An unbroken 102 run partnership between opening batsman Bharath Chipli (68) and Barrington Rownald (29) for the second wicket enabled hosts Karnataka to post 117 for one after dismissing Bengal for 335 all out in the first innings of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match played at Infosys ground in Mysore on Sunday.

Earlier, the visitors could add only 127 to their overnight score of 208 for three. Rohan Gavaskar (96), who seemed well settled yesterday, missed his century by four runs when he was brilliantly caught by wicket keeper Tilak Naidu off Sunil Joshi.

Spinners Udit Patil claimed four wickets conceding 103 runs, his second four-wicket haul in Ranji.

He was well supported by left arm spinner Sunil B Joshi who claimed three wickets by conceding 69 runs. Vinay Kumar, D Ganesh and B Akhil were the other wicket takers for the hosts.

Scorecard

Bengal 1st innings
A Das c Uthappa b Joshi 56
S Das c Somasunder b Vinay Kumar
D Gandhi lbw b Akhil 19
R Gavaskar c Naidu b Joshi 96
M Tewari lbw b Ganesh 43
D Dasgupta c Uthappa b Patel 21
L Shukla c Rowland b Joshi 40
S Lahiri c Chipli b Patel 14
S Singh c Chipli b Patel 10
S Paul c Chipli b Patel 0
R Bose not out 1
Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 3, nb 11) 21
Total (all out, 151.1 overs, 615 mins) 331

Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-52, 3-137, 4-234, 5-245, 6-278, 7-301, 8-327, 9-327, 10-331.

Bowling: Vinay Kumar 23 4 45 1 (6nb, 2w), Ganesh 26 4 60 1 (5nb, 1w), Joshi 42.1 8 69 3, Akhil 18 5 42 1, Patel 41 9 102 4, Uthappa 1 0 6 0

Karnataka 1st innings
R Uthappa lbw b Paul 5
B Chipli not out 69
B Rowland not out 29
Extras (lb 7, nb 7) 14
Total (1 wicket, 29 overs) 117

Fall of wickets: 1-15

Bowling: Bose 6 2 9 0, Paul 8 1 37 1 (4nb), Lahiri 6 0 35 0 (3nb), Singh 5 2 15 0, Tewari 4 0 14 0

UNI