da aviator aposta： Only 28 overs play was possible on the first day of the five dayIrani Trophy tie between Rest of India and Ranji Trophy championsKarnataka at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Friday
Partab Ramchand01-Oct-1999Only 28 overs play was possible on the first day of the five dayIrani Trophy tie between Rest of India and Ranji Trophy championsKarnataka at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Friday. In thattime, Karnataka, put in to bat, were 65 for two.Rain delayed the start of play till 2 pm. Karnataka openers SujithSomasundar and J.Arun Kumar put on 29 runs in 9.5 overs before theformer who dominated the scoring was caught by Nilesh Kulkarni offHarvinder Singh Sodhi for 21. Somasundar faced 33 balls and hit fourboundaries. A.Vijay joined Arun Kumar and the two added 23runs off 12 overs before Sodhi claimed his second wicket, havingVijay leg before for just 8. Vijay faced 44 balls and hit one boundary.VST Naidu came in and kept the steady Arun Kumar company till stumpswere prematurely drawn with bad light halting play. Arun Kumar at closewas batting on 23. He had faced 79 balls and had four hits to theropes. Naidu was batting with four after having faced 18 balls.Medium pacer Harvinder Sodhi was easily the pick of the Rest ofIndia bowlers. He sent down 12 overs to capture both the wickets thatfell for 27 runs.