A whirlwind century by opener Robin Uthappa was aided by a fine bowling performance by the Karnataka bowlers, placing them on the threshold of an outright victory against Haryana on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Super League tie in Mysore on Sunday.
After taking a 113-run first innings lead, the former champions reduced Harayana to 34 for five in the second innings while chasing a victory target of 366.
Sunil Joshi and paceman R Vinay Kumar took two wickets each to leave the visitors reeling in the second essay. At close, Shafik Khan was the not out batsman on seven after stumps were drawn with the wicket of Sachin Rana after 12.5 overs.
Earlier, Uthappa slammed 13 fours and two sixes for 108 runs from 103 balls. Along with opening partner Barrington Rowland (96) he set up the game for Karnataka as the duo scored 211 runs in 31.4 overs.
Scorecard
Karnataka 1st innings 371
Haryana 1st 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 2nd 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 2nd 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
