Ranji Trophy: Match drawn but Jammu & Kashmir finish on top
Vihari added 19 runs to his overnight score of 46 while Anirudh made 57
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-11-03 02:14 GMT
Hyderabad: An impressive batting display from Hyderabad ensured they escaped with a draw in their Group ‘C’ Ranji Trophy match against Jammu & Kashmir played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday.
Resuming at 122 for 2, captain G.H. Vihari and Danny Derek Prince added seven runs before the latter got out on 62. However, the batsmen who followed — B. Anirudh and K. Sumanth — batted well to take their team to 329, setting the visitors a 150-run target.
J&K, having already pocketed the first innings lead, played out 17 overs to make 56 for 2 and finished on top. They take home three points from this match while Hyderabad earn a solitary point to take their season tally to four and languish at the eighth spot in the nine-team Group ‘C’.
Vihari added 19 runs to his overnight score of 46 while Anirudh made 57. Sumanth was the top-scorer for the home side with a patient 78. For J&K, right-arm medium pacer Ram Dayal was the best bowler on show, scalping 5 for 55. He received good support from Umar Nazir, who picked 3 for 63.
With this draw, Hyderabad have been winless in five matches — four of which ended in draws after their opponents took the first innings lead.
Scorecard
Jammu & Kashmir (1st innings): 460.
Hyderabad (1st innings): 280.
Hyderabad (2nd innings, following on): Tanmay Agarwal c Bandeep Singh b Dayal 3, Akshath Reddy c Singh b Rohit Sharma 4, G.H. Vihari c Sofi b Dayal 65, Danny Derek Prince c Parvez Rasool b Dayal 62, B. Anirudh lbw b Bandeep Singh 57, Ahmed Quadri c Waseem Raza b Dayal 14, K. Sumanth c Dayal b Umar Nazir 78, Mehdi Hasan c Asif Khan b Dayal 7, C.V. Milind (not out) 15, Anwar Khan b Umar Nazir 0, Sudeep Tyagi b Umar Nazir 0; Extras (b11, lb12, nb1) 24; Total (all out in 113.1 overs) 329.
FoW: 1-13, 2-13, 3-129, 4-184, 5-206, 6-242, 7-273, 8-321, 9-325, 10-329.
Bowling: Rohit Sharma 23-3-76-1, R. Dayal 29-10-55-5, Umar Nazir 23.1-1-63-3, Z. Sofi 15-1-54-0, Parvez Rasool 14-5-27-0, M. Manhas 3-0-15-0, Bandeep Singh 6-1-16-1.
Jammu & Kashmir (2nd innings): S.P. Khajuria c Quadri b Anwar Khan 3, Imran Haroon run out 0, I.D. Singh (not out) 26, Parvez Rasool (not out) 25; Extras (lb1, w1) 2; Total (For two wickets in 17 overs) 56.
FoW: 1-1, 2-8.
Bowling: Anwar Khan 3-0-8-1, C.V. Milind 3-0-12-0, Mehdi Hasan 6-0-13-0, G.H. Vihari 5-0-22-0.