Karnataka posted a modest total of 255 for the loss of seven wickets on the opening day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match against Maharashtra at M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Sunday.

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Electing to bat, Karnataka scored 255, following a 118-run partnership for the second wicket between Robin Uthappa (96) and Barrington Rowland (46).

Karnataka, who are under pressure to earn an outright win against Maharashtra, seemed to be in trouble at that stage.

Karnataka has three points from four matches and Maharashtra four from as many outings.

After the exit of opener Bharat Chipli (27), who was bowled by Munaf Patel [Images] at the team total of 45, Barrington joined Uthappa and managed to push the score to 163.

The fall of Barrington, who chipped in with a valuable knock of 46 (4x4s), was the beginning of the collapse of the Karnataka batting line-up.

Skipper Sujit Somasundar scored 31 (2x4s) before his stumps were uprooted by Suyash Burkal.

C Raghu on 11 and R Vinay Kumar on one were at the crease when stumps were drawn for the day.

Scorecard:

Karnataka (First innings):
Robin Uthappa c Satyaji Satbhai b Sairaj Bahutule       96
Bharath Chipli b Munaf Patel                            27
Barrington Rowland c Satyaji Satbhai B Munaf Patel      46
Sudhindra P Shinde c Dhruv Mohan b Rohit Jadhav         19
Sujit Somasundar b Suyash Burkul                        31
V S Tilak Naidu b Hrishikesh Kanitkar                   11
B Akhil c Satyaji Satbhai b Sairaj Bahutule              3
C Raghu (batting)                                       11
R Vinay Kumar (batting)                                  1
Extras (lb-4, nb-4, wd-2)                               10
Total (for seven wkts in 92 overs)                 255
Fall of wkts: 1/45, 2/163, 3/186, 4/206, 5/236, 6/240, 7/251

Bowling: Munaf Patel 20-7-37-2, Suyash Burkul 10-2-37-1, Anupam Sanklecha 13-4-31-0, Sairaj Bhahutule 29-3-80-2, Rohit Jadhav 13-1-50-1, Hrishikesh Kanetkar 7-1-16-1.