Hyderabad: The Hyderabad U-23 cricket team conceded the first innings lead to Mumbai but hit back strongly to reduce their rivals to 141 for 5 by close on the third day of their Col C.K. Nayudu Elite Group ‘C’ match being played in Mumbai.
Left-arm spinnner Tanay Thyagarajan had taken 6 for 118 as Mumbai made 409 in the first innings, riding on Eknath Kerkar’s century.
Hyderabad was all out for 258 but did well to peg Mumbai back in the second innings.
Brief scores: Mumbai 409 in 121.5 overs (Eknath Kerkar 120 — 190b, 4x16, 6x1), Aditya S. Dhumal 46, Khan Abulkalam Alihusen 32 n.o, Tanay Thyagarajan 6/118 — 40.5-8-118-6), Syed Ahmed 3/125) & 141/5 in 49 overs (Aakarshit Gomel 35, Eknath Kerkar 33 batting, Syed 3/49, Tanay Tyagarajan 2/44) vs Hyderabad 258 in 96.3 overs (Y. Chaitanya Krishna 42, J. Mallikarjun 43, P. Rohit Reddy 46, S.Z. Mulani 3/51, Aditya S. Dhumal 3/58)
