Jammu & Kashmir hold advantage against Karnataka

Jammu & Kashmir are on course to cause the upset of the season in Ranji Trophy. After bowling Karnataka out for a paltry 206 in a weather-affected quarterfinal, the underdogs reached 88 for two at stumps on Day 3 in Jammu. With almost two days washed out, first-innings lead could prove to be decisive and the hosts look good to get it.

Starting at 14 for two, Karnataka lost skipper Karun Nair for three to slump to 14 for three. Manish Pandey struck a 27-ball 36, but his departure made it 75 for four. Despite No 4 KV Siddharth’s 189-ball 76, Karnataka failed to get close to a kind of total they would have liked. For J&K, skipper Parvez Rasool, Auqib Nabi and Mujtaba Yousuf took three wickets each.