Published: Oct 09, 2015, 09:00 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 02:47 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Day 1 of the first Group A game of the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy between defending champions Karnataka and Bengal in Bangalore. Karnataka won the toss and asked Bengal to bat first. Bengal riding on Sudip Chatterjee’s century made 312 runs on the first with the loss of nine wickets. Chatterjee made 145 and was duly supported by Wriddhiman Saha who made a brilliant 90. Bengal will hope that they reach 350 by tomorrow morning.
Karnataka will be banking on Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey’s batting and they will hold the key to Karnataka’s batting in this match. It will be a hard task for Karnataka’s batters. Fans will also look forward towards the batting of Karun Nair and Mithun A. Although Karnataka won the last two Ranji Trophies back to back still Bengal cannot be taken lightly by them and by posting a hefty total Bengal have proved why they are a tough and competitive side in this year’s Ranji Trophy. For Karnataka, both Vinay Kumar and Sharath HS took three wickets each on the first day. Mithun A and Shreyas Gopal also contributed by picking one wicket each. Karnataka will be looking to end Bengal’s innings quickly tomorrow morning by taking their last wicket cheaply. Read all Ranji Trophy 2015-16 team previews here
Live cricket score Karnataka 322/4 | Overs 83.5| BATTING: Karun Nair 119(173), Shreyas Gopal 54(92): Karun Nair is looking solid en route to score a 150 or double hundred. He is also batting quick at a strike rate of 68.79. Karnataka fans will be hoping to see him take Karnataka beyond 500.
Live cricket score Karnataka 312/4 | Overs 82| BATTING: Karun Nair 113(167), Shreyas Gopal 50(87):
Shreyas Gopal has reached his half century. He has hit six fours so far, most of his boundaries were grounded.
Live cricket score Karnataka 308/4 | Overs 81| BATTING: Karun Nair 111(164), Shreyas Gopal 48(84):
Karun Nair hit two quick, wonderful fours after reaching his hundred. Shreyas Gopal is two short of his fifty.
Live cricket score Karnataka 300/4 | Overs 78 | BATTING: Karun Nair 103(153), Shreyas Gopal 44(78):
Karun Nair gets to his century with a beautifully placed four through a cut shot. Karnataka would like him to keep going. Shreyas Gopal is six short of his fifty. Nair has hit 15 boundaries in his innings so far.
Live cricket score Karnataka 283/4 | Overs 75 | BATTING: Karun Nair 96(145), Shreyas Gopal 39(66): Karun Nair is four short of his century. His innings has helped Karnataka get close to Bengal’s hefty total.
Live cricket score Karnataka 260/4 | Overs 70 | BATTING: Karun Nair 81(131), Shreyas Gopal 32(54):
Karnataka are in a better position in this match as of now. They are trailing by only 52 runs as of now and they still have six wickets in hand. Karun Nair is 19 runs short of his century.
Live cricket score Karnataka 245/4 | Overs 67 | BATTING: Karun Nair 78(127), Shreyas Gopal 20(37):
Karun Nair and Shreyas Gopal’s partnership is looking good. Karnataka fans will be hoping that Nair reaches his hundred.
Live cricket score Karnataka 229/4 | Overs 63 | BATTING: Karun Nair 72(115), Shreyas Gopal 10(28):
Karun Nair is looking set to score his century but he should play sensibly and not play extravagant shots under pressure.
Live cricket score Karnataka 220/4 | Overs 60 | BATTING: Karun Nair 69(105), Shreyas Gopal 4(17):
Karnataka loses another wicket in form of CM Gautam. They are 92 runs short of equaling Bengal’s first innings score. Karun Nair is batting on 69, he is looking solid. Shreyas Gopal is at the other end.
OUT! CM Gautam c Goswami b Pragyan Ojha 15(21)
Live cricket score Karnataka 205/3 | Overs 53 | BATTING: Karun Nair 62(83), CM Gautam 13(17):
Karnataka are batting well and are just 107 runs short of equaling Bengal’s first innings score of 312. Karun Nair has hit 11 fours in his innings of 62 so far. Most of his boundaries were scored through well placed grounded shots.
OUT! Manish Pandey c Shreevats Goswani b Laxmi Shukla 53(80)
Live cricket score Karnataka 93/2 | Overs 32 | BATTING: Karun Nair 12(20), Manish Pandey 11(34):
Shishsir Bhavane gets retired hurt on 32. Karun Nair and Manish Pandey on the crease now, both have hit two boundaries each.
Live cricket score Karnataka 67/2 | Overs 25 | BATTING: Shsishir Bhavane 29(72), Manish Pandey 4(14):
Karnataka have lost their second wicket in the form of Samarth R. Shishir Bhavane and Manish Pandey are in the middle right now.
OUT! Samarth R c Saha b Veerpratap Singh 30(57)
Live cricket score Karnataka 46/1 | Overs 17 | BATTING: Samarth R 23(48), Shsishir Bhavane 20(47): Karnataka are building their innings slowly and steadily but they have a long way to go. They still trail by 266 runs.
Live cricket score Karnataka 29/1 | Overs 11 | BATTING: Samarth R 20(34), Shsishir Bhavane 6(23): Karnataka are trailing by 283 runs as of now. Samarth R has hit three fours in his 20 runs knock so far.
Live cricket score Karnataka 13/1 | Overs 3.3 | BATTING: Samarth R 10(12), Shsishir Bhavane 0(1):
Karnataka, who are chasing a target in excess of 300 needed to not lose major wickets in the first 20 overs but they have lost the prized wicket of Robin Uthappa for just three runs. Uthappa failed to judge the line of Ashok Dinda’s delivery and was bowled.
OUT! Robin Uthappa b Ashok Dinda 3(8)
Live cricket score Bengal 312 | Overs 88.2 | BATTING: Sourav Sarkar 0(0):
Bengal lost their last wicket today morning and hence their innings folded on 312 runs. Now, the responsibility lies with Bengal bowlers to dismiss Karnataka under 312 but it will not be easy since Karnataka have a good batting lineup.
OUT! Ashok Dinda c Sharath HS b Vinay Kumar 4(6)
Playing XI:-
Karnataka: Vinay Kumar R (C), Robin Uthappa (W), Karun Nair, Manish Pandey, Mithun A, Sharath H S, Shreyas Gopal, C M Gautam, Suchith J, Shishir Bhavane, Samarth R
Bengal: Sudip Chatterjee, Manoj Tiwary (C), Wriddhiman Saha (W), Laxmi Shukla, Ashoke Dinda, Pragyan Ojha, Sourav Sarkar, Shreevats Goswami, Veerpratap Singh, Abhisek Das, Naved Ahmad
