da lvbet： It is not very often that the reigning champions lose a match by aninnings and 74 runs with more than a day to spare
da bwin： 07-Feb-2000It is not very often that the reigning champions lose a match by aninnings and 74 runs with more than a day to spare. But that was theignominous defeat that Karnataka suffered at the hands of Mumbai intheir Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match at the M Chinnaswamystadium in Bangalore on Monday.Mumbai, oft crowned champions in the National competition, haddominated from the first day itself but hardly anyone would haveexpected Karnataka to cave in so meekly. If they were outplayed overthe first two days, little went right for the home team on the thirdday. In the morning Jatin Paranjpe, 93 overnight, reached his centuryand was then out for 107. He faced 189 balls and hit 15 fours. Thelast two batsmen Nilesh Kulkarni (19) and Abhey Kuruvilla howeveradded 55 runs off 13.2 overs to take Mumbai’s total to 391 and swelltheir lead to 182. Kuruvilla was very much the dominant partner andhit four fours and two sixes in his unbeaten 37 for which he faced 48balls. Sunil Joshi who took the last wicket finished with a haul offive for 126.Karnataka’s second innings was a disaster from start to finish.Kuruvilla, in his first over, sent back the consistent Arun Kumar andthat was virtually the beginning of the end. Only two batsmen, openerMithun Beerala (34) and Dodda Ganesh (26) reached double digits asKannan (2 for 34) and Kuruvilla (5 for 32) ripped through the batting.Joshi, who was hurt, did not bat and the best stand was the 35 runsthat Ganesh and Mansur Ali Khan (9 not out) put on for the ninth(last) wicket. Thanks to this association, Karnataka were able to topthe three figure mark and ultimately totalled 108. It was a mostimpressive start by Mumbai who picked up eight points.
