Robin Uthappa scores 160 and Sreenath Aravind picks five wickets for Karnataka as Rajasthan need 316 with only seven remaining
Ravindra Jadeja will be part of India
Sreenath Aravind (4/46) and J. Suchith (4/51) wreaked havoc as Karnataka bundled out Vidarbha for 310. The former had scored 350 in the first innings.
From a poor start in domestic cricket and IPL to a career-threatening knee injury, from redemption in the 2014-15 Ranji season to an India call-up, it has been a roller-coaster journey for Karnataka left-arm pace bowler Sreenath Aravind.
Gurkeerat Singh Mann and Sreenath Aravind got their maiden call-up into the Indian team when they were picked for the ODIs and T20Is respectively in the upcoming home series against South Africa.
After Chris Gayle's blistering century, Sreenath Aravind claimed spectacular bowling figures of 4/27 as he rocked the KXIP top-order.
Chris Gayle hit his fifth IPL hundred to power Bangalore to 226/3. Mitchell Starc and Sreenath Aravind took four wickets each to knock over Kings XI Punjab for just 88 runs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have signed left-handed paceman Prashanth Parameswaran from Kerala as a replacement for injured S Aravind.
He might have ended on the losing side in the IPL final but Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Sreenath Aravind is happy with his own performance and says he had a dream run in the tournament, bagging 21 wickets from 13 matches.