Nagpur: Karnataka defeated Mumbai by an innings and 20 runs with more than a day to spare to enter the Ranji Trophy semifinals. Karnataka, who took a huge 397-run first innings lead over Mumbai, bowled out the 41-time champions for 377 in 114.5 overs in the second innings here at the VCA Stadium.
Surya Kumar Yadav (108, 180b, 16×4, 1×6) was the only one to offer some resistance and delay the inevitable. He was to a certain extent helped by Akash Parkar (65, 186b, 11×4) also batted well and put on 98 runs for the fourth wicket. However, once Yadav was run out in the pre-lunch session, the Mumbai innings started to disintegrate rapidly.
Parkar also added 52 runs with Siddhesh Lad for the fifth wicket before being dismissed by off-spinner Krishnappa Gowtham (6/104). Karnataka skipper R Vinay Kumar dismissed Lad and rival counterpart Aditya Tare (0) after which Gowtham scythed through the lower-order.
Brief scores
(At Mumbai): Mumbai 173 and 377 (Suryakumar Yadav 108, Shivam Dubey 71, Akash Parkar 65; Krishnappa Gowtham 6/104) lost to Karnataka 570 by an innings and 20 runs.
(At Jaipur): Bengal 354 and 483/4 (Writtick Chatterjee 213 batting, Abhimanyu Easwaran 114, Manoj Tiwary 59); Gujarat 224.
(At Vijayawada): Madhya Pradesh 338 and 283 (Harpreet Singh 78, Puneet Datey 60; Vikas Mishra 4/59, Vikas Tokas 3/64); Delhi 405 and 8 for no loss.
(At Surat): Vidarbha 246 and 431/6 (Faiz Fazal 119, Apoorv Wankhade 107, Ganesh Satish 65, Wasim Jaffer 58; Jalaj S Saxena 3/106); Kerala 176.
Last three games to continue Monday.
Press Trust of India
