da esport bet： After dismissing Andhra for 220 runs, Karnataka scored 97 for onewicket at stumps on the first day of the KSCA Coca Cola Trophy (under-25) cricket tournament match at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangaloreon Thursday
Partab Ramchand05-Oct-2000After dismissing Andhra for 220 runs, Karnataka scored 97 for onewicket at stumps on the first day of the KSCA Coca Cola Trophy (under-25) cricket tournament match at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangaloreon Thursday.Opting to bat, Andhra were rocked by a fine opening spell by mediumpacer Sunil Kumar who dismissed TS Prasad (1) and S Reddy (0) withsuccessive deliveries. From nine for two, Andhra recovered thanks totwo valuable partnerships. First, opener Anil Kumar (59) and Raj Kiran(29) added 47 runs for the third wicket off 11.2 overs. Then AnilKumar and Balaji Krishna (42) increased the score by 57 runs during afourth wicket association that lasted 15.2 overs. While Anil Kumarfaced 81 balls and hit eight fours and a six, Balaji Krishna faced 69balls and hit three fours and a six. Thereafter there was a middleorder slump as Andhra slid from 142 for four to 186 for nine. HoweverBalasaraswathi Reddy, coming in at No 10, hit out boldly. He scored 40off 46 balls with three fours and a six, totally dominating a lastwicket partnership of 34 runs off 7.5 overs with Laxman Kishore (2).Sunil Kumar emerged the most successful bowler with four for 41.Andhra had the encouragement of an early wicket with Pramod bowled byBalasaraswathi for 12. But Shyam Ponappa (58) and AR Mahesh (23)shared an unbroken second wicket stand of 85 runs off 29 overs toplace Karnataka in a position of some strength at stumps.