Rain ravages Irani encouter

Bangalore, Oct 1: Ranji champions Karnataka were 65 for two against Rest of India in the Irani Trophy cricket tournament on a rain curtailed opening day at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium today.

Only 28 overs could be bowled because of wet conditions due to overnight heavy showers. The match which started at 1400 hrs was stopped at 1633 hrs following an appeal for bad light. The umpires called off the day8217;s play at 1720 hrs as the light did not not improve.

At stumps, opener J Arun Kumar on 23 and V S Thilak Naidu on four were batting.

Scoreboard

Karnataka first innings; Sujith Somasundar c Kulkarni b Sodhi 21, J Arun Kumar batting 23, A Vijay lbw b Sodhi 8, V S Thilak Naidu batting 4; Extras lb3, nb6 9

Total for two wickets 65

Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-52.

Bowling: Harvinder Singh Sodhi 12-1-27-2, T Kumaran 8-4-23-0, Nilesh Kulkarni 1-1-0-0, Reetinder Singh Sodhi 7-2-12-0.