da luck： Off spinner Kulamani Parida and left arm spinner Tejinder Pal Singhbowled out Karnataka for 237 to place Railways in a commandingposition at stumps on the third day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinalat the Karnail Singh stadium in New Delhi on
Staff Reporter24-Mar-2001Off spinner Kulamani Parida and left arm spinner Tejinder Pal Singhbowled out Karnataka for 237 to place Railways in a commandingposition at stumps on the third day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinalat the Karnail Singh stadium in New Delhi on Saturday. After gaining afirst innings lead of 214, Railways opting to bat again were 106 forno loss at stumps.Resuming at 36 without loss, Karnataka lost Mithun Beerala (18) at 51when he was leg before to Sanjay Bangar. However, the other Arun Kumarand Barrington Rowland added 74 runs for the second wicket andKarnataka were sailing along smoothly at 125 for one. However thenensued an astonishing collapse which saw them lose four wickets forfive runs. First, Arun Kumar was caught by Zakir Hussain off Paridafor 55. In batting a shade over three hours, Arun Kumar faced 130balls and hit eight fours. Then at 130, Karnataka lost three wicketsin the space of six deliveries and the back of the innings was welland truly broken. First, Rowland (35) was leg before to Parida. Hefaced 77 balls and hit four of them to the ropes. With the first ballof the following over, TP Singh had former Indian player VijayBhardwaj caught by Yere Goud for one. Off the next ball, Anil Kumargave him a return catch and Karnataka, at 130 for five, were gaspingfor breath.B Akhil averted the hat-trick and he and wicketkeeper VST Naiduproceeded to add 42 runs for the sixth wicket off 11 overs beforeAkhil was stumped by Abhay Sharma off Parida for 18. Former Testmedium pacer Dodda Ganesh (9) did not last long but Yalvigi (18)helped Naidu in adding 34 runs for the eighth wicket. Naidu was ninthout for 46. He faced 97 balls and had six boundary hits. The inningscame to an end soon afterwards. Singh (4 for 64 off 26 overs) andParida (4 for 62 off 26.5 overs) emerged the bowling heroes.Railways skipper Abhay Sharma decided to bat again and openers AmitPagnis and Sanjay Bangar helped their team to consolidate by hitting106 runs off 27 overs. By close, Pagnis had faced 67 balls for his 47while Bangar had faced 95 balls for his 53. While Pagnis hit fivefours, Bangar hit eight fours and a six. With an overall lead of 320,Railways hold all the aces with two days left.