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Vijay Merchant Trophy: Shiva, Varun hit huge hundreds

Shiva was batting on 132 that contained nine boundaries while Sai Varun made a 200-ball 157 with the help of 22 fours.

Hyderabad: P. Shiva and Y. Sai Varun smashed a century each as Hyderabad made a strong reply against Goa on the second day of their Vijay Merchant Trophy Under 16 second round league match being played at the Gymkhana grounds here on Wednesday.

Shiva was batting on 132 that contained nine boundaries while Sai Varun made a 200-ball 157 with the help of 22 fours as the hosts piled 341 for 3 by close of play to take a 99-run lead.

In another match, Andhra took a stranglehold after making 444 and then reducing Karnataka to 101 for 4. Andhra’s centurion K. Nitish Kumar Reddy could add only 12 to his overnight score of 178 before being dismissed. P. Subramanyam contributed 87 to boost Andhra’s total while Paras Gurbax Arya took 5 for 78 for Karnataka.

Brief Scores
n At Gymkhana Grounds: Goa 242 in 103.1 overs (Anand R. Tendulkar 35, Ilyaan Sathani 2/45, T. Rohan 2/62, D. Sai Sragvi 2/53, K. Sai Purnanand Rao 2/36) vs Hyderabad 341 for 3 in 78 overs (P. Shiva batting 132 — 213b, 9x4, Y. Sai Varun 157 — 200b, 22x4, Ilyaan Sathani batting 18, Shadab Khan 2/83)
n At ECIL Grounds: Andhra 444 in 131.1 overs (K. Nithish Kumar Reddy 190 – 286b, 23x4, P. Subramanyam 87, E. Dharani Kumar 29, Vasu 22, Chinmay N. A. 4/94, Paras Gurbax Arya 5/78 — 24.1-5-78-5) vs Karnataka 101 for 4 in 46 overs (Amod S. Kaluve 48, K. Krishna batting 18, Chinmay N. A. batting 10)
n At NFC Grounds: Tamil Nadu 409 in 131.2 overs (R. Vimal Kumar 26, Manav Parakh 66, A. Ranjan 33, Nirmal Jaimon 2/65) vs Kerala 150 for 3 in 52 overs (Omar Abubacker 77, Akshay T. K. batting 55)

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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