da realbet： Karnataka let slip a wonderful advantage to bowl out Kerala for a lotless than their final total in their Ranji Trophy league match atBangalore on Tuesday
da betcris： Staff Reporter19-Dec-2001*Kerala let off the hookKarnataka let slip a wonderful advantage to bowl out Kerala for a lotless than their final total in their Ranji Trophy league match atBangalore on Tuesday.Winning the toss, Karnataka put Kerala in to bat. They had theiropposition in all sorts of trouble at 57/5 and then 128/6, withVenkatesh Prasad blowing apart the top order with three wickets.Skipper Sunil Oasis put together 47, but it was not until SreekumarNair collaborated with KN Ananthapadmanabhan that Kerala lookedcertain to cross the 200-run mark.Bowled out finally for 228, off 67.3 overs, Kerala lost a good chanceto post a big total and put pressure on Karnataka. The home side madeit through to the close of play without losing any wickets; Karnatakawere 14/0 at stumps.*Goa and Hyderabad share Day One honoursHonours were even on Day One of the Ranji Trophy match betweenHyderabad and Goa at Panaji on Tuesday.Hyderabad, winning the toss, put their opposition in to bat. A 37-runopening stand saw off the initial jitters, but it was really the 84-run partnership between Tanveer Jabbar and Amitabh Velaskar that sawGoa regain some momentum. After opener SV Kamat’s 73, Jabbar’s 60 wasthe next highest score.Batting resolutely, Jabbar hit nine fours and a six in his 109-ballknock. He was supported amply by Velaskar, who made 37 off 104 balls.At the close of play, Goa were 237/5; for Hyderabad, Venkatapathy Rajuwas the most successful bowler, taking 2-33 off 23 overs.*Careless batting sees Tamil Nadu collapseSome careless batting and running from Tamil Nadu batsmen spurred acollapse in their Ranji Trophy league match against Andhra Pradesh atVishakapatnam on Tuesday.Winning the toss, Tamil Nadu skipper Robin Singh opted to have firststrike. His openers did not let him down, with Sridharan Sriram andSadagopan Ramesh posting a 55-run stand for the first wicket. Anothermini-partnership followed between Sriram and C Hemanth Kumar.After the latter was run out, however, things took a different turn.Three more wickets followed, with KS Sahabuddin taking two of them.Only Hemang Badani could stay at the crease; at the close of play,Badani was unbeaten on 40. He was accompanied by TR Arasu (5) as TamilNadu ended the day on 179/5.
