<p class="title">A formidable Karnataka continued their winning streak in the Super League stages of the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy as they trounced Delhi by eight wickets in their Group B match here on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, Karnataka had beaten Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh in their previous two Super League matches of the national T20 tournament.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was an all-round show from Karnataka. Right-arm medium pacer V Koushik (4/19) and KC Cariappa (3/15) shone with the ball while later Mayank Agarwal (43) and Karun Nair (42) remained unbeaten as Karnataka chased the 110-run target with utmost ease.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karnataka, with 12 points, are on top of the table. The Manish Pandey-led side will face Vidarbha on Tuesday in their final Super League game. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Karnataka bowlers justified their skipper's decision to invite Delhi to bat first at the Emerald Heights International School Ground.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Koushik and leg-spinner Cariappa did the damage as Delhi was restricted to a meagre 109/9 in their 20 overs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Apart from Nitish Rana (37 off 29 balls) and Lalit Yadav (33 off 40 balls), no other Delhi batsman showed stomach for a fight as the Karnataka duo rattled the Delhi line-up.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Medium pacer R Vinay Kumar (1/13) also played his role to perfection.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chasing 110, Karnataka lost in-form opener Rohan Kadam (0) in the second over after he was caught by rival skipper Ishant Sharma off pacer Navdeep Saini.</p>.<p class="bodytext">B R Sharath (26 off 15 balls) and the ever-dependable Agarwal (43 not out off 47 balls) added 32 for the second wicket before the Karnataka wicketkeeper was run out by Subodh Bhati.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Then Nair joined Agarwal and the duo took Karnataka home with 4.3 overs to spare, taking the Delhi bowlers to task.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All Delhi bowlers, including Test specialist Ishant Sharma (0-7), had an off day in the field.</p>.<p>In another the Group 'B' game, Vidarbha bowlers held their nerve and guided their side to a 10-run victory over Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Bengal score </p>.<p>Meanwhile, in a Group A game, Bengal drubbed Jharkhand by eight wickets.</p>.<p>Bengal bowlers dished a clinical performance to restrict Jharkhand to 126/9 in 20 overs and then chased the target with seven overs to spare.</p>.<p>Shreevats Goswami starred with the bat as he remained unbeaten on 86 off just 50 balls, striking 12 fours and a six. </p>
<p class="title">A formidable Karnataka continued their winning streak in the Super League stages of the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy as they trounced Delhi by eight wickets in their Group B match here on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, Karnataka had beaten Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh in their previous two Super League matches of the national T20 tournament.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was an all-round show from Karnataka. Right-arm medium pacer V Koushik (4/19) and KC Cariappa (3/15) shone with the ball while later Mayank Agarwal (43) and Karun Nair (42) remained unbeaten as Karnataka chased the 110-run target with utmost ease.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karnataka, with 12 points, are on top of the table. The Manish Pandey-led side will face Vidarbha on Tuesday in their final Super League game. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Karnataka bowlers justified their skipper's decision to invite Delhi to bat first at the Emerald Heights International School Ground.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Koushik and leg-spinner Cariappa did the damage as Delhi was restricted to a meagre 109/9 in their 20 overs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Apart from Nitish Rana (37 off 29 balls) and Lalit Yadav (33 off 40 balls), no other Delhi batsman showed stomach for a fight as the Karnataka duo rattled the Delhi line-up.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Medium pacer R Vinay Kumar (1/13) also played his role to perfection.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chasing 110, Karnataka lost in-form opener Rohan Kadam (0) in the second over after he was caught by rival skipper Ishant Sharma off pacer Navdeep Saini.</p>.<p class="bodytext">B R Sharath (26 off 15 balls) and the ever-dependable Agarwal (43 not out off 47 balls) added 32 for the second wicket before the Karnataka wicketkeeper was run out by Subodh Bhati.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Then Nair joined Agarwal and the duo took Karnataka home with 4.3 overs to spare, taking the Delhi bowlers to task.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All Delhi bowlers, including Test specialist Ishant Sharma (0-7), had an off day in the field.</p>.<p>In another the Group 'B' game, Vidarbha bowlers held their nerve and guided their side to a 10-run victory over Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Bengal score </p>.<p>Meanwhile, in a Group A game, Bengal drubbed Jharkhand by eight wickets.</p>.<p>Bengal bowlers dished a clinical performance to restrict Jharkhand to 126/9 in 20 overs and then chased the target with seven overs to spare.</p>.<p>Shreevats Goswami starred with the bat as he remained unbeaten on 86 off just 50 balls, striking 12 fours and a six. </p>