BENGALURU, Feb 28 (PTI): Karnataka today showed why they are a champion side as they outplayed a young Mumbai team by 112 runs to enter the final of the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament here today.
Batting first, Karnataka scored 202 all out in their first innings and then bundled out Mumbai for a paltry 44, which was their second lowest total in the history of Ranji Trophy tournament.
Having taken a huge 158-run lead, Karnataka were all out for 286 in their second innings to set Mumbai a target of 445 to qualify for the final.
Resuming at 277 for six today, Mumbai�s quest for chasing the remaining 168 runs vanished after Balwinder Singh Sandhu (5) and Shardul Thakur (13) were removed by pacer Abhimanyu Mithun and leggie Shreyas Gopal, respectively, here at Chinnaswamy stadium.
SCORECARD
Karnataka 1st innings: 202
Mumbai 1st innings: 44
Karnataka 2nd innings: 286
Mumbai 2nd innings (target: 445 runs): AP Tare c Uthappa b Aravind 98, AA Herwadkar lbw b Mithun 31, SS Iyer c sub (J Suchith) b Mithun 50, SA Yadav c Uthappa b Mithun 36, SD Lad c Uthappa b Aravind 74, NA Patil c Kapoor b Vinay Kumar 0, WA Mota b Gopal 9, AM Nayar retired hurt 2. BS Sandhu lbw b Mithun 5, SN Thakur c Vinay Kumar b Gopal 13, Harmeet Singh not out 2. Extras: (b 9, lb 2, w 1) 12. Total: (all out; 121.1 overs) 332. Fall of wickets: 1-79, 2-155, 3-194, 4-236, 5-237, 6-268, 6-277*, 7-292, 8-322, 9-332. Bowling: R Vinay Kumar 32-6-101-1, A Mithun 34-14-69-4, S Aravind 21.1-6-64-2, S Gopal 27-5-68-2, KK Nair 3-0-10-0, R Samarth 4-1-9-0.