<p>Uthappa tore apart Punjab bowling attack as the hosts toiled hard to take wickets.<br />He also weaved important partnerships of 130 and 89 for the third and fourth wicket with Ganesh Satish (55) and Manish Pandey (49) respectively.<br /><br />The right-handed batsman Uthappa whose knock of 149 came from 182 balls that included 16 hits to the fence and two sixes, was unlucky to get run out.<br /><br />Earlier, in reply to Punjab's modest 243 in the first innings, Karnataka did not get off to a good start. They suffered an early blow when opener K B Pawan was adjudged caught behind off Manpreet Gony's bowling, a decision which looked doubtful.<br /><br />K L Rahul, making his Ranji debut, also failed to impress as he was caught and bowled by Sidhu.With Karnataka struggling at 2-52, Satish and Uthappa steered the visitors out of trouble.<br /><br />Then after the fall of Satish's wicket, Uthappa, who hit a boundary of Karan Goel to bring up his hundred, got valuable support from Pandey.Pandey played an useful knock before lobbing a catch to Punjab skipper Pankaj Dharmani of the bowling of N T S Sidhu (2-86), who proved expensive.<br /><br />At the end of the day's play, Amit Verma (21) and skipper R Vinay Kumar (7) were at the crease.Yesterday, Karnataka pacers R Vinay Kumar and Sreenath Aravind helped their team bundle Punjab out for a mere 243.<br /><br />While this is Karnataka's first match of the season, Punjab have already conceded the first-innings lead in their opening game against Uttar Pradesh that earned them just one point.<br /><br />Brief scores:<br />Punjab 1st innings: 243 all out in 89.5 overs (Uday Kaul 94, Yuvraj Singh 39, R Vinay Kumar 5-61, Sreenath Aravind 4-63).<br />Karnataka 1st innings: 346 for 6 in 90 overs (Robin Uthappa 149, Ganesh Satish 55, Manish Pandey 49, N T S Sidhu 2-86).</p>
<p>Uthappa tore apart Punjab bowling attack as the hosts toiled hard to take wickets.<br />He also weaved important partnerships of 130 and 89 for the third and fourth wicket with Ganesh Satish (55) and Manish Pandey (49) respectively.<br /><br />The right-handed batsman Uthappa whose knock of 149 came from 182 balls that included 16 hits to the fence and two sixes, was unlucky to get run out.<br /><br />Earlier, in reply to Punjab's modest 243 in the first innings, Karnataka did not get off to a good start. They suffered an early blow when opener K B Pawan was adjudged caught behind off Manpreet Gony's bowling, a decision which looked doubtful.<br /><br />K L Rahul, making his Ranji debut, also failed to impress as he was caught and bowled by Sidhu.With Karnataka struggling at 2-52, Satish and Uthappa steered the visitors out of trouble.<br /><br />Then after the fall of Satish's wicket, Uthappa, who hit a boundary of Karan Goel to bring up his hundred, got valuable support from Pandey.Pandey played an useful knock before lobbing a catch to Punjab skipper Pankaj Dharmani of the bowling of N T S Sidhu (2-86), who proved expensive.<br /><br />At the end of the day's play, Amit Verma (21) and skipper R Vinay Kumar (7) were at the crease.Yesterday, Karnataka pacers R Vinay Kumar and Sreenath Aravind helped their team bundle Punjab out for a mere 243.<br /><br />While this is Karnataka's first match of the season, Punjab have already conceded the first-innings lead in their opening game against Uttar Pradesh that earned them just one point.<br /><br />Brief scores:<br />Punjab 1st innings: 243 all out in 89.5 overs (Uday Kaul 94, Yuvraj Singh 39, R Vinay Kumar 5-61, Sreenath Aravind 4-63).<br />Karnataka 1st innings: 346 for 6 in 90 overs (Robin Uthappa 149, Ganesh Satish 55, Manish Pandey 49, N T S Sidhu 2-86).</p>