Ranji Trophy: Karnataka beat Odisha for season’s 2nd win

Bengal’s Pragyan Ojha (centre) celebrates the dismissal of a Vidarbha batsman with team mates in their Ranji Trophy match in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Karnataka registered their second outright win, beating Odisha by an innings and 64 runs on the fourth and final day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match here on Tuesday.

With this win Karnataka secured seven points, and are among the top contenders to qualify for the knockout stage with 21 points to their credit.

Stuart Binny and Shreyas Gopal, ably supported by Vinay Kumar, helped Karnataka skittle out Odisha for 104 runs in their second innings under 37 overs.

Batting first, Odisha put on 232 all out in their first innings with Govinda Poddar scoring 153 runs after he had smashed 15 boundaries and a six off 230 balls.

In reply, Karnataka declared their first innings at 400/9.

In Kolkata, left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha spun Bengal to their maiden victory this season as his career-best match haul of 11 wickets helped the hosts outplay Vidarbha by 105 runs in the Group A match, which witnessed an intense finish.

In Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh were bowled out for 440, chasing hosts Mumbai’s huge first innings total of 610/9 declared, before Group B match ended in a draw here on Tuesday with the visitors making 140 in the second essay after following on.

In Rohtak, Amit Verma (51) and Gokul Sharma (19) took their time before knocking off the required 38 runs on the final day as Assam recorded a comfortable six-wicket win over Haryana in their Group A match.

It was a comeback-win for Assam as they had conceded a first innings lead of 48 runs but their bowlers brought them back by bundling out the rivals for just 111 in their second essay.

Scores: Mumbai 610/9 dec. d/w UP 440 (H. Asnora 92, E. Dwivedi 66, P. Chawla 84; Dabholkar 4/116, Nayar 4/63) and 140/1 (H Asnora 68 n.o., U Sharma 62 n.o); Haryana 168 and 111 (H Rana 27; A Das 6/39, K Das 4/48) lost to Assam 120 and 160/4 in 38 overs (Amit Verma 51 n.o., KB A. Karthik 48; A. Hooda 2/62); Kerala: 347 and 117/4dec. vs Tripura 236 and 53/0 in 17 overs (Udiyan Bose 32 not out); Jharkhand 1st innings: 551/8 dec. d/w Jammu and Kashmir 309 and 265/4 in 81.2 overs; Bengal 334 and 164 bt Vidarbha 202 and 191 in 91.1 overs (Ganesh Satish 96, Subramaniam Badrinath 31; Pragyan Ojha 4/60); Andhra 203 d/w Tamil Nadu 16