By IANS,
New Delhi: Karnataka became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy Super League after crushing Baroda by an innings and 102 runs at Vadodara Thursday.
Karnataka imposed the follow on after Baroda, resuming from overnight 137/9, folded up for 153 in the first innings, falling short by 335 runs.
Led by Vinay Kumar and Abhimanyu Mithun, Karnataka bowlers once again did a brilliant job, bowling out Baroda for 233 in their second innings on the third day.
Irfan Pathan was the only batsman to put up a fight in both the innings, Pathan followed up his 68 in the first innings with 83 in teh second, but got little help from the other end.
Vinay Kumar finished with three wickets, while Robin Uthappa, Mithun and Sreesanth Aravind chipped in with two apiece.
Karnataka thus registered their second successive innings victory, having beaten Maharashtra in their previous match. They lead Group B with 23 points from three wins in five matches.
At Mohali, Punjab defeated Himachal Pradesh by eight wickets for their second victory of the season.
Punjab knocked off the victory target of 94 runs losing two wickets with Vishwas Bhalla (36 not out) and Ravi Inder Singh (32) doing the bulk of the scoring.
Manpreet Gony’s match haul of 10 wickets set up the match for Punjab.
After being packed off for 197 in the first innings, Himachal Pradesh fought their way back into the match, bowling out the hosts for 186 Wednesday. But Gony, who took five wickets in the first innings, bowled a deadly spell (five for 21) that saw Himachal Pradesh surrender for just 82 in the second innings.
Brief scores:
At Vadodara, Karnataka vs Baroda: Karnataka 488 all out, Baroda 153 all out (Irfan Pathan 68; R Vinay Kumar 3-30, Abhimanyu Mithun 4-61, Sreesanth Aravind 2-27) and 233 al out (Irfan Pathan 81; R Vinay Kumar 3-47, Abhimanyu Mithun 2-42, Robin Uthappa 2-22, Sreesanth Aravind 2-44) Ktk won by an innings and 102 runs
At Valsad, Gujarat vs Railways: Gujarat 91 all out and 139/2 (Jay Desai 76, Niraj Patel 40 batting) Railways 391 all out (Sanjay Bangar 109, V. Cheluvaraj 46, Yere Goud 79, M Suresh 66; Salil Yadav 3-149 Siddharth Trivedi 2-53, Mehul Patel 2-73)
At Hyderabad, Hyderabad vs Mumbai: Hyderabad 266 all out and 63/1 (D Rushi Raj 29), Mumbai 521/2 declared (Ajinkya Rahane 265 not out, Sahil Kukreja 122, Wasim Jaffer 107 not out)
At Pune, Maharashtra vs Uttar Pradesh: Maharashtra 292 all out and 338 (Harshad Khadiwale 54, Sangram Atitkar 95, Piyush Chawla 5-73), Uttar Pradesh 208 all out and 41/0 (Praveen Kumar 23)
At Sambalpur, Tamil Nadu vs Orissa: Tamil Nadi 361 all out and 62/0 (Srikkanth Anirudha 40), Orissa 327 all out (Shiv Sunder Das 119, Niranjan Behera 95; C Ganapathy 3-25, R Aushik Srinivas 3-53).
At Mohali, Punjab vs Himachal Pradesh: Himachal Pradesh 197 all out and 82 all out, Punjab 186 all out and 97/2 (V Bhalla 36 not out, Ravi Inder Singh 32; Kuldeep Diwan 2-16)
At Delhi, Delhi vs Saurashtra: Saurashtra 328 all out and 181/7 (Chirag Pathak 43, Parvinder Awana 2-29, Pawan Suyal 2-39, Pradeep Sangwan 2-41), Delhi 383 all out (Punnet Bisht 120, Pradeep Sangwan 57; Jayesh Odedra 6-92, Sandeep Maniar 2-75, Ravindra Jadeja 2-35)