Punjab face defeat

Punjab were 106 for six at the end of the day’s play and Karnataka claimed three wickets during the extension of play. But when Kumble struck with the first ball of the last over, play was called off for the day.

Scoreboard

Karnataka (1st innings) 298

Punjab (1st innings): 157

Karnataka (2nd innings): Sujith Somasundar b Kapoor 42, Arun Kumar c Saini b Vij 23, Girish c Dharmani b Harbajan 11, Rahul Dravid c Mehra b Harvinder 55, Vijay Bharadwaj b Kapoor 57, Fazal Khaleel (run out) 24, Srinath c Harbajan b Vij 10, Sunil Joshi c Mehra b Vij 6, Anil Kumble c Harvinder b Harbajan 2, Shraguppi (not out) 0; Extras (8b, 10lb, 6nb) 24.

Total(for nine wickets declared) 254.

Fall of wickets: 1-60, 2-69, 3-91, 4-192, 5-214, 6-244, 7-244, 8-254, 9-254.

Bowling: Harvinder Singh 15-4-46-1, Bharath Bhushan 3-0-17-0, Harbajan Singh 19.1-5-55-2, Aashish Kapoor 23-5-70-2, Bharati Vij 15-2-48-3.

Punjab (2nd innings): Ajay Mehra lbw Srinath 1, Vikram Rathore b Vijay 31, Pankaj Dharmani c Srinath b Kumble 14, Dinesh Mongia b Srinath 35, Rakesh Saini lbw Joshi 5, Aashish Kapoor (run out) 1, Manav Mehra c Srinath b Joshi 9, Bharati Vij b Srinath 8, Harvinder Singh c Somasundar b Kumble 1, Bharat Bhushan (batting) 6, Harbajan Singh (batting) 0; Extras (b14, lb5, nb 1) 20.

Total (for nine wickets) 133.

Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-54, 3-66, 4-77, 5-78, 6-99, 7-118, 8-123, 9-133.

Bowling: Srinath 9-1-20-3; Kumble 19.1-7-48-2; Venkatesh Prasad 4-0-12-0; Sunil Joshi 18-7-24-2; Vijay 4-1-10-1