Railways skittle out Karnataka, settle out for draw

Bangalore, Nov 6 (UNI) Indian Railways took honours gaining two points from first innings lead against Karnataka in the four-day Elite group B tie for Ranji Trophy that ended in a draw here today.

As expected, Railways took a crucial 24 run first innings lead and later dismissed the hosts to a paltry 138 in their second knock.

But time ran out as they had only a few overs to make 115 for win. Railways finished at 11 for two in the second innings.

Brief scores: Karnataka: 365 and 127 (KB Pawan 22, C Rahu 33 n.o., Anurith Singh 6/49, Sanjib Sanyal 2/17, Karan Sharma 2/35] Drew with Railway Sports Promotion Board 389 (Yere Goud 122 n.o., Harvinder Singh 22, R Vinay Kumar 3/38, NC Aiyappa 1/45, Sunil Raju 2/125, Sunil Joshi 1/88, C Raghu 2/67) and 11/2.

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