Making it depend: Pandey will hope to go huge when he resumes his innings on day three.
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An entertaining unbeaten 102 by Manish Pandey took Karnataka to a snug place in opposition to Chandigarh on the second day of their Ranji Trophy outing right here on Saturday.
Pandey’s twenty fifth First Class century powered Karnataka to 268 for 3, one run forward of Chandigarh’s first-innings complete.
With three factors within the bag, Karnataka is assured of a spot within the quarterfinal, offered the house workforce doesn’t fall to a loss.
Pandey got here alive within the remaining session, thrilling the small crowd with sensible strokes. He punched size deliveries by way of further cowl and mid off, and pulled lengthy hops over deep sq. leg. The 34-year-old walked down the monitor to throw the pacers off-kilter. Pandey was unstoppable as soon as he acquired his eye in, transferring from 50 to 100 in simply 24 deliveries.
Pandey discovered an in a position ally in Hardik Raj (49 batting, 116b, 4×4). Hardik batted with gumption for over three hours, displaying all the precise qualities to thrive on this lengthy format. It was a day to recollect for the 17-year-old, who additionally scalped 4 wickets together with his left-arm spin within the Chandigarh essay.
Mayank Agarwal’s good run continued with a 90-ball 57. The skipper seemed good for extra, however an inside edge to left-arm spinner Karan Kaila reduce him brief.
Nikin Jose, not in the very best type this season, labored onerous in his 60-ball 37. An pointless jab outdoors off, nonetheless, robbed Jose of a giant rating.
There was no silver lining for opener R. Samarth, nicked off by pacer Jagjit Sandhu for 4.
Chandigarh batted for 27.4 overs within the morning session to finish with a decent complete. Hardik (4 for 56) prised out wickets with a mix of flighted deliveries and arm balls, whereas quick bowler V. Vyshak (4 for 77) was sometimes fiery.
The scores:
Chandigarh – 1st innings: Shivam Bhambri c Jose b Koushik 0, Arslan Khan c Sharath b Vyshak 8, Manan Vohra b Venkatesh 21, Karan Kaila lbw b Vyshak 79, Kunal Mahajan b Hardik 34, A.Ok. Kaushik c Sharath b Hardik 25, Mayank Sidhu lbw b Vyshak 31, Gurinder Singh b Vyshak 16, Jagjit Sandhu b Hardik 25, Hartejassvi Kapoor lbw b Hardik 10, Rohit Dhanda (not out) 5, Extras (lb-12, w-1): 13; Total (in 106.4 overs): 267.
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-8, 3-37, 4-108, 5-154, 6-200, 7-226, 8-227, 9-258.
Karnataka bowling: Koushik 19-8-38-1, Vyshak 23-3-77-4, Venkatesh 17-2-48-1, Hardik 30.4-10-56-4, Shashikumar 16-2-35-0, Samarth 1-0-1-0.
Karnataka – 1st innings: R. Samarth c Sidhu b Sandhu 4, Mayank Agarwal b Kaila 57, Nikin Jose c Sidhu b Kapoor 37, Hardik Raj (batting) 49, Manish Pandey (batting) 102; Extras (b-7; lb-7, penalty-5): 19; Total (for 3 wickets in 63 overs): 268.
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-78, 3-115.
Chandigarh bowling: Sandhu 11-2-34-1, Dhanda 15-1-68-0, Gurinder 7-1-26-0, Hartejassvi 10-2-43-1, Kaila 18-1-64-1, Mahajan 1-0-12-0, Bhambri 1-0-2-0.
Source: www.thehindu.com
