Siraj snares 4, puts Hyderabad on top in Ranji Trophy Group C' match
Siraj wreaked havoc as he took 4 wickets while conceding just 14 runs.
Nagpur: Hyderabad pacer Mohammed Siraj bagged four wickets to help his team bundle out Goa for a partly 164 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group ‘C’ match at the VCA Civil Lines ground here. While Saurav Bandekar top scored with 59 for Goa and Snehal Kauthanker contributed 39, other batsmen made a beeline to the pavilion.
Siraj wreaked havoc as he took 4 wickets while conceding just 14 runs. He was duly supported by M. Ravi Kiran (2/30) and Vishal Sharma (2/42). In reply, Hyderabad were 28 for one with Tanmay Agarwal scoring 10 before going back to the pavilion. Akshath Reddy was unbeaten on 18 and Vishal Sharma was yet to open his account when stumps were drawn.
At Hyderabad: Harpreet Singh produced an unbeaten 112 to anchor Madhya Pradesh to 292-7 against Uttar Pradesh in a Group ‘A’ match. Harpreet blasted 15 boundaries and a six in his unfinished 152-ball innings and he was ably supported skipper by Devendra Bundela (52). For UP, Ankit Rajpoot (2/53), Pitush Chawla (2/64) and Kuldeep Yadav (2/94) picked a couple of wickets.
At the draw of stumps, Harpreet was left at the crease after Chandrakant Sakure was dismissed on the last ball of the opening day. Electing to bat, Madhya Pradesh were dealt an early blow when they lost opener Aditya Shrivastava (0) on the second ball of the innings. Mukul Raghav and Rajat Patidar (42) tried to rebuild the innings. Raghav was forced to leave the field after he retired hurt on 31. Patidar and Bundela then joined hands but their partnership was broken when Yadav dismissed the former in the 35th over.