Ranji Wrap: Champions Karnataka brush aside J&K with a day to spare

Karnataka romped to an innings and 30-run victory against Jammu and Kashmir with a day to spare in the Ranji Trophy Group A league fixture, here Wednesday. The win, their fourth in a row this season, earned defending champions Karnataka seven points which took their tally to 25 in the eight-team Group. Jammu and Kashmir, trailing by 263 runs on the first innings, were all out for 233 as seamers R. Vinay Kumar, Sreenath Aravind and Abhimanyu Mithun picked up three wickets apiece to complete the demolition. [caption id=“attachment_1306659” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Vinay Kumar, Sreenath Aravind and Abhimanyu Mithun picked up three wickets apiece to complete the demolition. Reuters[/caption] Resuming at their overnight score of 37 for one, the tourists were never really in the hunt as they lost wickets at regular intervals and barring Ian Chauhan (94, 150b, 13x4, 2x6), none of the batsmen were able to collar the Karnataka attack. Chauhan and opener Adil Reshi (36) added 68 runs for the third wicket, but once the partnership was broken, there was little resistance save a 47-run stand between Chauhan and skipper Parvez Rasool (25) for the fourth wicket. BRIEF SCORES J&K vs Karnataka: Jammu and Kashmir 160 and 233 all out in 66.2 oveers (Adil Reshi 36, Ian Chauhan 94, Parvez Rasool 25, Vinay Kumar 3 for 52, Abhimanyu Mithun 3 for 55, Aravind Sreenath 3 for 48) lost to Karnataka 423 for 9 decl by an innings and 30 runs. Points: Karnataka 7, J and K 0. Andhra vs Jharkhand: Jharkhand 1st innings 246 all out, Andhra 1st innings 304 all out (Murumulla Sriram 71, Duvvarapu Shivkumar 64; Ashish Kumar 3/83, Rituraj Singh 3/97) Jharkand 2nd innings 49 for three (PR Munda 25 not out; Cheepurapalli Stephen 2/15). Assam vs Services: Services 1st innings 113 all out, Assam 1st innings 257 all out (Sibsankar Roy 81; Syed Mohammad 56 not out; Yashpal Singh 2/42, Saurabh Karmar 3/47). Bengal vs Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu 1st innings 246 all out, Bengal 1st innings 454 for 9 declared ( Manoj Tiwary 97, Abhimanyu Easwaran 150 not out; T Natarajan 3/92) Tamil Nadu 2nd innings 80 for one ( Bharat Shankar 38). Haryana vs Delhi: Delhi 1st innings 278 all out, Haryana 1st innings 188 all out, Delhi 2nd innings 134 for five ( Gautam Gambhir 46; Joginder Sharma 3/18, Kuldeep Hooda 2/22). Kerala vs Himachal Pradesh: Kerala 1st innings 196 all out, Himachal Pradesh 1st innings 517 all out (Paras Dogra 166, Bipul Sharma 118; Nizar Niyas 2/72, Ami Verma 2/48). Mumbai vs Madhya Pradesh: Mumbai 1st innings 404 all out, Madhya Pradesh 1st innings 538 for seven ( Naman Ojha 155, Devendra Bundela 115; Iqbal Abdulla 3/123). Odisha vs Vidarbha: Vidarbha 1st innings 240 all out (Ganesh Satish 99 not out; Basant Mohanty 3/44, Biplab Samantray 3/50) Odisha 1st innings 137 for nine (Deepak Behera 33, Biplab Samantray 33; Shrikant Wagh 3/52, Swapnil Bandiwar 3/29) Punjab 2nd innings following on 85 for three ( Taruwar Kohli 34; Pankaj Singh 2/23). Rajasthan vs Punjab, Rajasthan 1st innings 433 all out, Punjab 1st innings 274 all out (Gurkeerat Singh 85, Gitansh Khera 63; Aniket Choudhury 4/57, Pankaj Singh 3/56). Saurashtra vs Maharastra: Maharastra 1st innings 519 all out, Saurashtra 1st innings 273 all out ( Sheldon Jackson 102; Chirag Khurana 5/70) Saurashtra 2nd innings following on 53 for four ( Akshay Darekar 2/8). Tripura vs Hyderabad: Tripura 1st innings 184 all out, Hyderabad 1st innings 491 for nine declared (Akshath Reddy 174, Dwarka Ravi Teja 100 not out; Tushar Saha 3/106, Manisankar Murasingh 3/110) Tripura 2nd innings 240 for four ( Udiyan Bose 63, Rakesh Solanki 71; Chama Milind 3/48). Uttar Pradesh vs Baroda: Baroda 1st innings 498 all out, Uttar Pradesh 1st innings 223 all out ( Tanmay Srivastava 112; Yusuf Pathan 6/67).