Abhinav Manohar made a determined unbeaten fifty to rescue Karnataka after a top-order collapse, taking the hosts to 155 for five against Bengal after second day’s play of their Ranji Trophy Group C match in Bengaluru on Thursday. (Streaming | More Cricket News)
Manohar made 50 off 73 balls (6x4, 1x6) and added 58 runs for the unbroken sixth wicket stand with S🎃hreyas Gopal (23 batting) as Karnataka recovered from a wobbly ✅97 for five.
Karnataka still trail by 146 runs.
Bengal, resuming from overnight 249 for five, could not progress much and got bowled out for 301. Pacer Vasuki Koushik (5/38) and leg-spinner Shreyas (3/87) combined to pluck the remaining five Benga💜l wickets for ꦦ52 runs.
But that joy was short-lived as Bengal bowlers Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal (2/53) and R Vive🐭k (2/44) rocked the Karnataka top-order with regular st𒅌rikes.
In fact, the home side lost their most experienced batters – captain Mayank Agarwal (17) and Manish Pandey (0) – in the space of six balls. Agarwal was cleaned up by Jaiswal while Pandey’s two-ball innings was snapped𒀰 by Vivek.
However, Karnataka found som💙e fight through Manohar, a white ball specialist, and Shreyas, who returned to the state side after spending last season w♐ith Kerala, as they negated 18 overs to keep their side afloat.
Brief scores
In Bengaluru: Bengal 301 all out in 101.5 overs (Anustup Majumdar 101, Sudip Chatterjee 55, S🧔hahbaz Ahmed 55; Vasuki Kaushik 5/38; Shreyas Gopal 3/87) vs Karnataka: 155/5 in 51 overs (Abhinav Manohar 50 batting, Shreyas Gopal 23 batting; Suraj Jaiswal 2/53, R Vivek 2/44). Karnataka trail by 146 runs.
In Thumba: Uttar Pradesh 162 all out vs Kerala: 340/7 in 110 overs (Sachin Baby 83, Salman Nizar 74 batting, Jalaj Saxena 35; Shivam Mavi 2/56, ꦰShivam Sharma 2/77). Kera💫la lead by 178 runs.
In Patna: Madhya Pradesh: 616 all out in 130.2 overs (Shubham Sharma 240, Venkatesh Iyer 174; Himanshu Singh 5/196, Sachin Kumar Singh 4/211🌸) vs Bihar: 131/4 in 42 overs (Babul Kumar 47, Piyush Kumar Singh 37; Saransh Jain 2/46). Bihar trail by 485 runs.
In Rohtak: Haryana 114 and 243 all out in 53.5 overs (Himanshu Rana 68, Ankit Kumar 38; Mayank Markande 3/52) vs Punjab: 141 all out in 52.1 overs (Anmolpreet Singh 45, Mayank Markande 30; Nishant Sindhu 6/47) and 73/3 in 18 overs 𓃲(Prabhsimran Singh 23 batting; Nishant Sindhu 2/15). Punjab n♛eed 144 runs; Target: 217.
