Karnataka were narrowly denied a well deserved victory after a superbbowling performance by GV Ravi (eight for 59) reduced Goa to 189 for 9on the final day of the KSCA Coca Cola Under-25 Tournament at the MChinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on

Natarajan Sriram01-Oct-2000Karnataka were narrowly denied a well deserved victory after a superbbowling performance by GV Ravi (eight for 59) reduced Goa to 189 for 9on the final day of the KSCA Coca Cola Under-25 Tournament at the MChinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday.The start of play on Saturday was delayed by 45 minutes, due toovernight rain. Goa, 208 runs in arrears on the first innings, made asedate start with openers N Mulgaonkar (29) and Nityanand Halgekar(49) adding 89 runs in 32.5 overs. It was Ravi who made the firstinroads into the Goa line up when he had Mulgoankar caught by Vinod.This was the signal for Goa’s collapse as wickets fell like nine pins.The only other substantial contribution came from vice captain KapilAngle (31). He shared a 33-run fourth wicket partnership in 11.5 overswith Gaurish Phadte (18).Goa just about managed to avert an innings defeat when play was calledoff at 16.45 hours. Karnataka managed to earn five points on the basisof their first innings lead while the visitors earned three points.Karnataka are slated to play Andhra from October 5-7.