<div>Riding on Sreenath Aravind's superb bowling and a quickfire century by Robin Uthappa, Karnataka today gained an upper hand as they reduced Rajasthan to 42 for three, chasing 358-run target, at the end of third day's play of their Group A Ranji Trophy match here.<div><br />On the fourth and final day tomorrow, Rajasthan face an uphill task as they need 316 runs with seven wickets in hand.<br /><br />Earlier on the day, Karnataka managed to take a slight 32-run first essay lead after bundling out Rajasthan for 241 in their opening innings.<br /><br />Rajasthan resumed the day on 219 for seven, in reply to Karnataka's first innings total of 281, but the hosts failed to topple the opponents' score as Aravind (3/42) and R Vinay Kumar (3/42) polished off the tail quickly.<br /><br />In their second innings, Karnataka rode on Uthappa's 128-ball 160, studded with 25 fours and four sixes, to post 318 for five declared.<br /><br />Abhishek Reddy (69), CM Gautam (36 not out) and Stuart Binny (29) also chipped in with crucial runs to set Rajasthan a huge target of 358 runs.<br /><br />In their chase, Rajasthan got off to a disastrous start, losing three wickets in the span of just 38 runs with Aravind (2/20) claiming two of the three scalps.<br /><br />At stumps, opener Pranay Shrama was batting on 24 and Tanveer-Ul-Haq was yet to open his account.<br /><br />Brief scores:<br /><br />Karnataka: 281 & 318 for five decl (Robin Uthappa 160, Abhishek Reddy 69)<br /><br />Rajasthan: 242 & 42/3 (Sreenath Aravind 2/20). <br /></div></div>
<div>Riding on Sreenath Aravind's superb bowling and a quickfire century by Robin Uthappa, Karnataka today gained an upper hand as they reduced Rajasthan to 42 for three, chasing 358-run target, at the end of third day's play of their Group A Ranji Trophy match here.<div><br />On the fourth and final day tomorrow, Rajasthan face an uphill task as they need 316 runs with seven wickets in hand.<br /><br />Earlier on the day, Karnataka managed to take a slight 32-run first essay lead after bundling out Rajasthan for 241 in their opening innings.<br /><br />Rajasthan resumed the day on 219 for seven, in reply to Karnataka's first innings total of 281, but the hosts failed to topple the opponents' score as Aravind (3/42) and R Vinay Kumar (3/42) polished off the tail quickly.<br /><br />In their second innings, Karnataka rode on Uthappa's 128-ball 160, studded with 25 fours and four sixes, to post 318 for five declared.<br /><br />Abhishek Reddy (69), CM Gautam (36 not out) and Stuart Binny (29) also chipped in with crucial runs to set Rajasthan a huge target of 358 runs.<br /><br />In their chase, Rajasthan got off to a disastrous start, losing three wickets in the span of just 38 runs with Aravind (2/20) claiming two of the three scalps.<br /><br />At stumps, opener Pranay Shrama was batting on 24 and Tanveer-Ul-Haq was yet to open his account.<br /><br />Brief scores:<br /><br />Karnataka: 281 & 318 for five decl (Robin Uthappa 160, Abhishek Reddy 69)<br /><br />Rajasthan: 242 & 42/3 (Sreenath Aravind 2/20). <br /></div></div>