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Railways fights back to restrict Andhra

ANANTAPUR, DEC. 23. Railways fought back to restrict Andhra to 120 for six at close on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group `A' match at the RDT Stadium here today.

Resuming at 165 for six, Railways made 263 in the first innings thanks to Siddarth Joshi (37, 5x4) and Harvinder Singh (23, 2x4, 2x6). For Andhra, captain Y. Venugopala Rao (four for 34) was the most successful bowler.

In reply, Andhra lost wickets at regular intervals with medium-pacer J. P. Yadav and Madan Yadav taking two wickets each. The crucial blow was delivered by J. P. Yadav who trapped Andhra captain Venugopala Rao in front.

The scores:

Railways — 1st innings: S. Bangar st. Prasad Reddy b Venugopala Rao 43, A. Pagnis lbw b Shahabuddin 5, T. P. Singh c & b Venugopala Rao 40, J. P. Yadav c Praveen b Faiq 31, Siddarth Varma st. Prasad Reddy b Venugopala Rao 3, Raja Ali c Varma b Faiq 44, Yere Goud (run out) 10, Siddarth Joshi (run out) 37, K. Parida lbw b Venugopala Rao 6, Harvinder c Manoj Sai b Shahabuddin 23, Madan Yadav (not out) 2; Extras (b-13, lb-4, nb-1, w-1) 19; Total (in 122.5 overs) 263.

Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-91, 3-112, 4-120, 5-127, 6-153, 7-230, 8-231, 9-257.

Andhra bowling: Shahabuddin 23-10-46-2, Krishna 21-5-48-0, Praveen 16-1-37-0, R.V.Ch. Prasad 8-4-28-0, Venugopala Rao 17.5-7-34-4, Faiq 36-14-52-2, Varma 1-0-1-0.

Andhra — 1st innings: Manoj Sai st. S. Joshi b Madan 27, L. N. Prasad Reddy c J. P. Yadav b Madan 11, A. S. K. Varma c S. Joshi b Parida 36, Y. Gnaneswara Rao c Pagnis b Bangar 1, Y. Venugopala Rao lbw b J. P. Yadav 24, R. V. Ch. Prasad b J. P. Yadav 4, K. S. Shahabuddin (batting) 9, Balaji Singh (batting) 0; Extras (b-4, lb-1, nb-3) 8; Total (for six wkts.) 120.

Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-53, 3-60, 4-98 5-117, 6-118.

Railways bowling: Harvinder 9-2-16-0, J. P. Yadav 13-5-29-2, Bangar 12-3-17-1, Madan 15-5-34-2, Parida 8-2-19-1.

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