Satish showed a lot of concentration and patience to remain unconquered on 165 after a stay of over 440 minutes as Karnataka ended the third and penultimate day at 410 for four in reply to Mumbai’s first innings total of 392.
Satish, who faced 305 balls and struck 22 fours and a six, put on 139 runs for the third wicket with Kunal Kapoor 74 (150 b, 7x4) and 198 for the fourth with Rahul Kannur 87 (170 b, 13x4).
Brief scores: Mumbai: 392 vs Karnataka: 410/4 (G Satish 165 n.o., Kunal Kapoor 74, Rahul Kannur 87; I Abdulla 3-124); Bengal: 251 and II Innings: 149/5 in 61 overs (Writam Porel 54, Rohan Banerjee 42; Rajwinder Singh 3-51) vs Punjab: 315 all out in 120.3 overs (Gaurav Gambhir 53, Sumit Sharma 49 n.o.; Mohammad Ashrafuddin 3-49, Sayan Sekhar Mondal 3-66).
Published 14 October 2009, 16:31 IST