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Ranji Trophy: Hyderabad salvage draw versus Kerala

The visitors took home three points owing to their first innings lead as Hyderabad could manage only one in the drawn match

Hyderabad: Hyderabad managed to play out a draw on the final day of their Group ‘C’ Ranji Trophy match against Kerala at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here on Sunday.

Kerala’s Karaparambil Monish, who picked 6/91 in the first innings, snared 5/73 in the second to push the hosts onto the backfoot. The left-arm spinner accounted for five of the top-six batsmen.

Following on after conceding a massive first innings lead, Hyderabad were 176/7 from 77 overs when stumps were drawn. Openers Tanmay Agarwal (64) and Akshath Reddy (43) put on an opening partnership of 69, before the latter was deceived by Monish. B. Sandeep added 34 to the team’s tally.

Earlier, resuming their first innings on 207/8 in 109 overs, the hosts managed to add only 11 runs before being bowled out for 218 in 113 overs, 183 short of Kerala’s first innings score. The visitors took home three points owing to their first innings lead as Hyderabad could manage only one in the drawn match.

Scorecard
Kerala (1st innings) 401 in 160.2 overs
Hyderabad (1st innings): Tanmay Agarwal lbw b Monish 6, Akshath Reddy c Sachin Baby b Monish 73, G.H. Vihari b Sandeep Warrier 14, B. Sandeep b Monish 22, B. Anirudh (not out) 57, K. Sumanth c Kodoth b Fabid Ahmed 2, Akash Bhandari c Sachin Baby b Monish 1, Mehdi Hassan c Kodoth b Monish 11, Vishal Sharma c Fabid Ahmed b Monish 18, C.V. Milind c Samson b Sandeep Warrier 0, S. Tyagi c Monish b Nidheesh 4. Extras (b-8, lb-1, nb-1) 10. Total (all out in 113 overs) 218.
FoW: 1-13, 2-47, 3-97, 4-132, 5-143, 6-148, 7-175, 8-206, 9-207, 10-218.
Bowling: S. Sandeep Warrier 16-4-24-2, K.S. Monish 43-10-91-6, M.D. Nidheesh 11-3-17-1, F. Ahmed 24-9-49-1, R.V. Gomez 9-7-6-0, P.R. Prem 9-1-21-0, V.A. Jagadeesh 1-0-1-0.
Hyderabad (2nd innings): Tanmay Agarwal c Gomez b Monish 64, Akshath Reddy c Nidheesh b Monish 43, G.H. Vihari c sub (COT Ahmed Farzeen) b Monish 17, B. Sandeep c Samson b Fabid Ahmed 34, B. Anirudh c Nidheesh b Monish 1, K. Sumanth lbw b Monish 0, Akash Bhandari (run out) Sachin Baby 3, Mehdi Hassan (not out) 3, Vishal Sharma (not out) 0. Extras (b-7, lb-4) 11. Total (for seven wickets in 77 overs) 176.
FoW: 1-69, 2-104, 3-156, 4-159, 5-159, 6-164, 7-176.
Bowling: M.D. Nidheesh 4-1-5-0, S. Sandeep Warrier 11-4-20-0, K.S. Monish 34-8-73-5, R.V. Gomez 1-0-1-0, Fabid Ahmed 21-4-49-1, P.R. Prem 3-1-6-0, Sachin Baby 1-0-4-0, V.A. Jagadeesh 2-0-7-0.
Points: Kerala 3, Hyderabad 1.

( Source : deccan chronicle )
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