da betway： Karnataka ended the second day of their Cooch Behar Trophy South Zone(under-19) league match against Tamil Nadu at the IIT-Chemplast Groundin Chennai at a reassuring 95 for the loss of two wickets in theirsecond innings
Natarajan Sriram27-Sep-2000Karnataka ended the second day of their Cooch Behar Trophy South Zone(under-19) league match against Tamil Nadu at the IIT-Chemplast Groundin Chennai at a reassuring 95 for the loss of two wickets in theirsecond innings. With a first innings lead of 34 runs, Karnataka now gointo the final day with an overall lead of 129 and with eight wicketsintact, they are in a position to move in for the kill.Play started at 1.10 pm due to early morning showers. Tamil Nadu, 82for seven overnight, added a further 43 runs before the innings foldedup. KKD Kartik (8) was the first to go when he was caught by Uthappaoff Dharmichand. Eight runs later, L Balaji (3) found himself short ofthe crease. The last wicket pair of V Kudawla (26) and DT Kumaran (14)however offered a rearguard action to take Tamil Nadu to 125, with apartnership of 33 runs off 9.3 overs. Dharmichand, who was the mostsuccessful bowler on the opening day continued his good work and endedthe innings with figures of 7 for 55 off 21.3 overs.Karnataka started their second innings in right earnest. Openers HTSRao (36 not out) and DV Krishna (28) put on a sedate partnership of 49runs off 20.3 overs. Krishna was then out, offering a catch tosubstitute fielder V Kumaresan off Kumaran. This brought the hero ofKarnataka’s first innings, Deepak Chougule to the crease. But at 70,he departed after giving a catch to Kumaran off Vasudeva Das. Rao wasthen joined by his skipper C Raghu and they saw the team through tostumps without any further hiccups.