Mysuru:&nbsp;Virender Sehwag celebrated his international retirement with a scintillating ton for Haryana as Jayant Yadav also joined the century-makers' list to help the side post 319 for eight on a dramatic Day 1 of their Ranji Trophy cricket league match against Karnataka here today.
Sehwag, who announced his international retirement on Tuesday, did not disappoint the spectators as he cracked a strokeful 136 runs in 170 balls with 16 fours and 3 sixes.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/viru-ranji.jpg" alt="Virender Sehwag" /> Virender Sehwag celebrating after scoring a century in Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka in Mysore on Thursday. Pic/PTI&nbsp;
Yadav, whose 100-run knock was laced with 11 fours and a six,&nbsp;also joined the party as the duo stitched a 206-run third&nbsp;wicket partnership.
When the stumps were drawn, Haryana were in a strong&nbsp;position with tail-enders Harshal Patel and Ashish Hooda,&nbsp;batting on zero and six, respectively.
Defending champions Karnataka though showed courage to&nbsp;strike back after the tall stand as the bowlers bagged five&nbsp;wickets for just 54 runs in the final session. Sharing the new&nbsp;ball with captain Vinay Kumar, HS Sharath led charge with a&nbsp;hat-trick to end the day with impressive figures of 4-47.
His hat-trick wickets were that of Sachin Rana (33),&nbsp;Rahul Dagar (0) and Nitish Saini (0). The hat-trick though was&nbsp;claimed in separate overs.&nbsp;
David Mathias bagged two wickets while Vinay Kumar and&nbsp;left-arm spinner Jagadeesha Suchith claimed a wicket each.
Arriving at the crease after the fall of Rahul Dewan (9),&nbsp;Sehwag quickly got into his groove and executed some of his&nbsp;trademark hand-eye coordinated shots on both sides of the&nbsp;wicket.
As he was looking ominous on the other side of the&nbsp;wicket, scoring freely, the Nawab of Najafgarh lost his&nbsp;partner Chaitanya Bishnoi (13) after he stitched a 35-run&nbsp;stand for the second wicket with the opener.
Notwithstanding the early blows, the former Delhi&nbsp;swashbuckler, along with Yadav, shouldered the responsibility&nbsp;of stabilising the tottering Haryana innings.&nbsp;
Sehwag and Yadav, sent the Karnataka bowlers for a&nbsp;leather hunt in their marathon stand, which they crafted in&nbsp;just 290 balls.
Electing to bat first, Haryana lost their first wicket in&nbsp;the eighth over of the match in the form of Dewan, when he was&nbsp;claimed by Sharath after Karun Nair held on to the catch.
The visitors lost their second wicket when Bishnoi was&nbsp;sent back to the pavilion by Mathias after Chidambaram Gautam&nbsp;gloved a clean catch, leaving Haryana struggling at 53 for two&nbsp;in under 20 overs.
Brief Scores: Haryana 319/8 in 61 overs overs (Virender Sehwag 136,&nbsp;Jayant Yadav 100; HS Sharath 4-46).

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Virender Sehwag celebrated his international retirement with a scintillating ton for Haryana as Jayant Yadav also joined the century-makers' list to help the side post 319 for eight against Karnataka

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