Published: Feb 26, 2013, 06:48 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 26, 2013, 06:48 PM (IST)
Karnataka will now face Bengal in the Quarter final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy © Getty Images
Visakhapatnam: Feb 26, 2013
Opener Lokesh Rahul struck an unbeaten century as Karntaka comfortably beat Uttar Pradesh by seven wickets to enter the quarter-finals of the National One Day Championship for the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Put into bat, UP managed only 194 in 45.2 overs with seamer HS Sharath taking three wickets and left-arm spinner KP Appanna chipping in with two wickets.
Karnataka reached the target in 32 overs with opener Rahul hitting an unbeaten 104 off 152 balls with six fours and three sixes. He added 119 runs for the third wicket with veteran Ganesh Satish (53).
Karnataka will take on defending champions Bengal in the quarterfinal slated on Thursday.
For UP, their reputed players like skipper Suresh Raina (13), veteran Mohammed Kaif (37), U-19 World Cup winner Akshdeep Nath (29) all got starts but couldn’t convert it into big scores losing wickets at regular intervals.
Brief Scores: Uttar Pradesh 194 in 45.2 overs (Mohd Kaif 37; HS Sharath 3 for 46, KP Appanna 2 for 42) lost to Karnataka 197 for 3 in 32 overs (Lokesh Rahul 104* , G Satish 53) by 7 wickets.
