JOIN USKerala began the third and final day’s proceedings at the RWF grounds at a dismal 64 for three in their second innings after conceding a 224-run lead on the first innings, but batted out the day to finish on 337 for nine.
Pillai’s marathon effort spanned 245 deliveries and contained 23 hits to the fence. It was a largely single-handed effort, because the next highest score was 35 by Vinayak Moorthy. However, the other batsmen stayed long enough with him to make sure that Kerala came away with a draw. At the NRA grounds, Hyderabad crushed Tamil Nadu by an innings and 90 runs, while Andhra defeated Goa by 165 runs at the IAF grounds.
Brief scores: At RWF: Kerala: 145 all out in 64 overs and 337/9 in 108 overs (Vinayak Moorthy 35, Prasobh Pillai 163 n.o., Anuj Jothin 26, Suraj KS 33; Shimon Luiz 2-56, RS Karthikeyan 3-84, Syed Sufiyan 2-48) drew Karnataka: 369/9 decl in 87 overs. At NRA: Tamil Nadu: 207 all out in 70.1 overs and 112 all out in 51.1 overs (Mukunth 41; Vishal Jude Philips 2-29, Nikhil Deep 6-11) lt to Hyderabad: 409 all out in 116.4 overs (Rohit Reddy 39, Rahul Singh 32, MSK Chaitanya 171, Yashwanath Reddy 31, Nikhil Deep 73; Manukandan 2-97, B Aditya 5-108).
At IAF: Andhra: 149 all out in 50.3 overs and 218/7 decl in 70 overs bt Goa: 86 all out in 63.5 overs and 116 all out in 53 overs (Lakshay Garg 55; Saleem Baig 3-52, Ravi Teja 6-13).