Karnataka goes past 300; Karun Nair departs for 175

Karun Nair concocted a battling 175 (311) as Karnataka scored 302 for 10 against Jammu and Kashmir on the second day of the season of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match here on Friday.

Opener Devdutt Padikkal (8) fell to Mujtaba Yousuf (2 for 44) after Karnataka won the toss and chose for bat.

Karun Nair (311 balls, 24 fours, 1 six) and the other opening player Ravikumar Samarth (45, 5 fours) then, added 98 runs for the second wicket to consistent the innings.

K V Siddharth, who hit a century in the initial match against Railways, assisted Nair with adding 56 runs for the third wicket.

Nair filled in certainty and was watching out for runs. Although, the wicket of Siddharth ignited a scaled down breakdown as Karnataka slipped from 164 for 2 to 190 for 190 for 5 and afterward 209 for 7 subsequent to losing Shreyas Gopal (7) and K Gowtham (2) to Parvez Rasool (2 for 51).

Nair continued to score runs even as he continued to lose accomplices yet he observed a capable partner in Ronit More, who made 23 from 59 balls and was associated with an essential 59-run organization for the eighth wicket.

More, who batted undauntedly, fell LBW to Yousuf off the last conveyance of the day.

The 30-year Karun Nair held the key on the off chance that Karnataka arrived at an aggregate of 300 in the first innings. He fell for 175 LBW to veteran bowler Parvez Rasool.

Score: 1st innings: Karnataka 302/10 after 103.1 overs (R Samarth 45, Karun Nair 175 (311b, 24×4, 1×6), Mujtaba Yousuf 2/52 Umran Malik 2/35, Parvez Rasool 4/60) Jammu and Kashmir.