<p>Robin Uthappa made a hurricane hundred (169, 118b, 16x4, 7x6) that spurred Karnataka to a facile four-wicket win over Goa in the opening match of the Vijay Hazare trophy inter-state South Zone tournament at the District Institute of Education and Training Ground, Porvorim, on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The first segment of the match didn’t go Karnataka’s way as Goa, asked to bat first, piled up 318 for eight in 50 overs, courtesy a well-paced hundred by opener Shagun Kamat (110, 112b, 12x4, 2x6) and fifties by Amogh Desai (62, 46b, 5x4, 3x6) and Robin D’Souza (54, 38b, 7x4). Left-arm spinner KP Appanna was the most successful bowler for Karnataka, bagging three wickets conceding 56 runs off his full quota of 10 overs. <br /><br />Karnataka lost opener KL Rahul early in the innings, but a massive second-wicket stand between Uthappa and Ganesh Satish (210 runs off 29.4 overs) put Karnataka firmly on the track. <br /><br />GOA: Sagun Kamat c Ninan b Mithun 110; Manvinder Bisla lbw Mithun 0; Swapnil Asnodkar c Avinash b Appanna 29; Reagan Pinto lbw Appanna 9; Ravikant Shukla b Nair 23; Keenan Vaz c Avinash b Appanna 9; Amogh Desai (run out) 62; Robin D'Souza (run out) 54; Shadab Jakati (not out) 4; Saurabh Bandekar (not out) 3; Extras (LB-4, W-11) 15; Total (for 8 wkts; 50 overs) 318. <br /><br />Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-51, 3-65, 4-146, 5-176, 6-203, 7-310, 8-311. <br /><br />Bowling: Abhimanyu Mithun 10-0-66-2, HS Sharath 9-0-57-0, Stuart Binny 10-0-67-0, KP Appanna 10-0-56-3, Ryan Ninan 8-0-51-0, Karun Nair 3-0-17-1. <br /><br />KARNATAKA: KL Rahul c Shukla b Gawas 4; Robin Uthappa c D’Souza b Jakati 169; Ganesh Satish st Bisla b Pinto 61; Manish Pandey c Jakati b Pinto 0; Karun Nair (not out) 32; Stuart Binny (not out) 31; Extras (W-18, LB-4) 22; Total (for 4 wkts, 46.3 overs) 319.<br />Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-234, 3-234, 4-267. <br /><br />Bowling: Shadab Jakati 12-0-76-1, Saurabh Bandekar 7.3-1-53-0, Robin Dsouza 10-0-63-0, GM Gawas 9-0-68-1, Reagan Pinto 7-1-35-2, Amogh Desai 1-0-20-0. <br /><br />Other scores: Andhra 228 all out in 46.2 overs (A Majumdar 60 n.o., KS Shahabuddin 34; Sunil Sam 3-37, Rahil Shah 3-54) bt Tamil Nadu: 221/9 in 50 overs (Dinesh Kaarthick 70, S Badrinath 53, B Aparajith 30; KS Shahabuddin 4-33). <br /><br />Hyderabad: 192/8 in 50 overs (H Vihari 81, Ashish Reddy 39, Amol Shinde 39 n.o; P Parameswaran 4-24, Sandeep Warrier 3-30) lt to Kerala: 193/4 in 39.2 overs (Rohan Prem 93, Robert Fernandez 31). <br /></p>
<p>Robin Uthappa made a hurricane hundred (169, 118b, 16x4, 7x6) that spurred Karnataka to a facile four-wicket win over Goa in the opening match of the Vijay Hazare trophy inter-state South Zone tournament at the District Institute of Education and Training Ground, Porvorim, on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The first segment of the match didn’t go Karnataka’s way as Goa, asked to bat first, piled up 318 for eight in 50 overs, courtesy a well-paced hundred by opener Shagun Kamat (110, 112b, 12x4, 2x6) and fifties by Amogh Desai (62, 46b, 5x4, 3x6) and Robin D’Souza (54, 38b, 7x4). Left-arm spinner KP Appanna was the most successful bowler for Karnataka, bagging three wickets conceding 56 runs off his full quota of 10 overs. <br /><br />Karnataka lost opener KL Rahul early in the innings, but a massive second-wicket stand between Uthappa and Ganesh Satish (210 runs off 29.4 overs) put Karnataka firmly on the track. <br /><br />GOA: Sagun Kamat c Ninan b Mithun 110; Manvinder Bisla lbw Mithun 0; Swapnil Asnodkar c Avinash b Appanna 29; Reagan Pinto lbw Appanna 9; Ravikant Shukla b Nair 23; Keenan Vaz c Avinash b Appanna 9; Amogh Desai (run out) 62; Robin D'Souza (run out) 54; Shadab Jakati (not out) 4; Saurabh Bandekar (not out) 3; Extras (LB-4, W-11) 15; Total (for 8 wkts; 50 overs) 318. <br /><br />Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-51, 3-65, 4-146, 5-176, 6-203, 7-310, 8-311. <br /><br />Bowling: Abhimanyu Mithun 10-0-66-2, HS Sharath 9-0-57-0, Stuart Binny 10-0-67-0, KP Appanna 10-0-56-3, Ryan Ninan 8-0-51-0, Karun Nair 3-0-17-1. <br /><br />KARNATAKA: KL Rahul c Shukla b Gawas 4; Robin Uthappa c D’Souza b Jakati 169; Ganesh Satish st Bisla b Pinto 61; Manish Pandey c Jakati b Pinto 0; Karun Nair (not out) 32; Stuart Binny (not out) 31; Extras (W-18, LB-4) 22; Total (for 4 wkts, 46.3 overs) 319.<br />Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-234, 3-234, 4-267. <br /><br />Bowling: Shadab Jakati 12-0-76-1, Saurabh Bandekar 7.3-1-53-0, Robin Dsouza 10-0-63-0, GM Gawas 9-0-68-1, Reagan Pinto 7-1-35-2, Amogh Desai 1-0-20-0. <br /><br />Other scores: Andhra 228 all out in 46.2 overs (A Majumdar 60 n.o., KS Shahabuddin 34; Sunil Sam 3-37, Rahil Shah 3-54) bt Tamil Nadu: 221/9 in 50 overs (Dinesh Kaarthick 70, S Badrinath 53, B Aparajith 30; KS Shahabuddin 4-33). <br /><br />Hyderabad: 192/8 in 50 overs (H Vihari 81, Ashish Reddy 39, Amol Shinde 39 n.o; P Parameswaran 4-24, Sandeep Warrier 3-30) lt to Kerala: 193/4 in 39.2 overs (Rohan Prem 93, Robert Fernandez 31). <br /></p>
