Karnataka in sight of victory

Rahul Dravid top scored for Karnataka with 149 256 mins, 173 balls, 16215;4, 1215;6

Batting second, Rajasthan slumped from 62 for one to 96 for seven 8212; defeat looking inevitable for the visitors.

SCOREBOARD
Karnataka: 1st innings 243
Rajasthan: 1st innings 211
Karnataka: 2nd innings: Mithun Beerala c Krishnakumar b Kanwat 59, Ronald Barrington c amp; b Kanwat 22, Rahul Dravid b Dave 149, Thilak Naidu c Jhalani b Gaurav 49, Akhil c Kuldeep b DP Singh 20, Sunil Joshi not out 7, A Vijay c Jhalani b DP Singh 1. Extras: b6, lb10, nb3 19. Total for six wickets declared 326
Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-128, 3-243, 4-297, 5-323, 6-326
Bowling: Shamsher 8-2-30-0, Krishnakumar 3-0-24-0, DP Singh 18.2-2-70-2, Dave 9-1-43-1, Kanwat 27-2-98-2, Jain 1-1-0-0, Khoda 2-0-12-0, Gaurav Sharma 4-0-33-1

Rajasthan: 2nd innings Anshu Jain c Barrington b A Vijay 32, Nikhil Doru c Dravid b Prasad 4, Kuldeep c A Vijay b Kumble 28, Rahul Kanwat b Kumble 0, B Krishnakumar run out 13, Gagan Khoda c Naidu b Srinath 3, Jhalani lbw Srinath 0, Gaurav c Akhil b Prasad 13, DP Singh batting 27, Anup Dave batting 0. Extras b4, lb4 8. TotalL for 8 wickets 128
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-62, 3-63, 4-68, 5-73, 6-73, 7-96, 8-114
Bowling: Srinath 8-3-14-2, Prasad 8-2-20-2, Joshi 14-4-39-0, Ganesh 5-2-13-0, Kumble 14-7-27-2, A Vijay 2-0-7-1.