Ranji trophy: Goa clinch first innings lead against Hyderabad

Porvorim: Four Goa batsmen struck half centuries to guide the home team to a formidable 349 for 5 in their first innings on Day Three of their Group ‘C’ Ranji Trophy cricket match against Hyderabad here on Saturday.

Sagun Kamat (81 batting), Darshan Misal (67), Swapnil Asnodkar (53) and Rituraj Singh (59) scored half centuries to hand Goa a 24-run first innings lead so far. Resuming at their overnight score of 47/1, the Goan batsman batted brilliantly and Kamat (81) and S.S. Bandekar (5) were holding fort for the side when stumps were drawn for the day.

SCORECARD
Hyderabad (1st innings) 325 in 101 overs.
Goa (1st innings, overnight 47/0 in 15 overs): A.S. Desai c Bhandari b Sudeep Tyagi 14, S.A. Asnodkar c G.H. Vihari b Tyagi 53, R.R. Singh c Vishal Sharma b Bhandari 59, D.S. Jadhav c sub (CV Milind) b Vishal Sharma 46, S.K. Kamat (batting) 81, D.W. Misal c sub (T.L. Suman) b Vishal Sharma 67, S.S. Bandekar (batting) 5. Extras (b-4, lb-7, w-2, nb-11) 24. Total (for five wickets in 114 overs) 349.
FoW: 1-24, 2-122, 3-155, 4-224, 5-344.
Bowling: S. Tyagi 21-4-92-2, A. Ashish Reddy 16-4-33-0, M. Hassan 22-7-72-0, Vishal Sharma 35-11-66-2, A.A. Bhandari 16-2-62-1, B.P. Sandeep 2-0-8-0, G.H. Vihari 2-0-5-0.