Appanna, Mithun restrict Mumbai to modest total; TNCA XI win

Requiring to win their last league tie with a healthy run rate too at the Pachayappas ‘A’ ground, Karnataka bowled Mumbai out for 230, and replied with 16 without loss by close on day one of the two-day contest.

Minus the indisposed duo of Rohit Sharma and Abhishek Nayar, Mumbai were always on the back foot, and had it not been for a patient 93 (207b, 11x4) by Prashant Naik, their plight would have been even worse.

Karnataka’s competitors for the lone semifinal slot from the group, TNCA President’s XI, also made a brilliant start. Shalab Srivatsava made an unbeaten 104 (168b, 13x4), but Vidarbha managed just 238 as M Suresh Babu picked up six for 54. President’s XI were 11 without loss at stumps.

Brief scores: Mumbai: 230 all out in 80.4 overs (Prashant Naik 93, Sushan T Maratsa 34, Ajit Agarkar 26, Iqbal Abdulla 29; KP Appanna 4-77, A Mithun 3-29, S Aravind 2-52) vs Karnataka: 16/0 in 7 overs.

Vidarbha: 238 in 88.4 overs (Amit Punikar 37, Ranjith Paradkar 52, Shalab Srivatsava 104 n.o.; M Suresh Babu 6-54) vs TNCA President’s XI: 11/0 in 6 overs.

New Zealand ‘A’: 240 all out in 86.5 overs (Peter Fulton 40, Neil Broom 36, Gareth Hopkins 53, Kyle Mills 33; Murtaza Vohra 5-34, Viswanath Parmar 4-69) vs Baroda: 5/0 in 1 over.

Saurashtra: 329 in 89.4 overs (Jaidev Shah 49, Chirag Pathak 33, Ravindra Jadeja 53, Pratik Mehta 89; Rakesh Mohanty 3-108, Niranjan Behera 3-43) vs Orissa.

Kerala: 238 all out in 89.2 overs (Robert Fernandez 96, Arjun 67, Sanju Samson 32 n.o.; MA Khader 3-33, Ahmed Quadri 3-27, Amol Shinde 2-44) vs Hyderabad.

Assam: 257 all out in 74.4 overs (Parvez Aziz 38, Shiv Shankar Roy 96, Dipak Sharma 31; Ashif Ali 3-71, Rameez Khan 4-11) vs Madhya Pradesh: 22/0 in 8 overs.

Himachal Pradesh: 152 all out in 47.3 overs (Paras Dogra 47, Rishi Dhawan 53; J Kaushik 3-33, C Ganapathy Chandrasekar 2-13, R Ashwin 3-40) lt to TNCA XI: 156/4 in 35.5 overs (Abinav Mukund 64). TNCA XI 4 pts, HP 0.

Combined Districts: 333/9 in 90 overs (KB Arun Karthik 55, X Thalaivan Sargonam 45, R Sriram 37, K Varun Kumar 48, C Suresh 46; G Sankara Rao 6- 66) vs Andhra.