Karnataka in sight of outright win over Haryana

Mysore, Dec 3 (UNI) A whirlwind century by opener Robin Uthappa (108) and a fine performance from bowlers left former Champions Karnataka in sight of an outright win over Haryana on the penultimate day of the Elite Group A Ranji Trophy encounter here today.

Score Board: Haryana first innings (overnight 176 for Six) Mahesh Rawat b Vinay Kumar 65 Sachin Rana c Raghu b Akhil 41 Amit Mishra c Naidu b Aiyappa 13 Gaurav Vashist Lbw Joshi 8 Sanjay Badhwar (not out) 00 Extras: (B 9, Lb 5, Nb 6, W one) 21 Total: (all out in 95.3 overs) 258 Fall of Wickets: 7/228, 8/244, 9/258, 10/258.

Bowling: R Vinay Kumar 19 6 58 2 N C Aiyappa 18 3 48 1 B Akhil 14 4 37 3 Sunil B Joshi 27.3 8 51 2 C Raghu 6 0 20 0 K P Appanna 11 5 30 2 Karnataka Second Innings: Rowland Barrington c Mishra b Sharma 96 Robin uthappa c Siddarta Verma b Sharma 108 Bharat Chipli c Verma b Vashist 12 C Raghu Lbw Sharma 00 Yere Goud not out 03 Tilak Naidu not out 14 Extras: (B 5, Lb 7, Nb 6, W one) 19 Total (for four wickets in 39 overs declared) 252 Fall of Wickets: 1/211, 2/233, 3/233, 4/236.

Bowling: Joginder Sharma 7 0 38 3 Sanjay Badhwar 3 1 20 0 Sunny Singh 1 0 17 0 Deepak Joon 5 0 34 0 Amit Mishra 11 0 64 0 Sachin Rana 2 0 14 0 Gaurav Vashist 10 0 53 1 Haryana Second Innings: Sumith Sharma b Vinay Kumar 00 Sunny Singh c Barrington b Vinay Kumar 00 Deepak Joon c Naidu b Joshi 14 Siddartha Verma c Barrington b Joshi 11 Shafiq Khan not out 7 Sachin Rana c Chipli b Appanna 00 Extras: (NB 2) 2 Total (for five wickets in 12.5 overs) 34 Fall of Wickets: 1/0, 2/1, 3/20, 4/27, 5/34.

Bowling: R Vinay Kumar 4 1 8 2 N C Aiyappa 3 0 6 0 Sunil B Joshi 3 1 6 0 B Akhil 1 0 2 0 K P Appanna 1.5 1 12 1 UNI