnataka bowl out J&K for 192, put one foot in semis

jammu, Jfebruary 23

Karnataka took the crucial first innings lead after bowling out Jammu and Kashmir for 192 on the fourth day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal.

Resuming the day on 88/2 in reply to Karnataka’s 206, Jammu and Kashmir let the advantage slip by losing wickets at regular intervals to be bundled out in 62.4 overs.

Pacer M Prasidh Krishna (4/42) impressed once again as he returned with a four-wicket haul, while Jagadeesha Suchith (2/46) and Ronit More (2/40) grabbed two wickets each.

For the hosts, Abdul Samad scored a 50-ball 43. He hit six fours and one six to anchor the innings but did not get support from the other end.

In their second essay, Karnataka reached 245/4 in 67 overs with opener Ravikumar Samarth (74) and Krishnamurthy Siddharth (75*) doing the bulk of the scoring. J&K skipper and off-spinner Parvez Rasool, who had taken three wickets in the first innings, added another two, while Mujtaba Yousuf (1/42) and Abid Mushtaq (1/59) accounted for one each.

Gujarat in semis

Valsad: Left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai grabbed a five-for as Gujarat thrashed Goa by 464 runs to storm into the Ranji Trophy semifinals.

In Ongole, Saurashtra batted Andhra Pradesh out of their quarterfinal by extending their overall lead to 658 runs — PTI

Brief scores

• Karnataka: 206 and 254/4 (R Samarth 74, KV Siddharth 75*; Parvez Rasool 2/53); J&K: 192 (SP Khajuria 62, Abdul Samad 43; M Prasidh Krishna 4/42)
• Gujarat: 6602/8 decl. and 199/6 decl. (Samit Gohel 72; Lakshay Garg 4/30); Goa: 173 and 164 (Suyash Prabhudessai 66; Siddharth Desai 5/81)
• Bengal: 332 and 361/7 (Shreevats Goswami 78, Abhishek Raman 67, Arnab Nandi 45, Koushik Ghosh 41, Shahbaz Ahmed 52*); Odisha: 250
• Saurashtra: 419 and 375/9 (Perak Mankad 85, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 60, Avi Barot 54, Vishvarajsinh Jadeja 46; Jyothi Sai Krishna 4/47, Smd Rafi 3/92); AP: 136 (CR Gnaneshwar 43, Ricky Bhui 28, KS Bharat 26; Jaydev Unadkat 4/42, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 3/27)