Karnataka batter Devdutt Padikkal scripted history with yet another fine knock in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Shubman Gill, who is India's Test and ODI captain, was left out of the T20 World Cup squad last week after a prolonged lean patch with the bat in the shortest format.

Abhishek Sharma-led Punjab have lost to Uttarakhand by 5 wickets. Meanwhile, Delhi continue to fight despite losing Rishabh Pant in the chase of 321.

Ishan Kishan's whirlwind 39-ball 125 was eclipsed by Devdutt Padikkal's 147 as defending champions Karnataka made a winning start to the Vijay Hazare Trophy with a five-wicket victory against Jharkhand in Ahmedabad.

Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad is all set to take over as the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) unopposed during the elections to be held on December 7.

As they have done so often this season, R Smaran and Karun Nair rescued Karnataka, milking 119 runs for the fourth wicket.

Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad will contest for the president's post in the upcoming elections at the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), and his panel received strong backing from stalwarts Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath.

The ignored star made his 25th first-class hundred to take Karnataka to a strong position against Goa on the rain-hit second day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match.

Mayank Agarwal was awarded for being the highest run-getter for the state in the Vijay Hazare Trophy with 651 runs at an average of 93.

Despite registering a memorable draw against England, Team India also dealt with several injury blows.

KSCA president Raghuram Bhat on Saturday said the resignation of A Shankar and ES Jairam, secretary and treasurer of the governing body, was accepted in an emergency meeting.

Shubman Gill scored a century for Punjab in Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka before being dismissed in a controversial manner.

Ravichandran Smaran's knock was the highlight of the day, with the next best score being Abhinav Manohar's 34.

Shubman Gill will turn out for Punjab against Karnataka in a Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match in Bengaluru from Thursday.

Karnataka ended their five-year title drought with the Vijay Hazare Trophy triumph last week.

Hours after his omission from Team India's squad for the Champions Trophy, Vidarbha captain Karun Nair dream run in the Vijay Hazare Trophy also came to a sad end.

Apart from the sensational Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal is the only other batter to have aggregated over 600 runs in the season so far.

Shreyas Iyer is hoping to get back into the team after beind dropped from the central contract list by the BCCI earlier this year.