Replying to Gujarat's first innings total of 330, Karnataka were struggling at 162 for six wickets at close on the second day of the four-day Ranji Tropy Elite Group A encounter at the M A Chinnaswamy stadium in bangalore on Wednesday.
Barring opener Barrington Rowland (59) and skipper J Arun Kumar (29), none of the Karnataka batsmen impressed, as the Gujarat bowlers did a good job to give their team the upper hand.
Karnataka had a decent start with Rowland and Arun Kumar sharing a 61-run stand for the first wicket, but thereafter they lost wickets regularly.
Leg-spinner Timil Patel and medium pacer Lalit Patel picked two wickets each.
Earlier, resuming at 286 for 7, Gujarat added another 44 runs before being all out in 109 overs.
Tailenders Timil Patel and Siddarth Trivedi hit unbeaten knocks of 59 and 43 respectively, to frustrate the hosts' bowling attack.
The duo put on 66 runs for the eighth wicket which could turn out to be crucial.
Vinay Kumar was the pick of the Karnataka bowlers, taking five wickets for 83 runs, while Dodda Ganesh claimed 3 for 92.
Scoreboard
Gujarat (1st innings):
N D Modi lbw Binny 17
A A Christian c Naidu b Vinay Kumar 6
N K Patel b Vinay Kumar 54
M H Parmar c Naidu b Vinay Kumar 73
P A Patel c Vijay Bharadwaj b Ganesh 16
K A Damani lbw Ganesh 2
B D Thaker lbw Ganesh 23
T K Patel not out 59
S K Trivedi b Vinay Kumar 43
H A Majmudar lbw Vinay Kumar 0
L A Patel run out (Binny) 11
Extras: (lb 5, w 3, nb 18) 26
Total: (all out, 109 overs, 452 mins) 330
Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-60, 3-95, 4-134, 5-138, 6-193, 7-224, 8-290, 9-290, 10-330.
Bowling: Ganesh 28-3-92-3 (14nb, 1w), Vinay Kumar 27-4-83-5 (3nb, 1w), Joshi 34-13-72-0, Binny 3-1-15-1 (1nb, 1w), Patel 17-0-63-0.
Karnataka (1st innings):
J Arunkumar lbw Trivedi 29
B M Rowland c Parmar b T K Patel 59
S Somasunder run out (Modi) 19
K S Ponnappa c Modi b T K Patel 8
R Vijay Bharadwaj lbw L A Patel 9
V S T Naidu not out 12
S T Binny c P A Patel b L A Patel 0
S B Joshi not out 9
Extras: (b 7, lb 2, w 1, nb 7) 17
Total: (6 wickets, 69 overs) 162
To bat: D Ganesh, U B Patel, R Vinay Kumar.
Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-99, 3-111, 4-133, 5-146, 6-146.
Bowling: Trivedi 16-4-41-1 (1w), L A Patel 15-7-29-2 (6nb), T K Patel 24-4-62-2 (1nb), Majmudar 12-4-19-0, Damani 2-1-2-0.