Gujarat secured a 58-run first innings lead over Karnataka on the penultimate day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Thursday.
The visitors, who made 330 in their first knock, dismissed Karnataka for 272 and then scored 124 for two in their second innings at stumps.
They now have an overall lead of 182 runs.
Resuming at 162 for six, the hosts had something to cheer about as spinner Sunil Joshi and wicketkeeper Thilak Naidu shared an 87-run stand for the seventh wicket to give some respectibility to the team's final score.
Openers Akash Christian (57) and Nilesh Modi (44) gave a solid start for Gujarat in their second knock, putting on 103 runs for the first wicket.
Scorecard:
Karnataka 1st innings (overnight score: 162-6)
J Arunkumar lbw b Trivedi 29
B Rowland c Parmar b T Patel 59
S Somasunder run out (Modi) 19
K Ponnappa c Modi b T Patel 8
Vijay Bharadwaj lbw b L Patel 9
V Naidu c Modi b L Patel 34
S Binny c P Patel b L Patel 0
S Joshi c & b T Patel 54
D Ganesh not out 23
R Vinay Kumar b Trivedi 4
U Patel b L Patel 3
Extras (b 11, lb 7, w 4, nb 8) 30
Total (all out in 108.5 overs) 272
Fall of wickets: 61-1, 99-2, 111-3, 133-4, 146-5, 146-6, 226-7, 258-8, 267-9, 272-10.
Bowling: S Trivedi 24-7-54-2, L Patel 24.5-10-62-4, T Patel 32-6-93-3, H Majmudar 17-7-25-0, Damani 8-3-11-0, N Patel 3-1-9-0
Gujarat 2nd innings:
N Modi run out (Rowland) 44
A Christian lbw b Ganesh 57
N Patel not out 16
T Patel not out 0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 5) 7
Total ( for 2 wickets in 48 overs) 124
Still to bat: P Patel, K Damani, B Thaker, M Parmar, S Trivedi, L Patel, H Majmudar.
Fall of wickets: 104-1, 113-2.
Bowling: D Ganesh 8-1-28-1, Vinay Kumar 9-1-26-0, S Joshi 17-5-25-0, U Patel 13-0-41-0, B Rowland 1-0-2-0.
