Karnataka vs Haryana Live Score, Ranji Trophy Day 3 (Karnataka Cricket Team vs Haryana Cricket Team, Ranji Trophy): Hello and welcome to the live blog of third day’s play of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Elite Group C match between Karnataka and Haryana, which is taking place at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Karnataka’s tiny hopes of entering the Ranji Trophy knockouts from Elite Group C was dissipated on Friday.

Haryana skipper Ankit Kumar’s 118 (154b, 19×4) guided Haryana to 232 for five at close on Day 2, leaving them trailing the hosts by 72 runs. Once Haryana avoided the follow-on mark of 154, they have assured a berth in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals for the first time since the 2016-17 season, when they had lost to Jharkhand.

This is the first time Karnataka are missing a place in the knockouts since the 2015-16 season.

Karnataka still can force a favourable result against Haryana, but stand no chance to gain a bonus point which was crucial to their progress to the quarterfinals.

The eight-time champions will end up with 25 points in the event of a win here, but Haryana already have 26 points.

Kerala, the other team to advance to the quarterfinals from this group, have 28 points.

Playing XIs

Karnataka: Aneesh KV, Mayank Agarawal (C), KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Smaran Ravichandran, Krishnan Shrijith (WK), Hardik Raj, Yashovardhan Parantap, Prasidh Krishna, Vasuki Koushik, Vidhwath Kaverappa

Haryana: Lakshhya Dalal, Ankit Kumar (C), Himanshu Rana, Nishant Sindhu, Dheeru Singh, Rohit Parmod Sharma (WK), Yuvraj Yogender Singh, Jayant Yadav, Anshul Kamboj, Anuj Thakral, Ajit Chahal