Published: Dec 01, 2015, 08:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 04:56 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Day one of Group C match between Hyderabad and Jharkand at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. The visitors after playing seven matches so far in the ongoing edition of Ranji Trophy sit comfortably on the third spot in the group with three convincing wins Himachal Pradesh, Tripura and Kerela, two loses and two draws. Meanwhile, the Southern team has had a pathetic run and is on the verge of getting eliminated with no wins, six draws and one loss as it is at the bottom of the table. There is just side below it on the table and that is Tripura. FULL COVERAGE: Ranji Trophy 2015-16 here
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Jharkand 31/1 | Hyderabad 143 | | Overs 11 | BATTING: Shiv Gautam 14(34), Anand Singh 4(9): At stumps, the visitors trailed Hyderabad by 112 runs with nine wickets to spare. Hyderabad’s CV Milind dismissed Sumit Kumar on the third delivery of the 8th over, leaving Jharkand at 20 for 1. Earlier in the day, Jaskaran and Kaushal Singh helped Jharkand to restrict the hosts at 143. OUT! Sumit Kumar c Sumanth Kolla b C V Milind 13(23)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Hyderabad 9/0 | Overs 7 | BATTING: Tanmay Agarwal 2(20), Akshath Reddy 2(25): Winning the toss, Jharkand chose to field. Meanwhile, the Southern side who haven’t had a great Ranji season so far have startted off their innings decently.
Squads:
Jharkand: Sumit Kumar (wk), Shiv Gautam, Anand Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Ishank Jaggi, K Deobrat, Kaushal Singh, Shahbaz Nadeem (c), Jaskaran Singh, Sonu Singh, Samar Quadri
Hyderabad:Â Tanmay Agarwal, Akshath Reddy, Hanuma Vihari (c), Balchander Anirudh, Â Bavanaka Sandeep, Himalay Agarwal, Mehdi Hassan, Chama Milind, Ravi Kiran, Vishal Sharma
Jharkand are coming off a superb victory in the previous round. They thrashed Himachal Pradehs by an innings and 71 runs in Round 8, thereby grabbing seven vital points which kept them alive for their progress to the next level in the league. Batting first, Jharkand posted 337 runs in 103 overs, their opener Shiv Gautam slamming 122 from 259 balls. In reply to that, they bundled out their opponents for a mere total of 133 runs, thereby taking a huge lead of 204 runs. Jharkand then enforced the follow-on on Himachal which was followed by the visitors getting bowled out for a total of 133 runs again, and that handed Jharkand a convincing victory in Round 8.
On the other hand, Hyderabad had their contest against Tripura in the previous round which had ended in a draw. Hanuma Vihari’s double ton powered Hyderabad to a first innings total of 548. After declaring, they bowled out the North-East team for a paltry total of 237 in 82.4 overs. Enforcing follow-on, Tripura was put to bat again, but Hyderabad failed to bowl them out this time and therefore the game ended in a daw. Hyderabad settled for three points for their first innings lead.
