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.

Recently bought by CSK for Rs 30 lakh in the IPL auction, the player turned the game on its head with a hat-trick.

Samit Dravid, son of Rahul Dravid, finally got some runs under his belt, scoring 33 off 24 balls for Mysuru Warriors in their match against Gulbarga Mystics.

Samit Dravid scored 25 off 45 balls to help Karnataka post 356 on the opening day of the practice match.

Jofra Archer looked in good rhythm as he dismissed two of his Sussex teammates and one of them was an absolute ripper.