Haryana were in a spot of bother after being reduced to 176 for six in their first innings in reply to Karnataka's 371 in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group match in Mysore on Saturday.

Resuming at 301 for six, Karnataka were dismissed after the addition of 70 runs, with Thilak Naidu top-scoring with a fine knock of 84.

For Haryana, Joginder Sharma grabbed four wickets for 101 runs, while Sanjay Badhwar scalped three for 49.

Haryana batsmen found the going tough and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. At stumps, Mahesh Rawat was unbeaten on 28 and Sachin Rana was not out on 22.

Scoreboard:

Karnataka first innings: (Overnight score: 301-6)
R Barrington c Shafiq Khan b Joginder Sharma 2
B Chipli lbw b Joginder Sharma 0
R Uthappa lbw b Sunny Singh 56
C Raghu lbw b Joginder Sharma 62
Yere Goud run out 16
B Akhil lbw b Amit Mishra 3
T Naidu c Mahesh Rawat b Sanjay Badhwar 84
S Joshi lbw b Sanjay Badhwar 45
N C Aiyappa b Sanjay Badhwar 6
R Vinay Kumar c Deep Joon b Joginder Sharma 48
K P Appanna not out 4

Extras (b-8, lb-13, nb-23, w-1) 45

Total (all out in 113.1 overs) 371

Fall of wickets: 1/19, 2/35, 3/85, 4/149, 5/166, 6/182, 7/305, 8/312, 9/328.

Bowling: Joginder Sharma 34.1-9-101-4, Sachin Rana 16-1-49-0, Sanjay Badhwar 20-4-49-3, Amit Mishra 23-3-71-1, Gaurav Vashist 10-2-49-0, Sunny Singh 10-2-31-1.

Haryana first innings:
 S Sharma c Thilak Naidu b R Vinay Kumar 0
 S Singh c B Akhil b Sunil Joshi 27
 D Joon c Sunil Joshi b B Akhil 43
 S Verma c Thilak Naidu b K P Appanna 13
 S Khan c Bharat Chipli b K P Appanna 2
 J Sharma b B Akhil 26
 M Rawat not out 28
 S Rana not out 22

Extras (b-9, lb-1, nb-4, w-1) 15

Total (for six wickets in 64 overs) 176

Fall of wickets: 1/2, 2/40, 3/76, 4/79, 5/118, 6/124.

Bowling: R Vinay Kumar 12-3-47-1, N C Aiyappa 11-1-20-0, B Akhil 8-2-26-2, Sunil Joshi 18-5-29-1, C Raghu 6-0-20-0, K P Appanna 9-4-24-2.