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Prasad century puts Andhra on top

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VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra captain M.S.K. Prasad compiled an unbeaten century as the team declared its first innings at 469 for nine, early into the third and penultimate day of its Ranji Trophy Elite group B match against Baroda at the ACA-VDCA stadium here on Wednesday.

Baroda overcame initial setbacks, with opener and captain Connors Williams and Rakesh Solanki finishing the day with half centuries, and posted 136 for two at close.

D. Kalyan Krishna, who added 61 runs for the ninth wicket with Prasad, was highly impressive with his medium pace when he opened the Andhra attack. He removed opener Satyajit Parab, with Hemal Watekar at second slip accepting an edge, and two balls later, Azhar Bilakhia drove straight to M. Suresh in the covers.

Baroda had lost two wickets for just three runs and Andhra’s plan of scoring a big total and then restricting Baroda, as laid out by its coach Abid Ali earlier, seemed to be working. But Williams and Solanki, who are in good form this season having already scored two centuries each, did not allow Andhra further success.

Andhra played for 10 overs in the morning after resuming at 434 for eight and M.S.K. Prasad reached his century (254b, 9x4, 1x6) with a single off medium pacer Hamid Ali . This was M.S.K. Prasad’s sixth century in his 94th Ranji match.

The scores: Andhra — 1st innings: H. Watekar c Pathan b Ali 24, L.N. Prasad Reddy run out 67, A.S.K. Varma c Parab b Powar 29, Y. Gnaneswara Rao c Shah b Ali 57, A.G. Pradeep c Shah bt Sunit 30, M.S.K. Prasad (not out) 121, B. Sumanth st Shah b Powar 72, M. Suresh c Solanki b Sunit 19, G. Shankara Rao lbw b Pathan 13, D. Kalyana Krishna c Solanki b Powar 27, Extras (b-5, lb-3, nb-1): 9; Total (for nine wickets declared in 185 overs): 469.

Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-95, 3-136, 4-212, 5-214, 6-329, 7-364, 8-394, 9-455.

Baroda bowling: Sunit 27-7-70-2; Vohra 27-5-78-0; Ali 32-10-67-2; Powar 58-16-144-3; Pathan 41-7-102-1.

Baroda — 1st innings: Satyajit Parab c Watekar b Kalyan Krishna 0, Connors Williams (batting) 75, Azhar Bilakhia c Suresh b Kalyan Krishna 0, Rakesh Sokanki (batting) 51, Extras (lb-3, nb-5, w-2): 10; Total (for two wickets in 77 overs): 136.

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-3.

Andhra bowling: Kalyan Krishna 16-7-25-2, Shankara Rao 12-3-22-0, Vijaya Kumar 10-7-15-0, Watekar 25-5-45-0, Suresh 6-1-10-0, Varma 4-1-7-0, Gnaneswara Rao 4-1-9-0.

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