Shivamogga, Oct 27 (UNI) Arjun Tendulkar walked out with Goa wobbling, the scoreboard gasping at 51 for 4, and Karnataka bowlers dictating terms as if the match belonged to them by ancestral right.

But Tendulkar batted like a man who has lived long enough in the long shadow of a famous surname and has decided, quietly but firmly, to bring his own light.

Arjun, the son of cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar, remained unbeaten on 43 at stumps, his partnership of 56 runs with Mohit Redkar (24 not out) halting Karnataka’s advance and injecting life into a match that had seemed to be slipping into predictable submission.

Before this stand, Karnataka’s pace lineup had looked like a well-tuned engine running on the weather’s cold generosity. Vidwath Kaverappa teased the off-stump, Abhilash She

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