Kamikaze Hyderabad lose to Goa in a thriller
In a remarkable turn around in the Ranji One-Day South Zone League, the front runners Hyderabad found themselves going back home in the third position as they lost to Goa by 2 runs at CPT- India Pistons Ground, Chennai, on Monday
Santhosh S
11-Dec-2000
In a remarkable turn around in the Ranji One-Day South Zone League, the front
runners Hyderabad found themselves going back home in the third position as they
lost to Goa by 2 runs at CPT- India Pistons Ground, Chennai, on Monday.
Hyderabad finished with six points and found themselves out of the run quotient
situation and literally presented the championship to Karnataka who beat Andhra
in the other match on Monday. Perhaps it was Tamil Nadu who applied the pressure
on Hyderabad with their convincing victory over Kerala in double quick time. The
news of an early Tamil Nadu victory made Hyderabad panic and lose wickets like
falling nine pins.
Earlier in the morning Goa won the toss and elected to bat and were 52/2 in the
15th over when N Naik was adjudged LBW to D Manohar for 25. Goa consolidated
through V Kolambkar and Tanveer Jabbar who added 92 runs in 22 overs. Kolambkar
departed in the 37th over stumped off the bowling of JS Yadav for 53 (90 balls,
4 fours). BKP Misquin was run out in the 42nd over for 11 as the Goa score read
169/4. Jabbar and A Amonkar added a qucik 44 runs in 5.2 overs but Amonkar was
dismissed for 27 in the 42nd over. Amonkar was severe on Hyderabad bowlers
hitting out a six and three fours in his 17 ball stay at the wicket. Jabbar was
in his elements, hitting a six and three fours in his innings of 77 made in 105
balls and was dismissed in the 49th over. Goa lost two more wickets going for
big hits and were 235/8 at the end of 50 overs. NP Singh was easily the best of
the bowlers and was possibly under-bowled finishing with the analysis of
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Hyderabad had heard the news of Kerala bowled out for 184 by Tamil Nadu and went
on a mad run chase. Opener M Srinivas was the first to go in the fifth over
after he had made 9 in 12 balls including two fours. Captain VVS Laxman who was
considered by the national selectors for a place in the Indian team had his task
cut out clearly. Laxman and Daniel Manohar went on a rampage adding 125 runs in
14 overs. Laxman was particularly severe on the bowling as he punished them at
will. He smashed 12 boundaries and a six in his 43 ball innings before being
bowled in the 19th over by RP Rane. Laxman's efforts brought him 77 runs and
made it look like Hyderabad were cruising to the Wills Trophy. Vanka Pratap came
in and left in the 23rd over after making 13 in 15 balls. Daniel Manohar who
played second fiddle to Laxman was not to be left behind, he made a mockery of
the Goa bowling by hitting them all over the park to get to 95 in 77 balls which
included 10 smashing fours and two sixes.
When all was well set for Hyderabad, there came the twist in the tale in the
26th over bowled by Satyajit Medappa. Medappa removed PR Satwalkar (7) in the
second ball caught by AI Aware and in the last ball of the over had Manohar
stumped by Misquin and the Hyderabad score read 212/5 in 26 overs. Satyajit
Medappa had Nandakishore caught behind and then ran JS Yadav out for a duck to
reduce Hyderabad to 222/8 in 27.4 overs. Needing 14 runs to win Aware cleaned up
MF Ahmed for 9 in the 33rd over. In the following over NP Singh was caught by
Jabbar off the bowling of Digvijay Singh for 7 leaving hyderabad four runs short
of a win and a place in the Wills Trophy. Satyajit Medaapa was the toast of Goa
as he claimed three wickets and a run out as Hyderabad were dismissed for 233 in
33.3 overs.