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Devdutt Padikkal (IANS Image)
Padikkal scored 114, his 175-ball knock studded with seven fours and five sixes, while wicketkeeper BS Sharath made a 75-ball 60.
Left-handed batsman Devdutt Padikkal scored a fine century to hand Karnataka a first-innings lead against Jharkhand in their Ranji Trophy Group C match on Wednesday.
The southpaw scored 114, his 175-ball knock studded with seven fours and five sixes.
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Karnataka rode on an overnight score of 80 for 2, adding 220 before the spin duo of Shahbaz Nadeem (5/141) and Anukul Roy (3/66) bowled them out for 300 on the second day.
Apart from Padikkal, wicketkeeper BS Sharath, who scored 60 off 75 balls, was the other key contributor for Karnataka as the middle order struggled to put runs on the board.
By the end of the second day, Jharkhand has scored 85 runs for 2 wickets behind 136 runs.
Both their openers were back in the hut. While Kumar Deobrat scored 20 runs in 42 balls, Aryaman Sen was dismissed by medium pacer Vasuki Kaushik in the very first ball.
Abbreviated Score:
Jharkhand 164 all out and 85/2 in 28 overs (Kumar Suraj 34; Krishnappa Gautam 1/21) vs 300 all out in 89.1 overs (Devdutt Padikal 114, BR Sharath 60; Shahbaz Nadeem 5/141).
At Raipur: Chhattisgarh 531 for 9 declare in 155 overs (Shashank Chandrakar 101, Harpreet Singh 96, Lakshay Garg 3/88) vs Goa 51 for 1 in 17 overs (Ishaan Gadekar 28 not out; Ravi Kiran 1/20.) At Jodhpur Services 178 and 181 for 2 in 60 overs (Ravi Chauhan 97; Aniket Choudhary 1/34) vs Rajasthan 136 all out in 45.4 overs (YB Kothari 34; Pulkit Narang 5/39).
At Puducherry: Pondicherry 371 in 127.3 overs (Paras Dogra 159; Jalaj Saxena 5/75) vs Kerala 113/43 in 3 overs (Sachin Baby 30; Krishna Pandey 1/16)
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