Karnataka stutter in quest for victory

Earlier, Hyderabad were once again let down by their batsmen. A target of 200 or above could have given their bowlers a chance to stay in the match. But their batsmen, save for A Nandakishore 39: 172m, 103b, 4215;4, simply lacked the application. The home side crumbled for 179 in 62.2 overs.Having conceded a lead of 26 runs Hyderabad had to takethe chances and accelerate the run-rate. The intention was fine. But the execution went haywire.

SCOREBOARD

Hyderabad 1st innings: 283.

Karnataka 1st innings: 309.

Hyderabad 2nd innings: Arvind Shetty c Fazal b Joshi 21, Daniel Manohar c Joshi b Ganesh 16, MV Sridhar c S Murthy b Mansoor 35, A Nandakishore c Somasunder b Joshi 39, Vanka Pratap c Somasunder b Katti 16, Santosh Yadav c Girish sub b Katti 12, Noel David c Siruggupi b Ganesh 9, Youraj Singh lbw Ganesh 1, NP Singh b Ganesh 8, V Raju not out 15, Kanwaljit Singh b Mansoor 4;

Extras nb2, w1: 3.

Total in 62.2 overs: 179.

Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-43, 3-73, 4-99, 5-121, 6-132, 7-136, 8-154, 9-170.

Bowling: Ganesh 21-3-74-4, Joshi 19-4-45-2, Bhardwaj 3-0-11-0, Mansoor Ali 11.2-3-34-2, Katti 8-1-15-2.

Karnataka 2nd innings: Sujit Somasunder c Sridhar b Kanwaljit 17, Arunkumar camp;b Kanwaljit 23, Fazal Khaleel batting 0, Anand Katti batting 0;

Extras b5, lb3: 8.

Total for 2 wkts in 34 overs:48.

Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-48.

Bowling: NP Singh 8-3-14-0, Manohar 7-3-14-0, Kanwaljit 12-7-9-2, Raju 7-4-3-0.