Mysuru: The less fancied Maharashtra, who won the toss and chose to bat in the four-day Elite Group ‘A’ Ranji Trophy match against hosts Karnataka at the SDNR Wadiyar Grounds in Manasagangothri, this morning, were off to a poor start.

Skippers R. Vinay Kumar of Karnataka and Rahul Tripathi (Maharashtra) went out to toss and the latter called correctly and opted to bat first.

In the first hour itself Maharashtra had lost a couple of wickets and by the time we went to the press, they were all-out for 113 runs in the first innings.

Karnataka has had an upper hand against Maharashtra as they had hammered them by an innings and 136 runs at their own bastion last season.

The teams: Karnataka: R. Vinay Kumar (Captain), Shreyas Gopal (VC), D. Nischal, K.V. Siddarth, Mir Kaunain Abbas, Devdutt Padikkal, B.R. Sharath (WK), J. Suchith, A. Mithun, Prasidh M. Krishna, Ronit More, Abhishek Reddy, Pavan Deshpande, Sharath Srinivas and Liyan Khan; Coach: Yere K. Goud.

Maharashtra: Rahul Tripathi (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Chirag Khurana, Jay Pande, Naushad Shaikh, Rohit Motwani (WK), Swapnil Gugale, Satyajeet Bachhav, Anupam Sanklecha, Samad Fauam, Nikit Dhumal, Ashay Palkar, Mukesh Choudhari, Akshay Darekar, Mandar Bhandhari. The entry to the match is free and everyone can go and watch the match for the next four days at the picturesque SDNR Wadiyar Cricket Grounds.