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Goud guides Karnataka to a massive total

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Strong reply by Saurashtra openers

Rajkot: Five scalps in the Karnataka first innings did not satisfy the lively Sagar Jogiyani. The stumper's limbs must have been tired as he did duty for nearly 11 hours during which Karnataka posted 570 with its skipper Yere Goud pummelling a depleted Saurashtra line-up to muster an unconquered 171.

Karnataka's last wicket did not fall until Goud and Udit Patel had put on 112. Saurashtra was rendered weak in the absence of its key bowler Rakesh Dhruv, but Jogiyani did not let the formidable total affect him.

Enjoying one of the brightest seasons, Jogiyani (62 batting, 56b, 10x4, 1x6) stole the thunder in the closing session of the second day of the Ranji Trophy Group `A' league match at the Madhavrao Scindia Stadium on Thursday.

Exciting phase

Jogiyani's natural ways, essentially based on aggression, rubbed off on his left-handed partner, Kanaiya Vaghela, and in what has been the most entertaining phase of the match, Saurashtra took heavy penalty of the Karnataka pace and spin attack to rattle up 103 for no loss in 23 overs.

Seamer B. Akhil and veteran spinner Sunil Joshi were given a semblance of respect, but Vinay Kumar, debutant Raju Bhatkal, who struck some big blows with the bat, and off-spinner Udit Patel scarcely appeared to have the resources to contain the rampaging Saurashtra opening pair.

The local crowd, which cheered Rahul Dravid and wished him happy birthday, was up on its feet right through the last hour blitzkrieg which was carried out with power and precision.

Jogiyani and Vaghela began in whirlwind fashion, hitting some brilliant shots. On a wicket with no trace of footmarks at both ends, the ball came at a predictable height and was easily punished. Absent in Karnataka's seam attack was a bowler of the calibre of Javagal Srinath or Venkatesh Prasad to exploit the wicket which is hard and with an even covering of grass.

Quick wickets

Earlier, Karnataka resumed at 329 for four and batted a few minutes past tea. Sandip Maniyar moved the ball away and produced a wicket with the new ball 10 overs old.

Thilak Naidu, Akhil and Joshi departed quickly, but Bhatkal made 42 and added 64 for the eighth wicket with Goud. Thereafter, Goud and Patel frustrated Saurashtra with some bold shots.

It was Goud's first century of the season. He had taken a run off the last ball on Wednesday and should have faced the first ball today. Somehow, the overnight batsmen went to the wrong ends and Naidu took strike first. Even the umpires did not notice the lapse.

The scores:

Karnataka — 1st innings: B. Rowland c Jogiyani b Maniyar 1, R. Uthappa c Jogiyani b Jobanputra 108, C. Raghu lbw b Makvana 83, R. Dravid b Makvana 56, Yere Goud (not out) 171, T. Naidu c Jogiyani b Maniyar 39, B. Akhil c Jogiyani b Makvana 14, S. Joshi lbw b Vaghela 4, R. Bhatkal c Jogiyani b Kotak 42, R. Vinay Kumar (run out) 0, U. Patel c Bambania b Kotak 35; Extras (b-6, lb-7, nb-3, w-1): 17; Total (in 156.5 overs): 570.

Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-173, 3-227, 4-270, 5-339, 6-376, 7-394, 8-458, 9-458.

Saurashtra bowling: Jobanputra 25.4-3-69-1, Maniyar 27.2-1-114-2, Vaghela 14-3-44-1, Makvana 48-3-192-3, Kotak 32.5-5-100-2, Shah 9-0-38-0.

Saurashtra — 1st innings: K. Vaghela (batting) 32, S. Jogiyani (batting) 62; Extras (lb-4, nb-4, w-1) 9; Total (for no loss in 23 overs): 103.

Karnataka bowling: Vinay Kumar 7-0-53-0, Akhil 6-4-12-0, Bhatkal 3-0-13-0, Joshi 4-1-6-0, Patel 2-0-15-0, Raghu 1-1-0-0.

Other scores:

Super League:

At Kolkata: Rajasthan 193 vs Bengal 465 for four in 119 overs (S.G. Das 82, A.A. Jhunjhunwala 115, M. Tiwary 152 batting, S. Ganguly 72 batting).

At Rohtak: Delhi 382 in 103 overs (R. Bhatia 90, A. Chopra 84, V. Sehwag 106, A. Mishra four for 80) vs Haryana 113 in 48.2 overs (S. Rana 54) & 105 for six in 24 overs (C. Nanda four for 51).

At Hyderabad: Punjab 142 & 145 for five in 41 overs (P. Dharmani 70 batting) vs Hyderabad 251 in 82 overs (V.V.S. Laxman 76, A.S. Yadav 40, V.R.V. Singh four for 79).

At Nasik: Mumbai 515 for eight decl. in 137.2 overs (S.O. Kukreja 114, W. Jaffer 78, H.N. Shah 112, A. Nair 88) vs Maharashtra 99 for four in 37 overs (H.H. Khadiwale 54).

At Chennai: Baroda 263 vs Tamil Nadu 267 for six in 102 overs (M. Vijay 121, S. Badrinath 89).

At Kanpur: Andhra 111 & 65 for six in 31.5 overs vs Uttar Pradesh 346 in 94.5 overs (S. Raina 54, Ravikant Shukla 54, P. Kumar 41, Amir Khan 70).

Plate League (semifinals):

At Dharamsala: Railways 229 in 98 overs (S. Sanyal 52 not out, T.P. Singh 54, V. Bhatia six for 57) vs Himachal Pradesh 151 for three in 84 overs (Sandeep Sharma 68).

At Cuttack: Assam 235 in 105.1 overs (Tarjinder Singh 43, Nishant Bordoloi 40, Debasis Mohanty five for 66) vs Orissa 186 for seven in 66 overs (Niranjan Behera 57).

Correction: In the story `Dravid's presence to bolster Karnataka', published in these columns on January 10, it was mentioned that K.P. Appanna is in the India under-19 team for Malaysia and New Zealand. He is only in the team for New Zealand. The error is regretted.

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