Karnataka on course for easy victory over Kerala

Kerala finished the penultimate day of the contest at the RWF grounds at 64 for three in their second innings after conceding a 224-run deficit in the first innings.

Karnataka resumed at 84 for two in response to the visitors’ 145, and pulled away to 369 for nine before declaring their innings. Abhishek top-scored with 90, while Sufiyan contributed 87 and Preetham made 64.

At NRA grounds, Hyderabad took the first innings lead against Tamil Nadu.
Hyderabad, riding on an unbeaten 141 from Chaitanya scored 355 for eight, leading by 148 runs. B Aditya was the most successful bowler for Tamil Nadu taking four wickets for 98 runs. Tamil Nadu had made 207 all out in their first innings. At IAF grounds, Andhra were in command against Goa.

Brief scores:
At RWF: Kerala: 145 all out in 64 overs and 64/3 in 30 overs (Vinayak Moorthy 35) vs Karnataka: 369/9 decl in 87 overs (Akash Noola 41, Abhishek AP 90, Preetham PV 64, Syed Sufiyan 87, Sharath Srinivas 28; Shabin Pasha 2-81, Ankush 3-27, Sudan Sanjeev 2-40).

At NRA: Tamil Nadu: 207 all out in 70.1 overs vs Hyderabad: 355/8 in 109 overs (Rohit Reddy 39, Rahul Singh 32, MSK Chaitanya 141 n.o., Yashwanath Reddy 31, Nikhil Deep 50 n.o.; Manukandan 2-73, B Aditya 4-98).

At IAF: Andhra: 149 all out in 50.3 overs and 218/7 in 70 overs (Jayavardhan 44, Suraj Preetham 60, Ricjy Bhui 72; Amulya Danrekar 4-65) vs Goa: 86 all out in 63.5  overs (Snehal 34; Salim Baig 6-32, Ricky B Hui 2-7).