At stumps, Tamil Nadu were 246 for seven in their second knock, with S Sharath batting on six, and S Mahesh on 25, made off just eight balls with three sixes.

Resuming at 118 for four, the hosts were never in the reckoning as wickets fell at regular intervals. Sujith Somasundar added just five runs to his 50 before being caught by Vasanth Saravanan off Mahesh.

Brief scores
TN 355 and 246-7 (Hemang Badani 87, Madangopal 66; Joshi 4-74, GN Umesh 2-22) vs Karnataka 221 (Sujith Somasundar 55, B Akhil 36, Sunil Joshi 30; Mahesh 3-34, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan 2-15).

Andhra gain lead
VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra were all out for 250 in their first innings against Goa's first inning total of 217, gaining a first innings lead of 37runs on the third day of the South Zone match.

Brief scores
Goa 213 & 158-3 (PJ Rodrigues 68, V Kolambkar 34) vs Andhra 250 (NP Reddy 51, Nagini Kumar 32, V Venugopala 88; Shadab 3-54, N Kalekar 4-79).