Kumaran, Reetinder ravage Karnataka

Tamil Nadu8217;s T Kumaran walked away with four wickets to severely dent Karnataka8217;s hopes of posting a healthy total. At the other end, Reetinder Singh Sodhi bowled a superb line to the right handers.

The duo reduced the home team to 96 for six from the overnight 65 for two to vindicate Rest skipper Nayan Mongia8217;s decision to field first.

Scoreboard

Karnataka 1st innings, overnight 65-2: Sujit Somasundar c Kulkarni b Harvinder Sodhi 21, Arunkumar lbw Kumaran 30, A Vijay lbw Harvinder Sodhi 8, Thilak Naidu b Kumaran 5, Sriram lbw Kumaran 6, Somashekar Shiraguppi c Kothak b Reetinder Sodhi 42, Anil Kumble c Kulkarni b Reetinder Sodhi 1,Javagal Srinath c Laxman b Kumaran 12, Anand Yalvigi c Mongia b Reetinder Sodhi 23, Anand Kati not out 1, Dodda Ganesh b Reetinder Sodhi 4, Extras b 1, lb 7, nb 9: 17. Total in 79.3 overs: 170

Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-52, 3-69, 4-80, 5-81, 6-96, 7-130, 8-155, 9-166

Bowling: Harvinder Sodhi 20-2-46-2, Kumaran 23-10-47-4, Kulkarni 17-9-36-0, Reetinder Sodhi 19.3-7-33-4

Rest of India 1st innings: Nikhil Haldipur b Yalvigi 40, VVS Laxman b Srinath 1, SS Das c Somasundar b Ganesh 23, Hemang Badani batting 12, Sitanshu Kotak batting 12. Extras b 4, lb 1: 5. Total for 3 wickets, in 37 overs: 93

Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-67, 3-69

Bowling: Srinath 11-3-25-1, Ganesh 13-3-31-1, Kumble 7-1-21-0, Yalvigi 5-1-10-1, Katti 1-0-1-0.