Irani Trophy 2014-15: Day 2

Karnataka could serve well for other teams too

Aaron's 'best performance' softens World Cup blow

Stumps on Day 2. K'taka close down at 39/0 with both the openers not letting the ROI bowlers a break in. Toodles dear friends. Catch you all tomorrow.

K'taka- 24/0 and surpass the deficit by 4 runs.

Karnataka batsmen are back in the middle to get on with their second innings. Varun Aaron runs in to bowl the first over.

That's it! ROI are all out for 264 and lead by a small margin of 20 runs. Innings break right now.

#IraniCup 2014-15 Karnataka 244 ROI 258/9 in 71 overs @VarunAaron 21* @pragyanojha 2* Lead by 14 Runs #KARvRoI @ranjiscores
— Rajesh Khilare (@Cricrajeshpk) March 18, 2015

Karnataka concede the first innings lead - RoI lead by 5 runs. 249/9. #IraniCup #KARvRoI
— Karnataka Ranji Team (@RanjiKarnataka) March 18, 2015

BOWLED! Gopal rattles the stumps behind Thakur. ROI are 242/9 now.

Rest of India 232/8

#kannadaprabha #iranicup What a ball by mithun.. kedhar jadav (78) fighting innings come to end.. ROI 219/8..tril by 25.. Its tea time nw..
— somashekar (@ssoma220) March 18, 2015

200 up for RoI - 200/6, trail by 44 runs. Kedar Jadhav going rampant on 71. #IraniCup #KARvRoI
— Karnataka Ranji Team (@RanjiKarnataka) March 18, 2015

Shreyas Gopal strikes to end good stand. Jayant Yadav heads back on 26. ROI 182/6, trailing by 62. Kedar Jadhav batting on 58. #IraniCup
— Gokul Gopal (@gokulngopal) March 18, 2015

Rest of India 177/5 with Jayant Yadav on 26 and Kedar Jadhav on 53

The duo have added 75 runs to their stand already.

Kedar Jadhav gets to his fifty with a square cut

ROI are slowly closing in on the lead and are only 87 runs behind now.

Jadhav hits one down the ground past mid-off for four and sets Vinay Kumar thinking.

Maharashtrian Kedar Jadhav has steadied his innings really well so far. He's moved on to 38.

Karnataka 244 Rest of India 146/5 (42.5 ov) Rest of India trail by 98 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings #IraniCup #KARvRoI
— Indian Cricket Team (@IndiaCricNews) March 18, 2015

The play resumes after lunch

Rest of India 127/5 and they trail by 117 runs.

RoI are 4 down for 91. Mithun gets the important wicket of Ojha. Trail by 153. 2W for Vinay and 1W each for Mithun and Shreyas. #KARvRoI
— Karnataka Ranji Team (@RanjiKarnataka) March 18, 2015

Kedar Jadhav slotted to come at No.6

Dogra wasn't taken out by leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal!

Vinay Kumar has accounted for both the ROI openers Unmukt Chand and Jiwanjot Singh

Naman Ojha (34 off 64) and Manoj Tiwary (13 off 21) at the crease now..

Karnataka - 244, Rest of India - 90/3 in 27 overs..

Irani Trophy 2014-15: Day 2 - ROI v Karnataka