Panaji, Oct 27: Karun Nair made his 25th first-class hundred to take Karnataka to a strong position against Goa on the rain-hit second day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match on Sunday.Karun, who was omitted from the India Test squad after a middling series in England recently, made an unbeaten 174 off 267 balls to announce his return to the run-making ways.
It helped Karnataka make 371 in their first innings after resuming from overnight 222 for five.Karun started the day from 86, and batted in his usual solid self to complete the hundred.Lower-order batters like Vysakh Vijayakumar (31) helped Karun to move the Karnataka innings past the 350-mark.For Goa, pacers Arjun Tendulkar and former Karnataka player Vasuki Koushik picked up three wickets each.Goa were 28 for one when the rain poured down to end the day’s proceedings, and now they trail by 343 runs going into the third day.