Ankit Bawne scored an unbeaten ton to help Maharashtra defeat Karnataka by 57 runs by the VJD method in the rain-hit Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group A game here on Thursday.

This was Maharashtra's second successive victory after their win over Goa Wednesday by five wickets. Put in to bat by Karnataka, Bawne took the opposition bowlers to task en route to 104 not out in 115 balls. He found an able partner in Maharashtra skipper Rahul Tripathi, who chipped in with a valuable 70-run innings. Their knocks ensured that Maharashtra posted 245/8 on the board in their fifty overs.