<p>Twin centuries from Manish Pandey and CM Gautam and some fine bowling by Sunil Joshi and Abhimanyu Mithun helped Karnataka register this comprehensive victory. After bundling out Orissa for a mere 191 in their first innings, Karnataka scored 503 in their first essay.<br /><br />Today, Orissa started on 92 for one in their second essay, still trailing the hosts by 220 runs on the final day, with plans of playing out a draw here at the M Chinnaswamy stadium. But the visitors lost Natraj Behera (60) early on the day four morning with an addition of only 22 runs to the total.<br /><br />And although Niranjan Behera (94) along with Govind Podder (13) tried to rebuild but the latter got run out to a direct hit from Sagar, after putting on a 40 plus partnership. However, Niranjan continued to hold on to his wicket and shared another 40 plus stand with Biplab Samantray (34) before getting bowled out.<br /><br />Thereafter, no other batsmen, apart from Alok Sahoo (34), could counter Karnataka bowlers, eventually getting all out for 279 to hand over the hosts an easy win and a bonus point.<br /><br />Abhimanyu Mithun finished the day on four for 70, while Sreenath Aravind and Adithya Sagar chipped in with two wickets each.<br /><br />Brief scores: Orissa: 191 & 279 (Niranjan Behera 94, Natraj Behera 60; Abhimanyu Mithun 4/70).<br /><br />Karnataka 1st innings: 503 (Manish Pandey 171, CM Gautam 158, Alok Sahoo 4/110, Basanth Mohanty 3/84).</p>
<p>Twin centuries from Manish Pandey and CM Gautam and some fine bowling by Sunil Joshi and Abhimanyu Mithun helped Karnataka register this comprehensive victory. After bundling out Orissa for a mere 191 in their first innings, Karnataka scored 503 in their first essay.<br /><br />Today, Orissa started on 92 for one in their second essay, still trailing the hosts by 220 runs on the final day, with plans of playing out a draw here at the M Chinnaswamy stadium. But the visitors lost Natraj Behera (60) early on the day four morning with an addition of only 22 runs to the total.<br /><br />And although Niranjan Behera (94) along with Govind Podder (13) tried to rebuild but the latter got run out to a direct hit from Sagar, after putting on a 40 plus partnership. However, Niranjan continued to hold on to his wicket and shared another 40 plus stand with Biplab Samantray (34) before getting bowled out.<br /><br />Thereafter, no other batsmen, apart from Alok Sahoo (34), could counter Karnataka bowlers, eventually getting all out for 279 to hand over the hosts an easy win and a bonus point.<br /><br />Abhimanyu Mithun finished the day on four for 70, while Sreenath Aravind and Adithya Sagar chipped in with two wickets each.<br /><br />Brief scores: Orissa: 191 & 279 (Niranjan Behera 94, Natraj Behera 60; Abhimanyu Mithun 4/70).<br /><br />Karnataka 1st innings: 503 (Manish Pandey 171, CM Gautam 158, Alok Sahoo 4/110, Basanth Mohanty 3/84).</p>