AND 203 | Live cricket score,Tamil Nadu vs Andhra Pradesh, Ranji Trophy 2015-16, Group B match, Day 1 at Chennai: At stumps, Tamil Nadu fightback
AND 203 | Live cricket score,Tamil Nadu vs Andhra Pradesh, Ranji Trophy 2015-16, Group B match, Day 1 at Chennai: At stumps, Tamil Nadu fightback
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Day one of the Group B game of the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy between Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, live from Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Tamil Nadu are currently at third position in Group B. They have 15 points from four matches. They have won two, lost one and drew match. Andhra on the other hand are hanging at sixth position having nine points from five matches. They lost two and drew three matches. Andhra lost their last match against Punjab by seven wickets while Tamil Nadu won their last match against Railways comprehensively by eight wickets. Thus, it is clear that Tamil Nadu certainly have an edge in the match, both because of psychological advantage of having performed well in their previous matches and also due to their recent good form. Complete coverage of Ranji Trophy 2015-16
Live cricket scores Andhra | 203 | Overs 77.2 | Batting: Bodavarapu Sudhakar 27(67): D T Chandrasekar and Malolan Rangarajan shared seven wicket between each other with the former bagging four of those. At stumps, the hosts bowled out Andhra for a total of 203 and batted for one over without posting a run on board. Andimani Pradeep top-scored for Andhra with 159-ball 78, while opening batsman Bharat contributed with 56 from 123 balls. Bodavarapu Sudhakar played a fighting innings at the end to ensure Andhra reaches 200. OUT! Hanumappa Shivraj LBW D T Chandrasekar 0(14)
Live cricket scores Andhra | 113/3 | Overs 40 | Batting: Srikar Bharat 53(115), Andimani Pradeep 21(50): Just one wicket gone since the early tow dismissals for Andhra. Baba Aparajith dismissed the set batsman Ricky Bui on the fourth delivery of the 26th over. He scored 35 from 65 balls before getting caught by the other Aparajith, leaving his side at 72 for 3. Meanwhile, the opening batsman Bharat is still fighting on the crease, has reached to an excellent half-century. OUT! Ricky Bhui c Baba Indrajith b Baba Aparajith 35(65)
Live cricket scores Andhra | 27/2 | Overs 12 | Batting: Srikar Bharat 17(40), Ricky Bhui 8(23): Jagannathan Kaushik struck early on Day 1 of the fifth round of ongoing ranji trophy 2015-16. He claimed two wickets in the fourth over to remove Andhra opener Prashant Kumar and one-down batsman Kaif. While Kumar faced seven deliveries, Kaif went for a two-ball duck. Ricky Bhui is the new batsman in, he will have to give the required support to the other opener Bharat from the other end to ensure Andhra posts a competitive total. OUT! Prashanth Kumar c Dinesh Karthik b Kousik J 2(7) OUT! Kaif c Kaushik Gandhi b Kousik J 0(2)
Andhra Pradesh fans will be hoping that their captain Mohammad Kaif regains his touch in this match. Tamil Nadu will bank very heavily on its openers to give them a good start. Tamil Nadu batsman Dinesh Karthik will try to score big in this match and thereby impress the selectors to pick him for Tests ahead of Wriddhiman Saha as India’s wicketkeeper-batsman. A lot will also depend on Andhra bowler Prasanth Kumar too.
Squads:
Tamil Nadu: Abhinav Mukund (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Baba Aparajith, Umashankar Sushil, Bharath Shankar, Kaushik Gandhi, M Mohammed, Malolan Rangarajan, Vijay Shankar, Baba Indrajith, Jagannathan Kaushik, DT Chandrasekar, Ramaswamy Prasanna, Rahil Shah, Lakshminarayanan Vignesh.
Andhra: Mohammad Kaif (c), Srikant Bharat (wk), Ricky Bhui, Kakani Harish, AG Pradeep, Jyoti Krishna, Prasanth Kumar, BSM Ayyappa, MUB Sriram, Ashwin Hebbar, KV Sasikanth, Hanumappa Shivraj, Siva Kumar, CV Stephen, Bodavarapu Sudhakar, BA Sumanth, DP Vijaykumar.