da pinnacle： Rest of India held a slight edge over Karnataka at stumps on thesecond day of the five day Irani Trophy tie at the Chinnaswamystadium in Bangalore on Saturday
da bet sport： Partab Ramchand02-Oct-1999Rest of India held a slight edge over Karnataka at stumps on thesecond day of the five day Irani Trophy tie at the Chinnaswamystadium in Bangalore on Saturday. After bowling out the home teamfor 170, Rest of India scored 93 for three off 37 overs at closeof play.Resuming at 65 for two, Karnataka lost wickets at regularintervals. First to go was Naidu who was bowled by Kumaran forfive. Arun Kumar, the other overnight batsman who had opened theinnings on Friday, and had batted steadfastly was finally out at80, when he was adjudged leg before to Kumaran for 30. The mediumpacer from Tamil Nadu, continuing his fine spell, had Sriram legbefore in his next over and Karnataka had slid to 81 for five.The collapse did not stop for at 96, Kumble was caught byKulkarni off Reetinder Singh Sodhi for one.Shiraguppi, who was holding one end up firmly, was now joined bySrinath and the two got entrenched in the highest partnership ofthe innings – 34 runs for the seventh wicket. Kumaran then gothis fourth wicket when he had Srinath caught by Laxman for 12.The recovery of sorts continued with Shiraguppi and Yalvigiadding 25 runs for the eighth wicket. At 155, howeverShiraguppi’s fighting innings of 42 came to an end when he wascaught by Kotak off Reetinder Singh Sodhi. Shiraguppi had faced107 balls and hit four boundaries and a six. Sodhi then broughtthe innings to a quick end by dismissing Yalvigi (23) and Ganeshin successive overs. Kumaran (4 for 47) and Sodhi (4 for 33)shared the bowling honours while Harvinder Singh Sodhi who hadtaken both the wickets on Friday, finished with two for 46.When Rest of India batted, Javagal Srinath gave Karnataka anearly breakthrough when he bowled VVS Laxman in his third over.But Haldipur and Das steadied the innings with a second wicketstand of 60 runs off 20 overs before the latter was caught bySomasundar off Ganesh for 23. Das faced 68 balls and hit two ofthem to the ropes. In the next over, Yalvigi bowled Haldipur for40. Haldipur faced 75 balls and hit four boundaries. Rest ofIndia were now 69 for three but Badani and Kotak batted throughtill stumps, both having made 12 runs.
