da dobrowin： An unbroken 78 run partnership for the third wicket between SKSushanth and Prajwal Raj helped Karnataka to make a fitting reply atstumps on the second day of their Coca Cola Trophy South Zone(under-25) tournament match against Andhra at the
Partab Ramchand19-Apr-2000An unbroken 78 run partnership for the third wicket between SKSushanth and Prajwal Raj helped Karnataka to make a fitting reply atstumps on the second day of their Coca Cola Trophy South Zone(under-25) tournament match against Andhra at the Chinnaswamy stadiumin Bangalore on Tuesday. Replying to Andhra’s first innings total of385, Karnataka were 116 for two at close.Karnataka started badly losing both their openers Shyam Ponappa (9) at20 and then MS Vinay (18) at 38. However Prajwal Raj and Susanthplayed some positive strokes while adding 78 runs off 21.2 overs. Atclose Prajwal was batting with 41 and Susanth with 39. While Prajwalfaced 76 balls and hit five fours and a six, Susanth faced 67 ballsand hit nine fours. Play could not restart after tea because of rain.Earlier, Andhra 324 for five overnight, were restricted to 385 thanksto some good bowling by medium pacer Aiyappa. He dismissed KA Fayazwith the third ball of the day. Fayaz did not add to his overnightscore of 140. Aiyappa also got rid of the other overnight batsmanVatekar who made 48. He faced 98 balls and hit six fours and asix. The rest of the batting offered little resistance and Aiyappafinished with three for 91 off 23 overs. The other medium pacer SunilKumar took three for 70.