Karnataka beat Andhra by five wickets in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match to record their first win of the season at the RSI grounds in Bangalore on Tuesday. They scored the required 155 runs from 39.4 overs at the loss of five wickets.

Earlier in the morning, resuming on 188 for six, the visitors were all out for 245, setting a victory target of 155 for Karnataka, who had gained a first innings lead of 91.

Karnataka secured four points from the encounter, taking their tally to six while Andhra remain on two points.

Scorecard

Andhra Pradesh(1st innings): 237

Karnataka (1st innings): 328

Andhra Pradesh (2nd innings): overnight 188 for six
A Pathak b R Vinay Kumar 10
L Prasad Reddy c T Naidu b Aiyappa 16
A Verma b Joshi 58
Y Venugopal Rao c T Naidu b Aiyappa 64
A Pradeep lbw b Joshi 00
Y Gnaneswar Rao c & b Ganesh 06
K Shahabuddin c Naidu b Aiyappa 19
R Prasad c Somasunder b Aiyappa 17
M Faiq not out 22
M Prasad c Uthappa b Joshi 11
Kalyankrishna c Aiyappa b Joshi 00

Extras: (b18, lb1, nb2, w1) 22

Total: (all out in 96.5 overs) 245

Fall: 1-11, 2-45, 3-136, 4-140, 5-165, 6-180, 7-204, 8-211, 9-245.

Bowling: Ganesh 20-3-67-1, Vinay Kumar 15-3-47-1, Joshi 33.5-12-63-4, N C Aiyappa 22-9-33-4, Stuart Binny 3-0-12-0, C Raghu 3-1-4-0.

Karnataka (2nd innings): target- 155 runs
A Uthappa st Reddy b Venugopal Rao 18
B Rowland lbw b Venugopal Rao 27
S Somasunder b R Prasad 26
V Naidu not out 36
V Bharadwaj b Venugopal Rao 0
S Binny c Kalyankrishna b Venugopal Rao 22
S Joshi not out 15

Extras: (b 8, lb 4, w 2) 14

Total: (5 wickets, 39.4 overs, 187 mins) 158

Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-67, 3-98, 4-98, 5-127.

Bowling: Shahbuddin 14-5-39-0, Kalyankrishna 7-1-30-0, Venugopal Rao 11-2-47-4, R Prasad 4.4-1-15-1, Faiq 2-0-10-0, Varma 1-0-5-0.