Karnataka 229 for five (Agarwal 110*, Sharath 58*, Kushang 2-64) vs Saurashtra

In the ninth, Padikkal was out nibbling at an away-going supply from left-arm seamer Chetan Sakariya as Sheldon Jackson devoured up a easy catch at first slip. Agarwal and Nikin Jose, in his debut season, noticed off the remainder of the session with out a lot bother, earlier than Kushang had Jose nicking behind off the third supply after lunch.

Agarwal had a wobbly begin by which he was reprieved on 13 by Snell Patel within the slips. But with wickets falling from the opposite finish, Agarwal introduced out one other aspect to his recreation, considered one of self-restraint, as Karnataka tried a rebuild. But when Manish Pandey fell seeking to hoick one over midwicket, they had been in dire want of a partnership.

Shreyas Gopal, the centurion of the earlier recreation, ought to have been out first ball however was reprieved as replays confirmed Kushang had overstepped. But he did not final lengthy, and was out making an attempt to steal a single as substitute fielder Samarth Vyas got here up with a one-handed pick-up-and-throw to impact a direct hit from cover-point.

However, Agarwal and Sharath then joined arms and blunted the bowling. Spin wasn’t launched till the forty fourth over, and when Dharmendrasinh Jadeja lastly got here on, Agarwal was nicely set.

Sharath, taking part in in solely his second recreation this season, was stodgy in defence and stored giving Agarwal the strike for him to fight a lot of the fast-bowling risk, particularly Sakariya’s as he swung the ball each methods.

Sharath ended the day unbeaten on 58 and walked off to an enormous spherical of applause from his captain and his team-mates.