Delhi fail to take first innings lead vs Hyderabad
Tanmay Agarwal and Rohit Rayudu scored a half-century each in the second innings to ensure a draw for Hyderabad against Delhi in an Elite group B Ranji Trophy match in Hyderabad on Friday. Hyderabad took three points on the basis of first innings lead while Delhi had to be satisfied with one point. Hyderabad scored 460 in the first innings while Delhi scored 339. In the second innings, Hyderabad reached 156/4 at stumps. Starting Day 4 on 245/6, Delhi lower order added 94 runs, courtesy Lalit Yadav’s 77, before getting dismissed for 339.
TN SECURE LEAD
Tamil Nadu’s lower order helped the team secure the first innings lead and three points against Andhra on the final day of the Elite Group B match on Friday.
The visiting side flirted with danger before going past Andhra’s total. Tamil Nadu slipped to 208 for 7 and 214 for 8 before going past the line.
Apart from B Aparajith (57), knocks by J Kousik (33) and R Sai Kishore (27 n.o.) ensured TN got three points from the draw. TN have five points from three games.
UTTARAKHAND GO TOP
BHUBANESWAR: Uttarakhand jumped to the top of the Plate Group table with an innings and 178-run win over Sikkim Friday.
Overnight 27/2 after following on, Sikkim folded for 140 in just 48.5 overs with Deepak Dhapola claiming 4/44 to help them secure a third win on the trot.
Uttarakhand bagged seven including a bonus point to consolidate their position atop the standings with 20 points from three matches. Meghalaya (13 points) also climbed past Sikkim on net run rate, following their six-wicket win over Nagaland in Shillong with left-arm spinner Aditya Singhania bagging his maiden five-wicket haul.
Sikkim batsmen provided hardly any resistance with eight of their batsmen failing to get even double digits. It was once again Milind Kumar who waged the lone battle and top-scored with 61. The former Delhi batsman had scored 133 in the first innings. But after Dhopola dismissed him in the 44.2 overs it was a matter of time as the last four added just eight runs to cap a humiliating defeat.