<p>Karnataka posted 379 on the third and penultimate day to take a 153-run first innings lead before reducing Odisha to 169 for four in their Ranji Trophy Group A league encounter here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>At stumps, Odisha had taken a 16-run lead with six wickets remaining.<br /><br />Going into tomorrow's game, Karnataka will be looking to bundle out the visitors as early as possible and then try to overhaul the required target to score an outright win.<br /><br />Resuming on 288 for four with yesterday's centurion Manish Pandey and CM Gautam at the crease, Karnataka went on to add another 91 runs.<br /><br />Gautam (16), who added 48 runs for the fourth wicket with Pandey, soon got out, but Pandey, who resumed on 108, scored a patient 132 off 236 balls, laced with 15 fours and four sixes.<br /><br />Abhimanyu Mithun, who had finished with impressive bowling figures of six for 52 in Odisha's first innings, also contributed with the bat. He scored a quickfire 48-ball 43 with the help of six boundaries and a six to help Karnataka take an upper hand.<br />Odisha, in their second innings, got off to a disastrous start with their top order back in the pavillion with scorecard reading 36 for three.<br /><br />Govind Poddar and skipper Biplab Samantray tried to steady the boat a bit but the former fell for 74-ball 34.<br /><br />Samantray, however, found an able partner in Abhilash Mallick and the duo stitched an unbeaten 95 runs together for the fifth wicket at the draw of stumps.<br />At close of play, Samantray was not out on 50, while Mallick was on 47.<br />It was HS Sharath (3/41), who accounted for all the three Odisha wickets on the day.<br /><br />Brief scores:<br />Odisha: 226 & 169 for four in 60 overs (Biplab Samantray batting 50, Abhilash Mallick batting 47; HS Sharath 3/41).<br /><br />Karnataka 1st innings: 379 all out (Manish Pandey 132, Abhimanyu Mithun 43; Suryakant Pradhan 3/66).</p>
<p>Karnataka posted 379 on the third and penultimate day to take a 153-run first innings lead before reducing Odisha to 169 for four in their Ranji Trophy Group A league encounter here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>At stumps, Odisha had taken a 16-run lead with six wickets remaining.<br /><br />Going into tomorrow's game, Karnataka will be looking to bundle out the visitors as early as possible and then try to overhaul the required target to score an outright win.<br /><br />Resuming on 288 for four with yesterday's centurion Manish Pandey and CM Gautam at the crease, Karnataka went on to add another 91 runs.<br /><br />Gautam (16), who added 48 runs for the fourth wicket with Pandey, soon got out, but Pandey, who resumed on 108, scored a patient 132 off 236 balls, laced with 15 fours and four sixes.<br /><br />Abhimanyu Mithun, who had finished with impressive bowling figures of six for 52 in Odisha's first innings, also contributed with the bat. He scored a quickfire 48-ball 43 with the help of six boundaries and a six to help Karnataka take an upper hand.<br />Odisha, in their second innings, got off to a disastrous start with their top order back in the pavillion with scorecard reading 36 for three.<br /><br />Govind Poddar and skipper Biplab Samantray tried to steady the boat a bit but the former fell for 74-ball 34.<br /><br />Samantray, however, found an able partner in Abhilash Mallick and the duo stitched an unbeaten 95 runs together for the fifth wicket at the draw of stumps.<br />At close of play, Samantray was not out on 50, while Mallick was on 47.<br />It was HS Sharath (3/41), who accounted for all the three Odisha wickets on the day.<br /><br />Brief scores:<br />Odisha: 226 & 169 for four in 60 overs (Biplab Samantray batting 50, Abhilash Mallick batting 47; HS Sharath 3/41).<br /><br />Karnataka 1st innings: 379 all out (Manish Pandey 132, Abhimanyu Mithun 43; Suryakant Pradhan 3/66).</p>