Jawad & Bedare’s fifties power K’taka

Bengaluru: Karnataka began their campaign in the Men's U-25 State A Trophy with a three-wicket win over Hyderabad in Rajkot on Saturday. Opting to bowl, the

Shubhang

Hegde-led Karnataka restricted Hyderabad to 157 in 41.5 overs. For the bowling side,

Shivakumar BU

returned 3 for 23, while

M Venkatesh

and skipper Shubhang accounted for two wickets apiece. In reply, Karnataka stuttered, losing wickets at regular intervals, but half-centuries from Aqib Jawad (55) and Kishan Bedare 54 n.o, saw the team through with plenty to spare. Brief scores: Hyderabad: 157 allout in 41.5 overs (Abhirath Reddy 65; Shubhang Hegde 2-37, Venkatesh M 2-40, Shivakumar BU 3-23) lost to Karnataka: 158/7 in 38.3 overs (Aqib Jawad 55, Kishan S Bedare 54 n.o; Kartikeya Kak 3-59, Hitesh Yadav 3-23).