Hyderabad: Captain P. Subramanyam slammed a century to put Andhra in a strong position in their Vijay Merchant Trophy Under-16 fourth round league match against Hyderabad here on Friday. Subramanyam smacked 14 boundaries to bring up his 124 in 234 balls to propel Andhra to 460 on the second day even as rival skipper Sai Purnanand Rao snared 4 wickets while conceding 87 runs. Hyderabad were 84 for 1 when stumps were drawn.
Kerala left-arm spinner Jaseer C. N. was the other performer of the day, taking 5 for 35 to bundle Goa out for 130 and enforce a follow-on. In another match, Karnataka took a stronghold of their match against Tamil Nadu. After making 304 in their first innings, Karnataka had TN reeling at 151 for 7 by close of play.
Brief Scores (day-2)
At ECIL Grounds: Andhra 460 in 154.1 overs (P. Subhramanyam 124 — 234b, 14x4, E. Dharani Kumar 55, M. Lekha 24, Shaik Kamil 42 n.o, K. Sai Purnanand Rao 4/87) vs Hyderabad 84 for 1 in 25.5 overs (V. Sahasra 42, N. Thakur Tilak Varma batting 39)
At NFC Grounds: Karnataka 304 in 92.5 overs (Chinmay N. A. 78 n.o, S. Adithya Geetha 2/49, Manav Prarakh 2/27) vs Tamil Nadu 151 for 7 in 85 overs (Lakshay Jain 21, Manav Parakh 66, R. Vimal Kumar 27, Paras Gurbax Arya 3/37, Chinmay N. A. 3/28)
At Gymkhana Grounds: Kerala 447 for 8 decl. in 119 overs (Varun Nayanar 87, Akshay T. K. 56, Rohan Nayar 30, Aryan Kathuria 33 n.o, Shadab Khan 3/156) vs Goa 130 in 51.4 overs (Shubham S. Ganjikar 55, Saniket Palkar 20, Jaseer C. N. 5/35 — 18-5-45-5, Srivardhan Murali 2/16) & following on 17 for 1 in 5 overs.
