Hyderabad: Former captain D.B. Ravi Teja hit 175 while G.H. Vihari, B. Sandeep and Ahmed Quadri chipped in with valuable knocks as Hyderabad ensured they did not get out in their first innings against Tripura, thereby sharing a point with the visitors in their Group 'C' Ranji Trophy match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here on Monday .
When stumps were drawn, Hyderabad were 566 for eight in their first innings, in reply to Tripura's 650 for eight declared, thwarting the visitor's quest to earn three points.
Hyderabad resumed the day at 258 for one, with overnight centurion Akshath Reddy and Ravi Teja on the crease.
Akshath (149), however, could add just 11 more runs before being dismissed.
However, Teja, who resumed on 90, completed his ton and also shared a solid 131-run partnership with Vihari (55) for the third wicket.
Later, Sandeep (41), Syed Quadri (40) and Amol Shinde (35 not out) joined the cause as Hyderabad saw off the day safely .
In a Ranji Trophy Group 'B' match, off-spinner M. Rangarajan came up with a six-wicket haul as Tamil Nadu got the better of Baroda by nine wickets and earn full six points on the fourth and final day .
After bundling out Baroda for a mere 129, Tamil Nadu chased down the modest target of 59 runs to earn the victory . RANJI SCORES GROUP A Delhi 442 & 231/6 decl.
(Vaibhav Rawal 51, Rahul Yadav 50) drew with Odisha 379 & 37/0.
Punjab 184 and 469 for 6 decl. (Jiwanjot 200, Uday Kaul 133, Ravi Thakur 2/84, Sandeep Singh 2/86) drew with Vidarbha 360 and 186 for 3 (Kolhar 91, Shrivastava 60 n.o) Haryana 247 and 105 lost to Karnataka 256 and 97 for 7 in 33.5 overs (Stuart Binny 31 not out, Harshal Patel 5/41).
Jharkhand 351 and 278 for 7 (Bhavin Thakker 39, R. Nemat 32, S. Tiwary 38, I.
Jaggi not out 103) drew with Mumbai 265 and 115 for 5 (A. Tare 36, S. Yadav 31 not out) GROUP B Baroda 162 & 129 all out (Dhiren Mistry 64, M Rangarajan 6/46, R. Aushik Srinivas 3/23) lost to Tamil Nadu 233 & 59/1 in 14.5 overs (K. Arun Karthik 33, Abhinav Mukund not out 20) Madhya Pradesh 115 and 314 lost to Rajasthan 282 and 150/3 in 32.4 overs (Robin Bist 63, Ashok Menaria 49) GROUP C Tripura 650 for 8 decl.
drew with Hyderabad 566 for 8 in 171 overs (D.B. Ravi Teja 175, G. H. Vihari 55, Tushar Saha 5/150) Jammu and Kashmir 85 and 439 all out in 153.5 overs (Obaid Haroon 94, Bandeep Singh 79; Parvez Rasool 64 not out, Shrikant Mundhe 5/123, Bharatkumar Solanki 3/47) lost to Maharashtra 401/9 decl. & 126 for 1 in 26.2 overs (Harshad Khadiwale 74 not out) Assam 247 and 208 all out in 79.3 overs (Jamaluddin Syed Mohammed 67, Amit Yadav 7/69) lost to Goa 406/9 decl. and 50/0 in 9.5 overs.
