Invincible would be an appropriate tag for Karnataka. While most teams in the Group 'A' of Ranji Trophy are still slugging it out to clinch the knock-out berths, Karnataka breezed through to the next stage by stamping their authority. The defending champions already have four outright wins out of seven matches and have conceded the first innings lead only once (against Baroda at Mysore last month).

So, what makes them unbeatable? Skipper R Vinay Kumar explained: "We have stuck to the same bunch of players since the past few seasons. Most of them have got good experience of playing at this level. We are also thinking of higher goals, so smaller targets are taken care of by themselves.


R Vinay Kumar