HYDERABAD LOSE GAME AGAINST GOA

Goa embarrassed Hyderabad by seven wickets in their South Zone Inter-State U-25 one-day match for the P. S. Rammohan Rao Trophy being played at the Devineni VenkataramanaPraneeta Grounds at Mulapadu in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. Put into bat, Hyderabad bastmen Shashidhar, Rohan and Lohit made 69, 60 and 56 respectively to guide their side to 253 for 6 in 50 overs even as Goan bowlers Lakshay Gag, Abu Badgaonkar and Lakshav Gargle scalped two wickets each. Chasing, Goa rode on Rajat Shet’s 98 that came off 116 balls and contained nine boundaries and a six. Prathmesh Gawas and Prabhudesai played second fiddle, contributing 55 and 38 respectively to the team’s winning cause. In another match, Andhra put into bat were folded for paltry 165 runs in 43.2 overs. In reply, Kerala succeeded in chasing the target in just 27.5 overs. BRIEF SCORES Hyderabad 253/6 in 50 overs (G.S. Sashidhar Reddy 69, D. Lohit 56, G. Rohan Yadav 60, Lakshay Gag 2/55, Abu Badgaonkar 2/45, Lakshav Gargle 2/55, Vijesh Prabhudesai 1/44) lost to Goa 256/3 in 50 overs (Rajat Shet 98 — 116b, 9x4, 1x6, Prathmesh Gawas 55, Prabhudesai 38). Andhra 165 in 43.2 overs (K. Maheep Kumar 69, D.G.J. Chaitanya 31, Sk. Kaamruddin 32, Krishna Murthy 3/19, Rabin Krishna 3/28, Ahmed Farzeen 3/22) lost to Kerala 167/3 in 27.5 overs (Sreerag Sanal 49, P. Rahul 46 n.o., Akshay Kodoth 43, K. Bhasker Reddy 2/34, K. Reddy Girish 1/24). Karnataka 167 in 43.1 overs (R. Prateek 96 — 138b, 11x4, Aswanth M. 4/25, R. Sai Kishore 2/31, M. Sharukh Khan 2/31) bt Tamil Nadu 153 in 46.1 overs (R. Kavin 42, M. Sharukh Khan 29, Vyshak Vijay Kumar 4/44, Mitra Kanth 2/22, V. Koushik 2/26).