<p>Karnataka cruised to a comfortable nine-wicket win over Andhra in their final league match to emerge champions in the South Zone T20 tournament for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The in-form Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul scored an unbeaten half century each to guide the hosts 136/1 in 18.1 overs after restricting Andhra to a modest 130 all out in 20 overs. <br /><br />Karnataka also qualified for the all-India knockouts to be held in Ranchi from March 25-31. Kerala, who finished runners-up, also made it to the knockout stage.<br />Agarwal (75 n.o., 60b, 9x4) and Rahul (60 n.o., 48b, 4x4, 2x6) shared unbroken 135 runs for the second wicket to help Karnataka chase down the 131-run target. Karnataka lost opener <br /><br />Uthappa for kncokouts<br /><br />Having recovered from his ankle injury that he sustained during Vijay Hazare Trophy Nationals, Robin Uthappa returned to the Karnataka T20 squad for the knockouts. <br />The squad: R Vinay Kumar (capt), Stuart Binny (vice-capt), Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, CM Gautam (wk), Amit Verma, A Mithun, SL Akshay, Ronit More, K Gowtham, Kunal Kapoor, J Suchith. Batting coach: J Arunkumar; Bowling coach: Mansur Ali Khan. <br /><br />score board<br /><br />ANDHRA: Srikar Bharat c Gautam b Binny 25, Manoj Sai c Gautam b Akshay 6, Sai Krishna (run out) 7, B Sumanth (run out) 30, AG Pradeep c Pandey b Vinay 29, Y Gnaneswara Rao c Gautam b Mithun 13, Syed Sahabuddin c Rahul b Pandey 4, Dasari Swaroop Kumar st Gautam b Pandey 6, T Atchuta Rao c Binny b Pandey 0, AG Praveen (not out) 3, B Sudhakar c & b Pandey 6. Extras (LB-1) 1. Total (all out; 20 overs) 130.<br /><br />Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-39, 3-39, 4-81, 5-107, 6-114, 7-118, 8-118, 9-124.<br />Bowling: R Vinay Kumar 2-0-7-1, A Mithun 3-0-15-1, SL Akshay 4-0-24-1, K Gowtham 3-0-25-0, Stuart Binny 4-0-31-1, Manish Pandey 4-0-27-4.<br /><br />KARNATAKA: Mayank Agarwal (not out) 75, Manish Pandey lbw Sahabuddin 0, KL Rahul (not out) 60. Extras (W-1) 1. Total (1 wkt, 18.1 overs) 136.<br />Fall of wicket: 1-1 (Pandey).<br /><br />Bowling: KS Sahabuddin 3-0-10-1, T Atchuta Rao 4-0-31-0, AG Praveen 3-0-25-0, B Sudhakar 3-0-25-0, D Swaroop Kumar 2.1-0-20-0, Y Gnaneswara Rao 3-0-25-0.<br /><br />Other scores: KERALA: 146/9 in 20 overs (VA Jagadeesh 60; Sayed Badiuzzama 2-26, Darshan Misal 2-16, Shadab Jakati 2-30) bt GOA: 108 all out in 19.3 overs (Ravikant Shukla 29, Reagan Pinto 33; Sandeep Warrier 3-19, Padmanabhan Prashanth 4-13). KERALA: 4 points; GOA: 0.<br /><br />HYDERABAD: 167/7 in 20 overs (T Suman 48, Bavanaka Sandeep 44; Lakshmipathi Balaji 2-24, Palani Amarnath 2-33) bt TAMIL NADU: 159/9 in 20 overs (S Anirudha 28, Arun Karthik 40; Chama Milind 3-22, Akash Bhandari 3-24, Ashish Reddy 2-39). HYDERABAD: 4; TN: 0.<br /><br />Final standings: Karnataka (18 points), 1; Kerala (16 points), 2; Tamil Nadu (10 points), 3; Andhra (8 points), 4; Hyderabad (4 points) 5; Goa (4 points) 6. Note: Hyderabad finished ahead of Goa on better net run-rate.</p>
