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Hyderabad wins

Principal Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad completed the formalities of scoring the required 18 runs on the final day to record a three-wicket win over Andhra in the Ranji Trophy Group ‘B’ super league match at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (Uppal) here on Wednesday.

Resuming at 137 for six in pursuit of a victory target of 155, Hyderabad suffered an early setback in the first over when medium-pacer D. Kalyankrishna forced Amol Shinde to snick to wicketkeeper M.S.K. Prasad to reduce it 138 for seven.

However, the star performer for the home team with his fast bowling, M.P. Arjun, and Pragyan Ojha batted sensibly to ensure that there were no more hiccups.

Celebration time

When Ojha flicked Kalyankrishna to pick up a brace to wrap up the match in the ninth over of the day, it signalled celebrations for the Hyderabad team which at one stage was looking out of contention having conceded the vital first innings lead.

After this win, Hyderabad has 10 points from five matches and takes on Uttar Pradesh here from December 25 in it’s last match while Andhra has nine points so far.

Team work

Hyderabad captain N. Arjun Yadav attributed the victory to team work and hoped for a turn-around in fortunes after this performance. “We are now looking for bigger feats in the U.P. match and are confident of putting up an improved display,” he remarked at the end of the match.

The scores:

Andhra – 1st innings: 159.

Hyderabad – 1st innings: 132.

Andhra – 2nd innings: 127.

Hyderabad – 2nd innings: S.D. Manohar lbw b Kalyankrishna 4, D.B. Ravi Teja c M.S.K. Prasad b Gnaneshwar 23, D.D. Prince lbw b Kalyankrishna 0, S.M. Shoaib c M.S.K. Prasad b Vijaykumar 7, N. Arjun Yadav c Sumanth b Shankar Rao 43, S. Anoop Pai b Vijaykumar 53, A. Shinde c M.S.K. Prasad b Kalyankrishna 1, P. Ojha not out 7, M.P. Arjun not out 10; Extras (b-1, lb-2, w-2, nb-2): 7. Total (for seven wkts in 67.1 overs): 155.

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-13, 3-35, 4-35, 5-128, 6-136, 7-138.

Andhra bowling: Kalyankrishna 18.1-4-41-3, Vijaykumar 20-5-48-2, Shankar Rao 10-3-15-1, Gnaneshwar 9-4-17-1, Watekar 5-0-18-0, Varma 2-1-1-0, Faiq 3-0-12-0.

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