Bowlers sparkle as Karnataka 'A' maintain stranglehold over Himachal 'A'

Though Karnataka ‘A’ fell short of expectations with the bat on the penultimate day, the bowlers did a good job to help hosts maintain their stranglehold over Himachal ‘A’ in a C K Nayudu Trophy Elite A match at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here on Sunday.

Karnataka, overnight 342/4, added only 134 runs to be bowled out for 476 in 119 overs on the third day.

Armed with a 180-run lead, Karnataka had reduced Himachal to 214 for six, a lead of just 34 runs, at stumps on the penultinate day.

Brief scores: Himachal ‘A’: 296 and 214/6 in 54 overs (L S Shandil 30, J P Singh 32, N R Gangta 48, A K Kaushik 25, K J Singh 45 batting; H S Sharath 3-42, Shreyas Gopal 2-67) vs Karnataka ‘A’ (O/n: 342/4): 476 all out in 119 overs (Karun Nair 156, Shreyas Gopal 59, Syed Kirmani 26, K Gautham 53; K J Singh 3-110, A K Kaushik 3-46).