http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy Elite - 2nd Quarter - Final - Karnataka v Haryana – 2nd Day’s Update
Karnataka 151 & 122/3 (32.0 ov) v Haryana 272 - Karnataka lead by 1 run with 7 wickets remaining
On Tuesday, January 03, 2011 Karnataka took a lead by one run with seven wickets in hand against Haryana in the second quarterfinal of the ongoing Ranji Trophy Elite at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
Having ended the first day with 120 runs, without losing a wicket in response to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haryana-c790 resumed their first innings on the second day in a bid to bat their best against a formidable bowling offensive.
Overnight openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-Dewan-c83327 resumed their batting and once again exhibited commendable form by smashing impressive shots at random.
The two batsmen clobbered 152 runs together as they demolished the bowling attack that they were up against.
Saini was the first to lose his wicket as he fell after hammering an innings of 69 runs. The demise of the opener triggered a batting collapse as Haryana saw wickets tumble in a matter of minutes.
The side were five wickets down with 166 runs on the board, as they lost four quick wickets, leaving them under tremendous pressure.
Star batsman, Dewan then found his way back to the pavilion after playing a stupendous innings 101 runs.
After Dewan, lower-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Mishra-c871 hammered a knock of 49 runs, followed by a commendable innings from Mohit Sharma that helped Haryana end their first innings after amassing 272 runs.
From Karnataka, medium-pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stuart-Binny-c2589 bowled exceptionally well to earn four wickets to his name.
Beginning their second innings, Karnataka aimed to score high in order to put pressure on their opponents.
However, with only 22 runs on the board, they lost their first wicket, when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KB-Pawan-c70527 fell after scoring seven runs.
Meanwhile, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bharat-Chipli-c47949, contributed 26 runs before taking a walk back to the pavilion.
Karnataka, ended the second day by posting 122 runs for the loss of three wickets, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Amit-Verma-c44057 on one run.
Pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sachin-Rana-c87801, was the only bowler to taste success for Haryana by grabbing the only two wickets in Karnataka’s second innings.
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