INDORE, Feb 18 (PTI): Karnataka stamped their authority on the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal being held here by cleaning up Assam for 185 before taking a 404-run lead at stumps on day three of the cricket match at Holkar Stadium.
Assam, resuming their first innings at 58 for three, folded up for 185 with Gokul Sharma (58) scoring the lone fifty.
At 168 from 4, it seemed Assam will get closer to Karnataka�s 452 but they lost their last six wickets for 17 runs.
Defending champions Karnataka were 137 for two at close of play with Ravikumar Samarth (54*) and Robin Uthappa (6*) at the crease. Opener Lokesh Rahul made 73.
SCORECARD
Karnataka 1st innings: 452.
Assam 1st innings (overnight 58/3) Pallav Das c Samarth b Gopal 11, Sib Sankar Roy c Rahul b Aravind 16, Gokul Sharma b Vinay Kumar 58, Dheeraj Jadhav b Gopal 3, KB Arun Karthik c Samarth b Gopal 33, Tarjinder Singh lbw b Vinay Kumar 30, J Syed Mohammad lbw b Aravind 1, Sarupam Purkayastha not out 12, Abu Nechim Ahmed c Uthappa b Aravind 0, Arup Das c Vinay Kumar b Mithun 4, Krishna Das b Mithun 0. Extras: (b 9, lb 4, nb 4) 17; Total: (all out; 75 overs) 185. Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-32, 3-45, 4-107, 5-168, 6-169, 7-173, 8-173, 9-185, 10-185. Bowling: R Vinay Kumar 18-2-48-2, A Mithun 19-7-43-2, S Aravind 17-8-36-3, S Gopal 18-2-41-3, SA Bhavane 2-1-3-0, KK Nair 1-0-1-0.
Karnataka 2nd innings: R Samarth not out 54, KL Rahul c Roy b Syed Mohammad 73, MK Pandey b K Das 0, RV Uthappa not out 6. Extras: (lb 4) 4. Total (2 wickets; 39 overs) 137. Fall of wickets: 1-124, 2-125. Bowling: AN Ahmed 1-0-5-0, K Das 9-4-17-1, AK Das 10-1-33-0, J Syed Mohammad 14-2-44-1, PP Das 1-0-10-0, S Purkayastha 3-0-17-0, G Sharma 1-0-7-0.
