Lucknow, Feb. 18 -- Karnataka's Smaran Ravichandran continues his red-hot form by scoring twin centuries during the Ranji Trophy semi-final clash against Uttarakhand on Monday in Lucknow.

In Karnataka's first innings, Smaran smashed 135 runs, helping his side to finish on a massive 736 runs. In Karnataka's 2nd outing with the bat, he compiled a stunning 127 off 149 balls, including 12 fours and three sixes.

Uttarakhand resumed on day 4 on 149/5. With efforts from Vidyadhar Patil (3/40), Vijaykumar Vyshak (3/45), Shreyas Gopal (241), Shikhar Shetty (1/39) and Prasidh Krishna (1/62), Uttarakhand was bundled out for just 233, trailing by 503 runs.

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