da pinnacle: Maharashtra predictably made it to thequarterfinals by virtue of their first inningslead over Karnataka in the Cooch Behar Trophy(under-19) tournament at Pune on Sunday
Partab Ramchand03-Dec-2000Maharashtra predictably made it to thequarterfinals by virtue of their first inningslead over Karnataka in the Cooch Behar Trophy(under-19) tournament at Pune on Sunday.In reply to Maharashtra’s 381, Karnataka who were182 for eight at close of play on the second day,were all out for 215. K Adhav picked up both thewickets to fall in the morning to finish with fourfor 63.Despite a lead of 166 runs, Maharashtra did notenforce the follow on. Opting to bat again, theywere all out for 165 with opener Nachiket Pingle’s73 being the main highlight. Pingle faced 137balls and hit ten of them to the ropes.Dharmichand again took four wickets, this time for59 runs. Skipper C Raghu claimed four wickets for56 runs. In the remaining time, Karnataka were 20for two when stumps were finally drawn.