HARYANA TAKE LEAD AGAINST KARNATAKA

Mysuru, Oct. 23: If the opening day saw centurion Virender Sehwag at his vintage best, then Day 2 witnessed the domination of Haryana bowlers as the visitors packed Karnataka for 221 to grab a 110- run first innings lead in the Group A Ranji Trophy match in Mysuru on Friday.

Starting on their overnight score of 319/ 8, Haryana innings folded for 331 as Sehwag remained the top- scorer with 136. Jayant Yadav’s 100 also remained unmatched. After star opener Robin Uthappa ( 5) fell early, Lokesh Rahul got down to the re- building job with a defiant 63. Off- spinners Rahul Dagar ( 3/ 10) and Yadav ( 2/ 75) spun a web. The Karnataka innings lasted

for 75.4 overs. — Agencies Scores: Group A: Haryana 331 ( V. Sehwag 136, Jayant Yadav 100; Sharath 5/ 48) & 27/ 0 vs Karnataka 221 ( Rahul 63, Gautam 41*, Rahul Dagar 3/ 10). Bengal 357 ( Chatterjee 116, Saha 72, Tiwary 55, Sangwan 4/ 48) vs Delhi 100/ 3. Assam 206 & 36/ 2 vs Vidarbha 154 ( Satish 67, Jaffer 40, Purkayastha 447, Verma 3/ 24). Group B: Mumbai 447 ( Iyer 173, Nayar 89, Yadav 68, Herwadkar 67, Argal 4/ 67) vs Baroda 133/ 1 ( Devdhar 84*). Uttar Pradesh 170 & 39/ 3 vs Andhra 297 ( Prasanth 67, Bharat 62, Praveen 4/ 86). Gujarat 387 ( Panchal 141, Kalaria 80, Parthiv 58, Anureet 4/ 91) vs Railways 168/ 4 ( Wakaskar 93). Madhya Pradesh 370 ( Shrivastava 131, Ladda 5/ 110, Pargat 3/ 108) vs Punjab 182/ 2 ( Jiwanjot 64, Uday Kaul 55*).