<p>With their win against Hyderabad, Karnataka tallied 19 points and were tied with Kerala, who too logged an identical number of points after the final round of matches.<br />Karnataka, however, were declared winners as they had four bonus points as against Kerala’s three. <br /><br />Karnataka, with four wins, had lost to eventual runners-up Kerala and conceded a point as the latter won with a bonus point in an earlier match league match. <br /><br />Both teams finished with four wins apiece and 19 points each, and the champions thus had to be decided on the ‘bonus-point’ tie-breaker system.<br /><br />In their last match, Karnataka piled up 240 all out in 46.1 overs, R Jonathan top-scoring with 78. Skipper Ganesh Satish struck 52 while Devraj Patil chipped in with 44. Hyderabad, chasing a challenging total, were not up to scratch as they managed a paltry 137 all out in 39.3 overs to suffer a 103-run loss. <br /><br />The part-time leg-spin of Amit Verma (4/18) and the off-spin of Ryan Ninan (3/28) did the trick for Karnataka. Left-arm spinner KP Appanna too picked up two wickets. <br /> <br />Brief scores: Karnataka: 240 all out in 46. 1 overs (Devraj Patil 44, R Jonathan 78, Ganesh Satish 52, Sunil Raju 30; Paramveer Singh 4-20, Vishal Sharma 3-50, Danny Derek Prince 2-45) bt Hyderabad: 137 all out in 39.3 overs (J Anshul 30, KP Appanna 2-30, Ryan Ninan 3-28, Amit Verma 4-18).</p>
<p>With their win against Hyderabad, Karnataka tallied 19 points and were tied with Kerala, who too logged an identical number of points after the final round of matches.<br />Karnataka, however, were declared winners as they had four bonus points as against Kerala’s three. <br /><br />Karnataka, with four wins, had lost to eventual runners-up Kerala and conceded a point as the latter won with a bonus point in an earlier match league match. <br /><br />Both teams finished with four wins apiece and 19 points each, and the champions thus had to be decided on the ‘bonus-point’ tie-breaker system.<br /><br />In their last match, Karnataka piled up 240 all out in 46.1 overs, R Jonathan top-scoring with 78. Skipper Ganesh Satish struck 52 while Devraj Patil chipped in with 44. Hyderabad, chasing a challenging total, were not up to scratch as they managed a paltry 137 all out in 39.3 overs to suffer a 103-run loss. <br /><br />The part-time leg-spin of Amit Verma (4/18) and the off-spin of Ryan Ninan (3/28) did the trick for Karnataka. Left-arm spinner KP Appanna too picked up two wickets. <br /> <br />Brief scores: Karnataka: 240 all out in 46. 1 overs (Devraj Patil 44, R Jonathan 78, Ganesh Satish 52, Sunil Raju 30; Paramveer Singh 4-20, Vishal Sharma 3-50, Danny Derek Prince 2-45) bt Hyderabad: 137 all out in 39.3 overs (J Anshul 30, KP Appanna 2-30, Ryan Ninan 3-28, Amit Verma 4-18).</p>
