Skipper Manish Pandey, who replaced Siddharth at the crease, is batting on 21 and has so far added 31 runs with the left-handed Padikkal. He continued to score and stitched a 223-run stand in 357 balls for the third wicket with Siddharth, which put Karnataka in control. His knock so far has come off 277 balls, and included 20 fours and two sixes. Padikkal in the meanwhile had reached his maiden first class ton. None of the bowlers could make an impression as the stylish Padikkal and Siddharth got going and took the score to 204 for 2 in 61 overs at tea. ![]() It was a toil for the Pondicherry bowlers after medium-pacer Ashith Rajiv struck two early blows to remove the consistent Samarth and Nair. The big-hitting batter was in full flow in the second session as he and K V Siddharth (85) put the opposition bowlers to the sword. Padikkal did the rescue act and moved to 47 as Karnataka recovered to 88 for 2 at lunch. Sent in to bat by Pondicherry captain D Rohit, Karnataka were reduced to 39 for 2 in the 19th over, losing opener R Samarth (11) and Karun Nair (6) to Ashith Rajiv (2 for 37). Padikkal slammed his maiden first-class hundred, an unbeaten 161, as Karnataka ended day one of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match against Pondicherry here at 293 for 3.
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