In a practice game, the Karnataka state squad easily defeats the Asian Games-bound India Men’s team. In Alur, Karnataka defeated the India Men’s team by six wickets.
Karnataka absolutely dominated the proceedings in a spectacular turnaround of events. In a warm-up game with the Asian Games-bound Indian squad on Friday, September 22 at the Alur facilities. The second-string national squad batted first, but they had a nightmare on the day as Karnataka’s state bowlers wrecked havoc on the hitters with their supreme rhythm. As a result, the Indian squad was knocked out cheaply for 133 runs.
Speaking of the warm-up game, the pacers appeared in fine form for the Karnataka side, keeping things close. This meant that they didn’t give the national players many free deliveries to play with. Karnataka didn’t let any runs in, which annoyed the Indian hitters. The total bowling numbers of the young Karnataka bowlers made this very obvious.
Pacers V. Koushik (3/36) grabbed a three-wicket haul, while Manoj Bhandage shined with the ball for the state, taking four wickets (4/15). In the spin department, Karnataka’s left-arm spinner Shubhang Hegde (3/17) also contributed with a three-wicket haul.
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Manish Pandey starred with the bat for Karnataka in a clinical run chase
Speaking about the game and remarkable performances, Yashasvi Jaiswal (31) for the India side, who will be representing the country in the ongoing Asian Games in Huangzhou, China, did get some start but failed to capitalise on it. Apart from him, Prabhsimran Singh (49) played well but fell short of his half-century by a whisker.
Things did not appear to be difficult for the Karnataka batters as the national bowlers failed to keep their line and lengths tight in their attempt to defend a low-scoring total. As a result, Manish Pandey, the senior batter, produced a brilliant innings and remained undefeated (52*) for a well-deserved half-century to help Karnataka win the game in just 19.1 overs.