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The Ranji Trophy match being played between host Karnataka and Chandigarh ended in a draw at Hubli on Monday. After bowling out Chandigarh for 267 runs, Karnataka declared its innings at 563 runs at the loss of five wickets and took a handsome 296 runs lead.
Chandigarh, while resuming its overnight score of 61/0, lost settled batters – Shivam Bhambri 33, Arslan Khan 63, Manan Vohra 23 and Kunal Mahajan 1 in quick succession with 1274 on the board as the team found themselves in trouble for an inning defeat.
Later, patience of Ankit Kaushik (15 off 56 balls) followed by unbeaten batters – Mayank Sidhu 56 and Karan Kaila 25 forced visitors to settle for a draw as the scorecard reads 236/5 at the end of the day.
Chandigarh played six matches in the tournament and settled for five draws and one defeat