Andhra are in the driver's seat in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match in Anatpur.
After dismissing Karnataka for a paltry 111 in their first innings, they were were 62 without loss in 34 overs in their second innings at draw of stumps on day two, Tuesday, taking their lead to 189 runs, with 10 wickets in hand.
Opener L N P Reddy (21) and MSK Prasad (38, 4 x 4, 1 x 6) were unbeaten at close.
Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna was the star of the second day's play. He created havoc in the Karnataka camp, coming up with his best performance in the Ranji Trophy by dismissing six batsmen for 43 runs that triggered the opposition's collapse. Kalyankrishna, a right arm medium pacer, surpassed his previous best first class performance of 6 for 56 runs.
Earlier, A S K Varma completed his second first class century but failed to surpass his best score of 105, as he was run-out by Vinay Kumar's throw. He scored 103 in 234 balls that included eight boundaries and two sixes. With his departure, Andhra's first innings ended at 238.
Karnataka's joy was, however, short-lived as they kept losing wickets with the fall of opener Robin Uthappa, who was caught by R V C Prasad off Shahabuddin for 15.
New batsman Chougule tried to settle down at the wicket in the company of Barrington Rowland, but was bowled beautifully by Kalyankrishna for just three runs.
Seven runs later Shahabuddin struck once again to remove Rowland after the batsman scored 33 runs, off 82 balls inclusive of five fours.
This triggered Karnataka's collapse, Kalyankrishna creating havoc at the other end. They lost four wickets without adding a run to their total. With the collapse of their middle order, Karnataka could not recover and their innings folded at the Nelson's figure of 111 in 43.2 overs. Only Sunil Joshi (24, 23 balls, 3 x 4) and Vinay Kumar (17, 39 balls, 1 x 4) could offer resistance to the Andhra medium pacers.
Scorecard
Andhra (1st innings):
MSK Prasad c Akhil b Binny 27
LNP Reddy c Akhil b Appanna 24
ASK Varma run out 103
Venugopal Rao c Naidu b Joshi 69
Sumanth c Akhil b Appanna 0
Arjun Kumar c Akhil b Appanna 1
RVC Prasad c Akhil b Appanna 2
Sahabuddin lbw b Vinay Kumar 9
M Faiq c Raghu b Vinay Kumar 0
K.Krishna c Akhil B Appanna 0
Vijay Kumar not out 0.
Extras: (lb 2, nb 1) 3
Total: (all out in 95 overs) 238
Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-62, 3-187, 4-190, 5-198, 6-200, 7-223, 8-223, 9-224.
Bowling: Vinay Kumar 17.5-6-39-2, Akhil 13-4-33-0, Sunil Joshi 28-5-57-1, Stuart Binny 13-5-24-1, Appanna 22-2-79-5, Raghu 2-0-4-0.
Karnataka (1st innings):
B Rowland c MSK Prasad b Sahabuddin 33
R Uthappa c RVC Prasad b Sahabuddin 15
D Chougule b Kalyankrishna 3
C Raghu c RVC Prasad b Kalyankrishna 0
YKT Goud c MSK Prasad b Kalyankrishna 6
V Naidu c MSK Prasad b Kalyankrishna 0
B Akhil b Kalyankrishna 0
S Binny c Sumanth b Kalyankrishna 3
S Joshi c MSK Prasad b Vijay Kumar 24
Vinay Kumar c Faiq b Vijay Kumar 17
K Appanna (not out) 0
Extras: (lb 3, w 1, nb 6) 10
Total: (all out in 43.2 overs) 111
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-45, 3-55, 4-55, 5-55, 6-55, 7-65, 8-68, 9-97.
Bowling: Sahabuddin 17-6-41-2, Kalyankrishna 15-4-43-6, Vijay Kumar 11.2-2-24-2.
Andhra (2nd innings):
MSK Prasad batting 35
LNP Reddy batting 21
Extras: (lb2, nb1) 3
Total: (for no loss, in 34 overs) 62
Bowling: Vinay Kumar 10-4-20-0, Akhil 7-2-8-0, Binny 5-2-8-0, Joshi 6-3-12-0, Appanna 6-0-12-0.
