In the Super League game against Rajasthan at Bangalore, Karnataka after being put in to bat lost Rowland Barrington to the third ball of the innings. Mithun Beerala and Rahul Dravid then came together in a century stand for the second wicket inside 25 overs. In a rapid 78 ball outing in the middle, Beerala lashed nine boundaries before his knock came to an end two runs short of a half century when his stumps were rattled by spinner DP Singh. Only Dravid scored more as Karnataka folded up for 243. The bowlers led by Sunil Joshi struck back to send Rajasthan reeling for 211. But with the 8 points accruing from an outright victory being the crying need, Karnataka could not afford to relax.

It was now upto the batsmen to consolidate the gains by notching up an imposing total and they responded in telling fashion. After Barrington's departure at 52, Beerala and Dravid, both St. Joseph products, picked up from where they had left off in the first innings. In the course of their 76 run association, Beerala reached the fifty that had eluded him in the first knock, his third of the season, off 86 balls. He was dismissed soon after by RJ Kanwat for 59 (124 balls, 7 fours), which was again the second highest score behind Dravid who went on to a hundred. Karnataka declared at 326 and closed out a 139 run victory early on the fourth morning.