Bangalore: Opener KL Rahul continued his good form as his stroke-filled 90 guided Karnataka to the semi-finals even as another out-of-favour opener Shikhar Dhawan’s failure proved costly with Delhi exiting from another quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here yesterday. While Karnataka cruised to an eight-wicket victory over Puducherry in one of the quarter-finals, Delhi lost by six wickets to Gujarat via VJD Method in another last eight clash.

Put into bat, Puducherry crawled to 207 for nine with Vikneshwaran MM Marimuthu top scoring with an unbeaten 58. The Karnataka bowlers led by the vastly experienced Abhimanyu Mithun (2-35) ran through the Puducherry top and middle order before Mariumuthu and Sagar Trivedi (54) tried to rally their innings. Puducherry were reeling at 41 for six at one stage before Mariumuthu and Trivedi pulled them out of trouble and gave the score some semblance of respectability.