Maharashtra v Karnataka - Ranji Trophy - Group B – Day 3 – Live Score and Update
Karnataka 572/9d v Maharashtra 99 and 315/2 (f/o) (74.0 ov) - Maharashtra trail by 158 runs with 8 wickets remaining
Maharashtra are in trouble in their Group B, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 Sahara Stadium, Pune.
This match, so far, has been a nightmare for Maharashtra batsmen, who were completely outplayed by their opponents on the penultimate day on a wicket where Karnataka batsmen ruled.
After Karnataka chose to declare their first innings with enough runs on the board to give their opponents a run for their money, Maharashtra batsmen ended the second day of play with 58 runs on the board for the loss of only a wicket.
By this time they looked in a strong position and fans had hoped to see http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Maharashtra-c811 batsmen continue the good work.
However, after adding just ten more runs to their overnight tally, the partnership hit a speed bump on the wicket of Khadiwale, who had his stumps perforated by Mithun after scoring 38 runs.
Just one run later, number-four batsman KM http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jadhav-c65258 met his demise with only a run off his bat.
This was followed by the wicket of SD Atitkar, who was clean-bowled by Mithun after hitting only eight runs. At the time of this wicket, the batting side was struggling with 73 runs on the board.
The middle-order looked puny in front of the raging bowling attack, as AR Bawne became the next victim, perishing after scoring only four runs. By this time, Maharashtra had reached 80 runs.
This was a challenging moment for Maharashtra, as their batsmen were facing immense problems against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Mithun-c41242 and STR Binny. The two bowlers ended with six and four wickets to their names as they destroyed Maharashtra on 99 runs.
After his devastating batting collapse, the side made amends in their second innings with openers HH Khadiwale and SD Atitkar crafting a stand of 156 runs. Both batsmen faltered after hitting 136 and 78 runs.
Maharashtra ended the day after posting 315 runs on the board with AR Bawne on 80 and skipper RH Motwani on two runs.
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