<p>H S Sharath, who shared the bowling spoils with skipper and fellow paceman R Vinay Kumar with three wickets each, felt that Karnataka could have bowled better on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy match against Bengal here on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Having reduced the visitors to 41/4 inside 14 overs, the hosts allowed Bengal to finish day one on 312/9.<br /><br />“It was a good wicket to bowl on early,” said Sharath after the day’s play. “Both Vinay (Kumar) and (A) Mithun had bowled well and when I came in, I got another wicket. We were going well till then but I think after that we could have bowled better. They built a good partnership in the middle. A wicket at that stage could have made a big difference.”<br /><br />“Our spinners too could have bowled better during that stand by controlling the flow of runs. We could then have attacked more and gone for wickets,” he analysed.<br /><br />Centurion for Bengal, Sudip Chatterjee said he was happy to do his job in such a critical situation. His 145 helped Bengal get past the 300-run mark. “We were under pressure for sure after we had lost four wickets early. My job was to shore-up the team and I am happy I was able to do that”, said Sudip. “This our first match of the season I am happy we did well and we are feeling good with the total right now.”</p>
<p>H S Sharath, who shared the bowling spoils with skipper and fellow paceman R Vinay Kumar with three wickets each, felt that Karnataka could have bowled better on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy match against Bengal here on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Having reduced the visitors to 41/4 inside 14 overs, the hosts allowed Bengal to finish day one on 312/9.<br /><br />“It was a good wicket to bowl on early,” said Sharath after the day’s play. “Both Vinay (Kumar) and (A) Mithun had bowled well and when I came in, I got another wicket. We were going well till then but I think after that we could have bowled better. They built a good partnership in the middle. A wicket at that stage could have made a big difference.”<br /><br />“Our spinners too could have bowled better during that stand by controlling the flow of runs. We could then have attacked more and gone for wickets,” he analysed.<br /><br />Centurion for Bengal, Sudip Chatterjee said he was happy to do his job in such a critical situation. His 145 helped Bengal get past the 300-run mark. “We were under pressure for sure after we had lost four wickets early. My job was to shore-up the team and I am happy I was able to do that”, said Sudip. “This our first match of the season I am happy we did well and we are feeling good with the total right now.”</p>