da realbet： Aided by a fine four wicket haul by Mohd Aleem, Karnataka scored anemphatic innings and 147 run win over Goa in their P Ramachandra RaoTrophy (Under-22) match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore onFriday
Natarajan Sriram27-Oct-2000Aided by a fine four wicket haul by Mohd Aleem, Karnataka scored anemphatic innings and 147 run win over Goa in their P Ramachandra RaoTrophy (Under-22) match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore onFriday.Resuming at a hopeless 85 for 5 on the final day, Goa’s second inningsfolded up with the addition of just 58 runs. Overnight batsman, AJadhav (27) departed caught in the slips by Mahesh off Chaitra. Then GPhadte (28) was caught behind by Shambal off Chaitra. Dharmichand whoreplaced Chaitra, had N Haglekar (3) caught and bowled off his firstball. Then in the 46th over, Aleem trapped G Narvekar (4)leg before and two balls later had Gonsalves (0) caught behind tosignal victory to Karnataka.Earlier, in reply to a paltry score of 80 by Goa, Karnataka declaredtheir first innings at 370 for nine aided by fine centuries by ARMahesh (103 not out) and S Ponnappa (153). Resuming at 178 for 1, onthe second day, Karnataka lost overnight batsman Amit Kumar (15) inthe second over of the day, bowled by D’Souza. Three overs later newbatsman S Shinde (2) was caught at mid off by Gonsalves off Jakati.This brought in AR Mahesh to the centre. Both Ponnappa and Maheshforged a 92 run partnership for the fourth wicket in 23 overs.Ponnappa after a 306 minute stay departed when he was caught byGonsalves at mid wicket off Jakati. Ponnappa during his stay faced 250balls and found the boundary ropes 15 times and managed to clear itonce. Though wickets kept falling at regular intervals Mahesh went onto complete his century. Mahesh during a 222 minute stay, faced 164balls and hit nine fours and three sixes. Karnataka skipper S Shindedeclared the innings with the score at 370/9.