Karnataka, Maharashtra register innings wins to go 1-2 in Group B

Spinners Shreyas Gopal and Shikhar Shetty came up with stellar spells as Karnataka trounced Chandigarh by an innings and 185 runs on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match here on TuesdayChandigarh started the day from 72 for four in their first innings and folded for 222 in their first innings despite skipper Manan Vohra making an unbeaten 106Legspinner Shreyas 773 was the lead act in the destruction of Chandigarhs batting unit in the first inningsShetty 243 gave him good support but in the second innings the 20yearold leftarm spinner assumed the mantle of the leaderHaving conceded a massive first innings lead of 325 Chandigarh had the tough task of batting out a total of five sessions to avoid an innings defeatBut the visitors faltered in the second innings as well to get bowled out for 140 Shetty 561 led Karnatakas bowling with fine support from Shreyas 345Shetty bowled 115 overs nonstop from his end in the second spell to take five wickets conceding 47 runs after conceding 14 runs in his one over first spellShreyas thus completed a matchhaul of 10 for 118 runsKarnataka bagged seven points from the match including a bonus point for an innings win to go atop Group B with 21 points from five matchesRavichandran Smaran who made a double hundred in the match was named player of the matchMaharashtra winIn another Group B match Maharashtra inflicted an innings and 92run defeat on Punjab to leap to second place with 18 points from five matchesLeftspinner Vicky Ostwal 626 and pacer Rajvardhan Hangargekar 544 were the lead performers for Maharashtra at MullanpurBrief scores At Hubballi Karnataka 5478 declared in 160 overs beat Chandigarh 222 all out in 632 overs Manan Vohra 106 not out Shreyas Gopal 773 Shikhar Shetty 243 and 143 all out in 335 overs Shivam Bhambri 43 Shikhar Shetty 561 Shreyas Gopal 345 by an innings and 185 runsKarnataka 7 points Chandigarh 0At Mullanpur Maharashtra 350 all out beat Punjab 151 all out in 584 overs Anmol Malhotra 35 Rajvardhan Hangargkekar 544 Rajneesh Gurbani 439 and 107 all out in 405 overs Vicky Ostwal 626 by an innings and 92 runsMaharashtra 7 points Chandigarh 0At Rajkot Saurashtra 5877 declared vs Goa 358 all out in 1062 overs Abhinav Tejrana 118 Lalit Yadav 59 Rajsekhar Harikant 69 Yuvrajsinh Dodiya 698 and 772 in 163 oversAt Indore Kerala 281 all out and 2183 in 62 overs Sachin Baby 81 batting Baba Aparajith 85 batting vs Madhya Pradesh 192 all outThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever