Hyderabad: Hyderabad topped the Group ‘C’ with a draw against Andhra in Lucknow on Friday to advance into the quarterfinals of the Ranji Trophy.
With 31 points to their name, Hyderabad edged past Andhra who finished third with 28 points.
Earlier on Saturday, resuming at their overnight total of 13/1, Hyderabad were left tottering at 56/5 by the end of day’s play with skipper S. Badrinath and K. Sumanth still unbeaten at the crease on 14 and 10 respectively
P. Vijay Kumar picked 2 wickets for Andhra by conceding just 13 runs.
Andhra bagged three points because of the first innings lead while Hyderabad had to settle for one point which was enough for them to top the tables .
Meanwhile in the Under 16 league match of the Vijay Merchant Trophy at Shimoga, Trishank Gupta displayed a wonderful bowling performance to wrap up Kerala for a modest 211.
Kerala’s batsmen were clueless against Trishank’s spin assault as the leg spinner picked five wickets by conceding 73 runs. Rohan played a supporting role in the team’s cause as the young lad picked 2 for 33.
For Kerala Nikhil Jose was highest run scorer with 53 runs followed by Aryan Kathuria who scored 41 .
Brief score:
n Andhra 190 & 171 for 6 declared in 29.3 overs drew with Hyderabad 143 & 56 for 5 in 47 overs (P. Vijay Kumar 2/13). Points: Andhra 3, Hyderabad 1.
VIJAY MERCHANT TROPHY DAY-1
n Kerala 211 in 66.5 overs (Nikhil Jose 53, Aryan Kathuria 41; T. Rohan 2/33, Trishank Gupta 5/73 (19-2-73-5)) vs Hyderabad.
Ranji round-up
Group A
At Nasik:
Uttar Pradesh (I innings): 481 & (II innings, O/n: 117/0): 417/3 in 104.1 overs (Shivam Chaudhary 124, Almas Shaukat 91, Akshdeep Nath 107 n.o., Rinku Singh 83; Rishi Arothe 2-77) drew with Baroda (I innings): 458
UP: 3, Baroda: 1
At Palam, Delhi:
Bengal (I innings): 475/9 decl. & (II innings): 261/2 in 72 overs (Abhishek Raman 91, Prasanjit Das 72, Manoj Tiwary 50, Abhimanyu Easwaran 33) drew with Madhya Pradesh (I innings, O/n: 363/8): 370 al out in 92.1 overs (Ankit Sharma 94, Naman Ojha 43; Sayan Ghosh 5-94, Ashok Dinda 2-96)
Bengal: 3, MP: 1
At Rajkot:
Punjab (I innings): 468 drew with Mumbai (I innings): 185 & (II innings, f/o, O/n: 94/2): 227/4 in 116 overs (Shreyas Iyer 123, Suryakumar Yadav 27; Siddarth Kaul 2-43, Rajwinder Singh 2-88)
Punjab: 3, Mumbai: 1
At Belgavi:
Gujarat (I innings): 307 drew with Tamil Nadu (I innings, O/n: 397/4): 580/6 in 229 overs (Kaushik Gandhi 202, Vijay Shankar 102 (retd hurt), Baba Aparajith 54; Rush Kalaria 2-47, Hardik Patel 2-140)
TN: 3, Gujarat: 1
Group B
At Vadodara:
Saurashtra (I innings): 92 & (II innings): 420 bt Delhi (I innings): 237 & (II innings, target: 276, O/n: 109/4): 271 all out in 78.1 overs (Rishabh Pant 29, Milind Kumar 55, Manan Sharma 46; Shaurya Sanandia 5-93, Kushang Patel 4-83) by four runs
Saurashtra: 6, Delhi: 0
At Greater Noida:
Rajasthan (I innings): 140 & (II innings): 163 lt to Vidarbha (I innings): 116 & (II innings, target: 188): 191/4 in 31.2 overs (Ganesh Satish 63 n.o., Siddhesh Wath 64, Jitesh Sharma 27; Pankaj Singh 2-96) by six wickets
Vidarbha: 6, Rajasthan: 0
