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Manish Pandey and Sathish Ganesh rise to the occasion

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— PHOTO: K. RAMESH BABU

CELEBRATION TIME: Mumbai’s Ajit Agarkar came up with a superb effort to put Hyderabad in trouble.

VADODARA: Karnataka batsmen rose to the occasion after being put to test on a lively Motibaug track, accumulating runs briskly against Baroda’s seam attack to score 335 for three on the first day of the Ranji Trophy Super League.

Captain Robin Uthappa lost the toss, but stayed long enough at the crease to notch up his highest score in four games — a stroke-filled 58 off 74 balls.

Manish Pandey dealt with the bowling on his own terms, hitting ten boundaries and two sixes for an unbeaten 93 off 147 balls. Pandey and Sathish Ganesh (94 not out, 238 balls, 11 fours) were involved in a rollicking 175-run stand for the fourth wicket, frustrating the bowlers with swift singles also. Pandey was game for the short-pitched stuff while Ganesh’s driving was a treat to watch.

Breakthrough

Earlier, Baroda got its first wicket when opener K. Pawan perished in an attempt to square cut Munaf Patel. The speedster had then troubled Uthappa with bounce, but the snick flew high over the first slip

The Karnataka skipper survived some anxious moments and went on the offensive against skipper Irfan Pathan, launching into cover-drives, apart from well-timed flicks to the square-leg fence off the other bowlers.

The 61-run second wicket stand between Uthappa and Ganesh took the bite out of Baroda’s early offensive. Murutza Vahora gained movement but swung the ball too much to trouble the batsmen. Yusuf Pathan was hit across the line by Pandey, celebrating a chance at 15, with back-to-back sixes over square leg. The home team’s boxing limitations were exposed on the first day itself.

Stuart Binny replaced B. Akhil in the visitor’s squad, the only change from last week’s away game against Maharashtra.

The scores:

Karnataka —1st innings: K. Pawan b Munaf 14, R. Uthappa c Shah b Panchal 58, S. Ganesh (batting) 94, A. Verma c Shah b Irfan 33, M. Pandey (batting) 93. Extras (b-16, lb-15, nb-5, w-7) 43. Total (for three wkts. in 90 overs): 335.

Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-102, 3-160.

Baroda bowling: Irfan 18-3-72-1, Munaf 19-3-66-1, Murtuza 20-5-47-0, Ketan 17-3-46-1, Yusuf 16-2-73-0.

Other scores:

At Delhi: Saurashtra 328 in 72.3 overs (C.R. Pathak 138, C.A. Pujara 83) vs Delhi.

At Valsad: Gujarat 91 in 58.2 overs vs Railways 61 for one in 31 overs.

At Hyderabad: Hyderabad 223 for seven in 90 overs (S.A. Quadri 48 batting) vs Mumbai.

At Pune: Maharashtra 218 for five in 65 overs (S.D. Atitkar 65, K.M. jadhav 49) vs Uttar Pradesh.

At Sambalpur: Tamil Nadu 323 for five in 90 overs (S. Anirudha 53, A.B. Karthik 118, R. Sathish 43, C. Ganapathy 52 batting) vs Orissa.

At Mohali: Himachal Pradesh 197 in 58 overs (V.A. Indulkar 60, K. Diwan 56 not out, M.S. Gony five for 47) vs Punjab 37 for two in 19 overs.

Plate division:

At Indore: Jammu & Kashmir 171 in 55. 2 overs (Hardeep Singh 41, T.P. Sudhindra five for 39) vs Madhya Pradesh 117 for two in 20 overs (Jalaj Saxena 70 batting).

At Jaipur: Vidarbha 168 for seven in 86 overs (R. Jangid 47 batting) vs Rajasthan.

At Anantapur: Haryana 170 in 75 overs (Sachin Rana 57, Atchutha Rao five for 43) vs Andhra 17 for no loss in 12 overs.

At Dhanbad: Goa 309 for four in 90 overs (S.A. Asnodkar S. Sriram 69, R.J. Pinto 40, A. Ratra 73 batting) vs Jharkhand.

At Guwahati: Assam 256 for seven in 90 overs (D.S. Jadhav 114, A.S. Sinha 42, A.A. Muzumdar 40, T.K. Chanda four for 50) vs Tripura.

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