da bet7k： Karnataka were just two wickets away from a crushing victory overRajasthan at the end of the third day of their Super League game atBangalore’s RSI Ground today
18-Feb-2000Karnataka were just two wickets away from a crushing victory overRajasthan at the end of the third day of their Super League game atBangalore’s RSI Ground today. After an untypically swift Rahul Dravidcentury had helped set Rajasthan a victory target of 359, the visitorswere tottering at 128/8 from 51 overs when stumps were drawn.Resuming at 77/1, Beerala and Dravid advanced the score to 128 withoutfurther mishap before the former was out for 59 (124 balls, 7fours). Thilak Naidu arrived at the crease to add a further 115 inDravid’s company. Naidu was out one short of his fifty but Dravid wenton to compile 149 off just 173 balls (16 fours, 1 six) before hisstumps were disturbed by Anup Dave. Kumble declared at the fall of AVijay’s wicket at 326/6.Rajasthan never looked like making a match of it and a dismal middleorder slump from 62/1 to 73/6 sealed their fate. Opener AS Jain topscored with 32 as Srinath, Prasad and Kumble claimed two wickets each.