da roleta： Karnataka took a firm grip on the proceedings and ended the firstday’s play at 172 for 2 after the Karnataka off spinner M Dharmichand(7 for 25) ripped through the Goa line up and bundle them out for 65in their first innings
Natarajan Sriram08-Oct-2000Karnataka took a firm grip on the proceedings and ended the firstday’s play at 172 for 2 after the Karnataka off spinner M Dharmichand(7 for 25) ripped through the Goa line up and bundle them out for 65in their first innings.Electing to bat, Goa made a circumspect start with openers MN Govekar(22) and SS Sachin (10) adding 18 runs in 11.1 overs. Sachin was thefirst to be dismissed when he gave a catch to Anand off S Lazarus.Three overs later Dharmichand had SD Saheel snicking to the keeperAnand. There after it was just a procession of batsmen for Goa. Theyhad no clue about Dharmichand’s off breaks and before long the inningsfolded up in the 36th over.In reply Karnataka made a heady start with openers HTS Rao (71 notout) and Vaguesh (17) adding 46 runs in 16.5 overs. Vaguesh waspouched by Sagun off D’Souza and this brought in Stuart Binny to thecrease. Binny, in the company of Rao took the score past the 100-runmark. Binny became the other casuality of the day for Karnataka whenhe offered a chance to Sagun off Kandolkar.Rao was along looking in good touch and with D Chougule for company hemade sure of no further hiccups for Karnataka. During his 193 minutestay at the crease he faced 135 balls and found the boundary ropes sixtimes.