Karnataka continue impressive run

Bangalore, March 7: Sunil Joshi, making his debut as captain, led champions Karnataka from the front to finish with another impressive vi...

Bangalore, March 7: Sunil Joshi, making his debut as captain, led champions Karnataka from the front to finish with another impressive victory in the Super League. Joshi8217;s five for 48 haul helped the hosts carve out an innings and 87-run win against Bihar at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, today.

Karnataka 1st innings: 497

Bihar 1st innings: 227

Bihar 2nd innings, overnight 120-6: Niklesh Ranjan lbw Joshi 2, Zishan-ul Yaquin c Shiraguppi b Ganesh 26, Rajiv Kumar run out 34, Tariq-Ur Rehman lbw Joshi 11, Sunil Kumar run out 31, Syed Arafi lbw b Joshi 29, CM Jha lbw Ganesh 1, Sumit Panda c Yalvigi b Joshi 15, Vikas Kumar not out 14, Dheeraj Kumar c Mansoor b Joshi 6, Sarfraz Ahmed c Sujith b Ganesh 4. Extras b3, lb4, nb3 10. Total all out in 71.5 overs 183.

Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-29, 3-53, 4-105, 5-108, 6-109, 7-140, 8-159, 9-174.

Bowling: Ganesh 27.5-2-88-3, Mansoor 3-0-13-0, Joshi 32-17-48-5, Yalvigi 6-1-23-0, Vijay Bharadwaj 3-0-4-0.

MP spin into contention

Indore: Hosts MadhyaPradesh today defeated Saurashtra by seven wickets in the Super League match here at the Usha Raje Stadium. Accurate bowling by leg spinner Narendra Hirwani 6-85 and a fluent 60 by Amay Khurasia contributed to the host team8217;s victory. MP will play the crucial final league match against Haryana.

Saurashtra 1st innings:249 MP 1st innings 370 Saurashtra 2nd innings, overnight 215-7: Sudhir Tanna c Abbas b Hirwani 23, Altaf Merchant c amp; b Hirwani 37, Sitanshu Kotak c Bundela b Hirwani 17, Vimal Jadeja lbw S Pandey 10, Prakash Bhatt lbw Hirwani 69, Hitesh Parsana b Hirwani 10, Manoj Parmar lbw JP Yadav 42, Hitesh Goswami c Bundela b JP Yadav 0, Yusuf Bambhania run out 19, Neeraj Bodedra not out 7, Kamal Chavda c JP Yadav b Hirwani 0. Extras 26. Total in 87 overs 260.

Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-72, 3-97, 4-108, 5-128, 6-207, 7-209, 8-246, 9-260, 10-260. Bowling: Harvinder 8-1-26-0, Bundela 2-1-6-0, Pandey 17-0-74-1, Hirwani 31-4-85-6, Majithia 8-2-25-0, Yadav 21-7-41-2. MP 2nd innings: JP Yadav cTanna b Bhambhaniya 18, Vipin Acharya c amp; b Odedera 8, Amay Khurasia c Parsana b Odedera 60, Devendra Bundela not out 32, Abbas Ali not out 18. Extras 4. Total for three wickets in 37.1 overs 140.

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Bowling: Chawda 6-1-21-0, Goswami 7-4-7-0, Bhambhania 10-3-46-1, Odedera 11.1-5-25-2, Kotak 3-0-41-0