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Smaran Ravichandran scores eighth FC century, first as Karnataka captain

Smaran Ravichandran delivered a brilliant captain's knock for Karnataka on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy season against Andhra Pradesh. Walking to the crease after his team had collapsed to twenty-two for four following early dismissals of top-order batters KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, and Karun Nair, the young skipper single-handedly rescued the innings past the two-hundred-fifty mark.

Remaining unbeaten on one hundred nine at stumps, the twenty-three-year-old secured his eighth first-class hundred and his first since taking over the captaincy, marking a rare milestone in tournament history.

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