da betsul: The trusted batting line-up of Karnataka came good as the six timechampions made 310 for nine in reply to Assam’s 321 at close of play on thesecond day of the Ranji Trophy pre-quarter final match at the Nehru stadiumin Guwahati on Sunday
da casino: Staff Reporter11-Mar-2001The trusted batting line-up of Karnataka came good as the six timechampions made 310 for nine in reply to Assam’s 321 at close of play on thesecond day of the Ranji Trophy pre-quarter final match at the Nehru stadiumin Guwahati on Sunday. The players who shone were opener J Arun Kumar (64),Barrington Rowland (66) and stumper VST Naidu (50).Resuming at 18 for no loss, Karnataka openers Arun Kumar and Mithun Beerala(12) took the score to 34 when the latter was caught behind by VR Samanthoff medium pacer Javed Zaman. Barrington and Arun Kumar then forged a74-run second wicket partnership to help Karnataka consolidate. Arun Kumarwas the batsman to be dismissed in the 30th over. During his 133-minutestay, Arun Kumar faced 98 balls and hit 12 boundaries and a six. FormerIndian middle order batsman Vijay Bharadwaj did not last long. In the 40thover, he was caught by G Ghosh off Sukhvinder Singh after he struggled for26 balls to score one run.Naidu joined Barrington and the two added 88 runs for the fourth wicket.This brought up the Karnataka 200. Naidu was the next to be sent back tothe pavilion when he was trapped leg before by Zaman in the 65th over. Newbatsman Anil Kumar (0) departed no sooner than he came in. He was bowled byexperienced left arm spinner Sunil Subramaniam. Shortly afterwards,Barrington was caught by skipper Zuffri off Dutta in the 77th over.Barrington, during his 278-minute stay in the middle, faced 197 balls andhit seven boundaries.Karnataka skipper Sunil Joshi (33) held one end to help Karnataka reach272. Then AR Yalvigi (37) and MA Khan (9) held on to take their team tostumps.






