Mohammed Siraj became hero of the Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka. Hyderabad dismissed Karnataka for 183 on the first day of a Ranji Trophy group A encounter. Mohammed Siraj took 4 wicket for 42 in 15 overs.
At stumps, Hyderabad were 51 for 3 with Kolla Sumanth unbeaten on 34. International KL Rahul was castled by medium pacer Ravi Kiran for 4 runs.
Karnataka faltered badly with only Stuart Binny’s 61 off 88 balls adding some semblance of respectability to the total.
Karnataka were reduced to 89 for 6 at one stage but added 56 runs with Krishnappa Gowtham (13) as they managed to get close to 150-run mark.
Siraj removed India A teammate Ravikumar Samarth (19) , IPLspecialist Mayank Agarwal (0),Binny , Gowtham.