Ranji Trophy: Batsmen let Hyderabad down
Resuming at 40/1, Hyderabad huffed and puffed to end the day’s proceedings on 207/8 in 109 overs
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-10-11 02:29 GMT
Hyderabad: Hosts Hyderabad were let down by their batsmen on Day Three of their Group ‘C’ Ranji Trophy match against Kerala, being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Resuming at 40/1, Hyderabad huffed and puffed to end the day’s proceedings on 207/8 in 109 overs, 194 runs short of Kerala’s first innings score. Overnight batsman P. Akshath Reddy scored a patient 73 from 196 balls, hitting seven fours and a six during his stay at the crease.
The other overnight batsman, G. H. Vihari, could add only one run to his score of 13 when he was castled by a peach of a delivery from right-arm medium pacer Sandeep Warrier.
Kerala’s slow left-arm bowler K.S. Monish, who had earlier trapped T.D. Agarwal for six, slowly widened his web over the hosts’ middle-order batsmen as he snared 6/91 from his 43 overs. B. Anirudh was the other batsman who did well for Hyderabad remaining unbeaten on 54 from 143 balls. The southpaw hit two fours and a six. Hyderabad have their task cut out when they come out to play on the final day.
Scorecard
Kerala (1st innings): V.A. Jagadeesh c & b Vishal Sharma 42, A.G. Kodoth c Milind b Hassan 10, P.R. Prem c Sandeep b Bhandari 208, Sachin Baby c & b Vishal Sharma 10, S.V. Samson c Sumanth b Bhandari 1, N. Surendran c Anirudh b Bhandari 4, R.V. Gomez c Sumanth b Hassan 41, K.S. Monish c Reddy b Hassan 37, Fabid Ahmed (not out) 37, M.D. Nidheesh c Vihari b Bhandari 1, S. Sandeep Warrier lbw b Bhandari 0. Extras (b-1, lb-1, w-5, nb-3) 10. Total (in 160.2 overs) 401.
FoW: 1-23, 2-114, 3-148, 4-149, 5-166, 6-240, 7-334, 8-395, 9-401, 10-401.
Bowling: C.V. Milind 22-3-57-0, S. Tyagi 17-3-34-0, M. Hassan 44-17-97-3, Vishal Sharma 44-12-122-2, A.A. Bhandari 28.2-7-72-5, B Anirudh 1-0-5-0, G.H. Vihari 2-0-50, B.P. Sandeep 2-0-7-0.
Hyderabad (1st innings): T.D. Agarwal lbw b Monish 6, P.A. Reddy c Sachin Baby b Monish 73, G.H. Vihari b Sandeep Warrier 14, B.P. Sandeep b Monish 22, B Anirudh (batting) 54, K. Sumanth c Kodoth b Fabid Ahmed 2, A.A. Bhandari c Sachin Baby b Monish 1, M. Hassan c Kodoth b Monish 11, Vishal Sharma c Fabid Ahmed b Monish 18, C.V. Milind (batting) 0. Extras (b-4, lb-1, nb-1) 6. Total (8 wickets in 109 overs) 207.
FoW: 1-13, 2-47, 3-97, 4-132, 5-143, 6-148, 7-175, 8-206.
Bowling: S. Sandeep Warrier 14-4-21-1, K.S. Monish 43-10-91-6, M.D. Nidheesh 9-3-13-0, F. Ahmed 24-9-49-1, R.V. Gomez 9-7-6-0, P.R. Prem 9-1-21-0, V.A. Jagadeesh 1-0-1-0.