Karnataka drove home the advantage on day two of its Ranji Trophy encounter against Punjab, raking up a 309-run first-innings lead at the KSCA Rajnagar Stadium here on Saturday.
From an overnight 142 for three, Devdutt Padikkal and Manish Pandey all but batted the visitor out of the game, with their nascent 32-run association at stumps on day one swelling to a mammoth 234.
Of those, 152 runs came on the second morning at nearly five an over. Padikkal, starting on 80, coasted along merrily, bringing up his third First Class hundred (193, 216b, 24x4, 4x6) with a beautiful driven boundary past speedster Baltej Singh.
