Driving pressure: Karun picked up boundaries in the âVâ with nice timing and magnificence.
| Photo Credit: ASHWIN ACHAL
Karun Nair plans to get dinner together with his previous mates in the Karnataka camp in a few days. But for now, it’s pure enterprise.
Kinship was put aside on Saturday, as Karunâs stylish 90 gave Vidarbha the higher hand towards his former workforce on the second day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal outing right here on Saturday. Vidarbha posted an imposing 460, earlier than Karnataka moved to 98 for 2 at shut of play.
Karun, who spent the first decade of his profession in the Karnataka aspect, placed on a driving exhibition. Anything full or on size was met with crisp ahead motion and a flowing bat. With timing and magnificence, Karun collected boundaries aplenty in the âVâ. The 32-year-old regarded on track to attain his third hundred of the season, till he obtained an unplayable supply from pacer Vidwath Kaverappa which flattened his off stump.
Karun defined that whereas it âfelt differentâ to bat towards his friends, the finish objective remained unchanged. âI play to win. It doesnât matter who I play towards. Iâm not very happy with this knock. Iâm dissatisfied that I couldn’t get a giant hundred,â Karun mentioned.
Handy contributions from Aditya Sarvate (26), Harsh Dubey (20), Yash Thakur (31) and Umesh Yadav (21 n.o.) added heft to Vidarbhaâs trigger. With spinners Hardik Raj and Dheeraj Gowda rendered ineffective, Karnataka quick bowlers Kaverappa (4 for 99), V. Vyshak (one for 88) and V. Koushik (one for 70) did the heavy lifting.
The trio confirmed the resolve to bowl 96.1 overs between them, even when outcomes didn’t come simple.
Wicketkeeper Sharath Srinivas displayed nice athleticism when he dived to his left to snap up Sarvate. Srinivas then ran in to gather a poor throw, and flicked it underhand again onto the stumps to catch Aditya Thakare wanting the crease.
Karnataka desperately wanted its batters to grind and encourage hope. In this regard, captain Mayank Agarwal and teenager Okay.V. Aneesh failed.
Facing solely his third supply, Mayank tried a unfastened shot outdoors off and nicked it.
Aneesh (34, 48b, 6×4) regarded good in patches, however as stumps approached, he gifted his wicket away by fishing effectively away from the physique. Opener R. Samarth (43 batting) and Nikin Jose (20 batting) lived to combat one other day.
The scores:
Vidarbha â 1st innings: Atharva Taide lbw b Hardik 109, Dhruv Shorey lbw b Koushik 12, Yash Rathod c Jose b Kaverappa 93, Karun Nair b Kaverappa 90, Akshay Wadkar c Samarth b Kaverappa 16, Mohit Kale c Jose b Hardik 16, Aditya Sarvate c Sharath b Kaverappa 26, Harsh Dubey c Sharath b Dheeraj 20, Yash Thakur c Samarth b Vyshak 31, Umesh Yadav (not out) 21, Aditya Thakare run out 7; Extras (b-6, lb-10, w-3): 19; Total (in 143.1 overs): 460.
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-206, 3-251, 4-284, 5-319, 6-374, 7-389, 8-419, 9-443.
Karnataka bowling: Kaverappa 31.1-9-99-4, Koushik 34-8-70-1, Vyshak 31-7-88-1, Dheeraj 19-1-76-1, Hardik 21-3-89-2, Samarth 7-0-22-0.
Karnataka â 1st innings: R. Samarth (batting) 43, Mayank Agarwal c Wadkar b Thakare 0, Okay.V. Aneesh c Wadkar b Thakur 34, Nikin Jose (batting) 20; Extras (lb-1): 1; Total (for 2 wkts. in 24 overs): 98.
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-63.
Vidarbha bowling: Umesh 5-0-27-0, Thakare 7-1-29-1, Sarvate 5-1-8-0, Thakur 3-0-22-1, Dubey 4-0-11-0.
