Lucknow, Oct. 29 -- Former champions Uttar Pradesh took first-innings honours against Puducherry after the hosts, following on, finished at 211/8 in 98 overs on the final day of their four-day encounter, at the Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Stadium on Thursday.

With Puducherry still 50 runs behind Uttar Pradesh's 333, the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A fixture ended in a draw, but only after left-arm spinner Kartik Yadav had delivered the most commanding bowling performance of the match.

Kartik returned figures of 28 overs, 11 maidens, 42 runs and six wickets at an extraordinary economy rate of 1.50. He removed Ritesh Gudge, Mohit Kale, Nikhil Gangta, Prasad Pawar, Sagar Trivedi and Karan Kannan, repeatedly breaking Puducherry's at...