Elite Group B
At Delhi: Delhi 305/8 (D Shorey 88, H Dalal 79, M Dagar 3/57) vs Himachal Pradesh
At Kolkata: Bengal 246/4 (K Ghosh 100, A Easwaran 86) vs MP At Thiruvananthapuram: Andhra 225/8 (R Bhui 109, K Akshay 4/56) vs Kerala
At Tirunelveli: Hyderabad 249/3 (P Reddy 114, B Sandeep 74) vs Tamil Nadu
SHOREY NEVER REALLY GOT THE SUPPORT HE WAS LOOKING FOR WITH DELHI SUFFERING A MIDDLEORDER COLLAPSE
suffered an early blow when Tanmay Agarwal (10) was out, edging one to wicketkeeper N Jagadeesan off M Mohammed in the sixth over.
The talented Rohit Rayudu walked in at the fall of Tanmayand pottered around for 54 balls for 13 before being caught by B Anirudh Sitaram.
Mystery bowler C V Varun, making his debut, was introduced as early as in the seventh over but he couldn’t do any damage as the rival batsmen negotiated him well.
Akshath played himself in
and found an able partner in Himalay Agarwal (29).
The two were involved in a half-century partnership to steady the Hyderabad innings.
Himalay fell to K Vignesh, who was returning to the side after recovering from an injury.
Then came the big partnership of the day as Akshath and B Sandeep (73 batting) joined forces.
The two played deliveries on merit and also despatched the bad balls to the boundary.
While the captain hit 14 fours and a six, Sandeep too looked to score of every given opportunity and slammed 10 fours and a six.
Akshath brought up his ton with a sweep off Rahil Shah in the 83rd over.
In another game, Yusuf Pathan made 99 runs to help Baroda to 322 for nine on the first day.