Rajkot: Saurashtra was bowled out for 87 against Andhra, on the second day of the four-day Group `A' Ranji Trophy match, here on Sunday. Andhra, after its 128-run first innings lead, was 87 for four and has two whole days to force an outright victory.

Conditions were tricky for the batsmen, with 15 wickets falling on the second day, due to the bouncy track and chilly weather. Kanhaiya Vaghela's patience (30 runs, 134 balls) over 205 minutes on the same wicket was an example lost on the others. Andhra's new-ball bowlers K Shahbuddin (seven for 37) and Kalyan Krishna (three for 25) exposed the promoted team's inexperience at the elite level.

The scores: Andhra — 1st innings: L.N. Prasad Reddy c Jogiyani b Jobanputra 82, M.S.K. Prasad (run out) 16, A.S.K. Varma c Vaghela b Maniyar 0, Venugopala Rao c Jogyiani b Maniyar 4, B. Sumanth c Jogyiani b Jobanputra 21, Gnaneswara Rao (run out) 5, R.V.C. Prasad c Jadeja b Dhruv 35, A.G. Pradeep (run out) 14, K. Sahabuddin b Dhruv 21, M. Faiq lbw Maniyar 10, Kalyan Krishna (not out) 0; Extras (lb-2, nb-3, w-2) 7; Total: (in 90.3overs) 215.

Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-24, 3-39, 4-72, 5-77, 6-130, 7-165, 8-193, 9-215.

Saurashtra bowling: Jobanputra 19.3-2-56-2, Maniyar 19-7-50-3, K Vaghela 11-5-22-0, Jadeja 16-3-36-0, Makwana 3-1-15-0, Dhruv 21-9-30-2, Kotak 1-0-4-0.

Saurashtra — 1st innings: Kanhaiya Vaghela cVenugopala b Sahabuddin 30, Sagar Jogiyani c M S K Prasad b Kalyan Krishna 1, Sitanshu Kotak c MSK b Kalyan Krishna 0, Cheteshwar Pujara b Sahabuddin 5, Jaydev Shah c ASK Varma b Sahabuddin 30, Pratik Mehta b Sahabuddin 2, Ravindra Jadeja c Kalyan Krishna b Sahabuddin 0, Rakesh Dhruv b Sahabuddin 1, Kamlesh Makwana c MSK b Kalyan Krishna 3, Sandeep Jobanputra (not out) 10, Sandeep Maniyar b Sahabuddin 0; Extras (b-1, lb-2, nb-2) 5. Total (in 45.5 overs) 87.

Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-3, 3-14, 4-58, 5-60, 6-60, 7-62, 8-74, 9-87.

Andhra bowling: K Sahabuddin 17.5-6-37-7, Kalyan Krishna 11-6-25-3, R V C Prasad 4-1-16-0, V Rao 8-5-3-0, M Faiq 5-3-3-0.

Andhra — 2nd innings): L N Prasad Reddy b Maniyar 15, M S K Prasad lbw Jobanputra 5, A S K Varma c Jogiyani b Jobanputra 36, Venugopala Rao c Jadeja b Maniyar 21, B Sumanth (batting) 5, Gnaneshwara Rao (batting) 0; Extras (lb-5) 5. Total (29 overs for four wickets) 87.

Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-47, 3-65, 4-82 Saurashtra bowling: S Jobanputra 14-3-62-2, S Maniyar 14-6-20-2, K Vaghela 1-1-0-0.

Super league: At Delhi: Baroda 244 vs Delhi 256 for three in 80 overs (M. Tehlan 108 batting, S. Dhawan 40, M. Manhas 70).

At Ratnagiri: Maharashtra 527 for five dec in 165 overs (D.S. Jadhav 171, H. Kanitkar 97, S. Sriram 106, Y.V. Takawale 63) vs Rajasthan 42 for four in 13 overs.

At Mohali: Punjab 353 in 122 overs (R.S. Ricky 46, P. Dharmani 144, S.P. Hazare five for 83) vs Mumbai 21 for no loss in 11 overs.

At Chennai: Haryana 287 in 157.2 overs (A. Rawat 67, M. Rawat 42, A. Mishra 50, R. Ashwin four for 93, C. Suresh four for 54) vs Tamil Nadu 80 for three in 27 overs. At Kanpur: Uttar Pradesh 264 in 102.4 overs (M. Kaif 91, J.P. Yadav 40, B. Vinay Kumar five for 47) vs Karnataka 296 for seven in 81 overs (B.M. Rowland 51, B. Chipli 47, Y.K.T. Goud 44, V.S.T. Naidu 45. Plate League: At Palakkad: Assam 313 in 119.5 overs (Chandan Rawat 70, Arun Kumar 115 not out, Nisanta Bordoloi 47, S. Suresh four for 95, S. Anish four for 25) vs Kerala 109 in 54.1 overs (Arlen Konwar four for 18) & five for one in 2.1 overs.

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