Mumbai, Nov 18: Day 2 of the Elite Ranji Trophy encounter between Mumbai and Karnataka saw the batsmen plunder runs while the bowlers continued to toil hard at the Brabourne Stadium. Manish Pandey cracked an unbeaten double century while Amit Verma scored 173 as Karnataka declared their first innings for 635 runs.

At stumps, Mumbai were 37 for the loss of one wicket with Ajinkya Rahane (23*) and Abhishek Nayar (14*) at the crease.

Building on the overnight score of 44, Amit Verma was unfortunate to miss out on a double century after facing 275 balls. The first session yielded 108 runs as Verma and Vinay Kumar milked the Mumbai bowlers with the former hitting a six each off Iqbal Abdulla and Ramesh Powar. Powar picked the only Karnataka wicket that fell in the morning session when he bowled Vinay Kumar for 57.

The Karnataka skipper was replaced by Manish Pandey who had retired hurt on Day 1 after posting a century. Pandey, in the company of Verma, continued to pile on the runs for the visitors. Rohit Sharma too was brought in to bowl a few overs after lunch in an effort to break the partnership. But it was once again Powar who claimed Verma to break the 157-run stand and give the hosts a breakthrough.

Abhimanyu Mithun, who replaced Verma with the visitors on 544 for the loss of seven wickets, launched into the Mumbai attack. Mithun added to the misery of Mumbai bowlers as he slammed sixes and fours around the ground until he was dismissed by Ankeet Chavan for 45. He hit three massive sixes off Powar and one off Chavan during his 37-ball cameo which took Karnataka to the 600-run mark before tea. With 189 runs coming off the second session, the visitors were 613 for the loss of eight wickets at tea.

After tea Chavan struck again to send back new batsman Sreenath Arvind for a duck. With nine batsmen back in the pavilion, and Pandey needing 20 runs to complete his double ton, it was up to KP Appanna to hold up the other end. The spinner faced 12 balls without scoring a run and kept Pandey company. Once Pandey reached the 200-run mark (off 250, 23X4, 1X6), Karnataka declared their innings.

Chasing a mammoth total, Mumbai lost skipper and opener Wasim Jaffer in the first over with just three runs on the board as Vinay Kumar had him out lbw. Despite having a strong batting line-up, the hosts have a huge task ahead of them with two days left in the game.

Brief score: ELITE A - Mumbai vs. Karnataka at Mumbai: Mumbai 37-1 after 12.0 overs. Karnataka 635-9 in 165.2 overs

Other highlights of the day:

Bengal captain Manoj Tiwary continued with his good form in the Ranji Trophy hitting his way to a double century on Day 2 of his team’s match against Madhya Pradesh. Batting overnight on 136*, Tiwary scored 267 as Bengal posted a mammoth 496 all out in their first innings. Sourav Ganguly, who had an unbeaten 37 on Day 1, fell after adding just another 10 runs to his overnight score. However, Madhya Pradesh made a strong reply as they ended Day 2 at 136 for the loss of one wicket with opener Naman Ojha striking an unbeaten 60.

Brief score: ELITE B - Bengal vs. MP at Kolkata: MP 136-1 after 34.0 overs (NV Ojha 60*, MD Mishra 20*). Bengal 496 all out (MS Tiwary 267, AS Das 105, IS Pandey 4-115)

Other brief scores at the end of Day 2:

ELITE A - Rajasthan vs. Railways at Delhi: Railways 32-1 after 8.0 overs. Rajasthan 521-8 decl. after 172.0 overs. (Menaria 230, R Bisht 167, AP Kathuria 5-154)

ELITE A - Orissa vs. UP at Bhubaneswar: UP 54-1 after 21.0 overs (T Srivastava 35*, M Kaif 14*). Orissa 482 all out in 160.3 overs. (BB Samantray 171, AR Mallick 99, P Chawla 5-105)

ELITE A - Punjab vs. Saurashtra at Mohali: Punjab 59-3 after 12.4 overs (SK Kanwar 36, J Unadkat 3-32). Saurashtra 542 all out in 162.4 overs (SH Kotak 166*, SD Jogiyani 164, MS Grewal 6-143)

ELITE B - Baroda vs. Haryana at Baroda: Baroda 104-1 after 42.5 overs (AA Waghmode 51*, RK Solanki 44*). Haryana 390 all out (RV Dewan 164, NR Saini 112, MY Vahora 5-78, SK Singh 3-42)

ELITE B - Delhi vs. Tamil Nadu at Delhi: Tamil Nadu 281-8 after 94.0 overs (A Mukund 89*, R Prasanna 59, Yo Mahesh V 47, A Nehra 2-70, PJ Sangwan 2-64). Delhi 212 all out (UB Chand 86, YA Nagar 59, L Balaji 3-42, KJ Jagannathan 3-41)

PLATE A - SSCB vs. Vidarbha at Delhi (Palam): Vidarbha 508-6 after 180.0 overs (A Chore 157, S Sunder Das 87, S Bahutule 80*, Nishan Singh 3-78)

PLATE A - Andhra vs. Himachal at Vijayawada: Himachal 267-4 after 82.0 overs (PK Dogra 106, VA Sharma 69, VD Paidikalva 2-45). Andhra 265 all out (HH Vatekar 69, CK Gonnabattula 61, VS Malik 5-58, VM Bhatia 3-47)

PLATE A - Kerala vs. Tripura at Kochi: Kerala 223-5 after 91.0 overs (JV Arundhathi Amma 57, Sachin Baby 52*, UB Patel 4-50). Tripura 139 all out (VR Samant 65, SK Cheruvathur 6-40)

PLATE B - Assam vs. Hyderabad at Guwahati: Hyderabad 175-1 after 55.0 overs (AR Produturi 82, RD Bhamidipati 48). Assam 227 all out (SA Roy 80, AM Khan 4-38, L Mohan 4-70)

PLATE B - Maharashtra vs. Jharkhand at Nashik: Jharkhand 195-7 after 57.0 overs (RN Nemat 79,SS Tiwary 42, SS Mundhe 3-64). Maharashtra 460 all out (CG Khurana 123, NS Paradkar 87, SJ Nadeem 4-94)

PLATE B - J&K vs. Goa at Jammu: Goa 281 & 71-1 after 17.0 overs. J&K 260-all out in 74.2 overs (H Singh 109, A Yadav 4-54).