Batters Sahil Lotra and Abid Mushtaq had a sedate begin to the day. Abid walked again to the dugout early within the day after simply 22 runs have been added to the in a single day rating of J&Okay. The customer misplaced wickets at common intervals and was bundled out for 584, due to Prasidh Krishna’s fifer.
Karnataka was off to a sluggish begin as nicely, with KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal taking as a lot as three overs to get the primary runs on board. The sluggish strategy proved detrimental as Auqib Nabi dismissed him with a ripper. Sunil Kumar eliminated captain Devdutt Padikkal, and utilized the breaks on the run circulate.
Auqib got here again to ship each Karun Nair and the sensational R Smaran packing off consecutive deliveries to place J&Okay within the driver’s seat. Nevertheless, a resilient partnership between Mayank and Shreyas Gopal, price over 100 runs, supplied a glimmer of hope for the house facet. Mayank reached his century within the course of as nicely.
Gopal, too, fell as Yudhvir Singh struck. With Kruthik Krishna, the final recognised batter, on the different finish, Mayank is grinding it out. The opener is unbeaten at 130, whereas Kruthik is 27 not out. If both of the 2 fall, J&Okay will breath a sigh of reduction as it might pave option to take the primary innings lead. A primary innings lead principally seals the title, no matter a draw on the finish of this sport.
Can the Karnataka batters do the unthinkable, or will they succumb to strain?