Coaching rules in tennis find a 'pod', positioning at the Australian Open

Nishesh Basavareddy thought it was pretty crazy. Not just that he was sharing the Rod Laver Arena with his idol Novak Djokovic, but also that on numerous occasions when he went to fetch his towel between points, seated almost at an arm's length to him was Andy Murray.

- Rutvick Mehta

get off the mark and never really came to terms with the deck's slow nature and variable bounce.

Devdutt hits fifty

It was Devdutt's seventh fifty in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. At the other end, Smaran too started cautiously but opened up once his fifty was reached. He hammered spinners Sindhu and Amit Rana for a six each to underline his growing comfort levels.

Devdutt fell to Sindhu in his effort to close out the chase while Smaran was castled by the off-spinner. But by then Karnataka had reached 13 runs from sealing the victory.

Shetty's (4/34) restricts Haryana

Earlier, Karnataka bowlers led by left-arm pacer Abhilash Shetty (4/34) kept Haryana on the back foot in the company of leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal (2/36) and pacer Prasidh Krishna (2/40). Himanshu Rana (44) and skipper Ankit Kumar (48) added 70 runs for the second wicket but no one really built on the platform.

It required a 39-run alliance from 10th wicket pair - Anuj Thakral and Amit Rana - for Haryana to reach a respectable 237/9.