<p>Karnataka cruised to a comfortable nine-wicket win over Andhra in their final league match to emerge champions in the South Zone T20 tournament for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The in-form Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul scored an unbeaten half century each to guide the hosts 136/1 in 18.1 overs after restricting Andhra to a modest 130 all out in 20 overs. <br /><br />Karnataka also qualified for the all-India knockouts to be held in Ranchi from March 25-31. Kerala, who finished runners-up, also made it to the knockout stage.<br />Agarwal (75 n.o., 60b, 9x4) and Rahul (60 n.o., 48b, 4x4, 2x6) shared unbroken 135 runs for the second wicket to help Karnataka chase down the 131-run target. Karnataka lost opener <br /><br />Uthappa for kncokouts<br /><br />Having recovered from his ankle injury that he sustained during Vijay Hazare Trophy Nationals, Robin Uthappa returned to the Karnataka T20 squad for the knockouts. <br />The squad: R Vinay Kumar (capt), Stuart Binny (vice-capt), Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, CM Gautam (wk), Amit Verma, A Mithun, SL Akshay, Ronit More, K Gowtham, Kunal Kapoor, J Suchith. Batting coach: J Arunkumar; Bowling coach: Mansur Ali Khan. <br /><br />score board<br /><br />ANDHRA: Srikar Bharat c Gautam b Binny 25, Manoj Sai c Gautam b Akshay 6, Sai Krishna (run out) 7, B Sumanth (run out) 30, AG Pradeep c Pandey b Vinay 29, Y Gnaneswara Rao c Gautam b Mithun 13, Syed Sahabuddin c Rahul b Pandey 4, Dasari Swaroop Kumar st Gautam b Pandey 6, T Atchuta Rao c Binny b Pandey 0, AG Praveen (not out) 3, B Sudhakar c & b Pandey 6. Extras (LB-1) 1. Total (all out; 20 overs) 130.<br /><br />Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-39, 3-39, 4-81, 5-107, 6-114, 7-118, 8-118, 9-124.<br />Bowling: R Vinay Kumar 2-0-7-1, A Mithun 3-0-15-1, SL Akshay 4-0-24-1, K Gowtham 3-0-25-0, Stuart Binny 4-0-31-1, Manish Pandey 4-0-27-4.<br /><br />KARNATAKA: Mayank Agarwal (not out) 75, Manish Pandey lbw Sahabuddin 0, KL Rahul (not out) 60. Extras (W-1) 1. Total (1 wkt, 18.1 overs) 136.<br />Fall of wicket: 1-1 (Pandey).<br /><br />Bowling: KS Sahabuddin 3-0-10-1, T Atchuta Rao 4-0-31-0, AG Praveen 3-0-25-0, B Sudhakar 3-0-25-0, D Swaroop Kumar 2.1-0-20-0, Y Gnaneswara Rao 3-0-25-0.<br /><br />Other scores: KERALA: 146/9 in 20 overs (VA Jagadeesh 60; Sayed Badiuzzama 2-26, Darshan Misal 2-16, Shadab Jakati 2-30) bt GOA: 108 all out in 19.3 overs (Ravikant Shukla 29, Reagan Pinto 33; Sandeep Warrier 3-19, Padmanabhan Prashanth 4-13). KERALA: 4 points; GOA: 0.<br /><br />HYDERABAD: 167/7 in 20 overs (T Suman 48, Bavanaka Sandeep 44; Lakshmipathi Balaji 2-24, Palani Amarnath 2-33) bt TAMIL NADU: 159/9 in 20 overs (S Anirudha 28, Arun Karthik 40; Chama Milind 3-22, Akash Bhandari 3-24, Ashish Reddy 2-39). HYDERABAD: 4; TN: 0.<br /><br />Final standings: Karnataka (18 points), 1; Kerala (16 points), 2; Tamil Nadu (10 points), 3; Andhra (8 points), 4; Hyderabad (4 points) 5; Goa (4 points) 6. Note: Hyderabad finished ahead of Goa on better net run-rate.</p>
