Hyderabad: Trishank Gupta triggered the procession for Gujarat’s batting line-up to put Hyderabad on the front foot on the fourth day of their U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy pre-quarterfinal being played at Indore.
Trishank, who once again played a key role in trapping opponents in his spin web, picked four wickets while conceding 46 runs to leave Gujarat in tatters — they were reduced to 238 for 8 at stumps, still needing 156 runs to surpass Hyderabad’s first innings total of 393. D. Saisragvi played a supporting role as he notched 2 for 53 while V.D. Shah with his 59 runs was the highest scorer for Gujarat.
Brief Scores
n Vijay Merchant Trophy pre-quarterfinal (day-4): Hyderabad 393 in 236.4 overs vs Gujarat 238/8 in 129 overs (V.D. Shah 59, R.D. Patel 48, D.A. Parekh 47; D. Saisragvi 2/53, Trishank Gupta 4/46).
n Senior women’s T20 League (Elite Group- ‘B’): Goa 70/7 in 20 overs (Rachna S. Kumar 2/6, S.K. Sravanthi Naidu 2/11) lost to Hyderabad 73/3 in 15.1 overs (Ramya D. 34).
n South Zone Inter-State boys U-14: Hyderabad 271/9 in 90 overs drew with Goa 129 in 50 overs (Udit Yadav 67, Ayush V. 40; Adnan Ahmed 2/13, M.S.S. Vashisht 2/14, Khush Savla 3/12) & following on 126/6 in 50 overs (Deep K. 48; Adnan Ahmed 3/41).
