Ranji Trophy: Karnataka 36/3 after skittling out Vidarbha for 185

Kolkata, Dec 17 (CRICKETNMORE) - Pacer Abhimanyu Mithun bagged his third five-wicket haul of the Ranji Trophy campaign as Vidarbha collapsed for a paltry 185 before Karnataka were reduced to 36/3 at the end of the first day's play in

While he did not get any wicket in the morning session, with his spell reading 5-3-18-0, the pacer made the most of the movement off the deck to send Ganesh Satish (30 off 56; 6x4), and Apoorv Wankhade (1) packing in the same over. Satish was dropped on 14 by Arvind.

The 28-year-old Mithun, who last played for India in 2011, then grabbed three wickets in four balls in his third spell taking the wickets of Akshay Wakhare (18 off 44; 2x4), Gurbani (0) and Umesh (0), missing out on a hat-trick by a whisker.

In the beginning, skipper Vinay (2/36) swung the ball both ways to trouble the batsmen, getting the wicket of Fazal (12 off 35; 2x4) early.

Stuart Binny (1/48) then sent Ramaswamy back, trapping him plumb in front.

Jaffer looked good for his 39 but Aravind took his wicket with Akshay Wadkar falling to Vinay Kumar some overs later and then Mithun doing the rest to send his rivals packing.