Baroda struggling against Hyderabad
Chasing a target of 235, Baroda were struggling at 24 for 2 at stumps on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match against Hyderabad at the Gymkhana Ground in Secunderabad on Tuesday
14-Mar-2000
Chasing a target of 235, Baroda were struggling at 24 for 2 at stumps
on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match
against Hyderabad at the Gymkhana Ground in Secunderabad on
Tuesday. Hyderabad thus placed themselves in a comfortable position to
try and force a victory to qualify for the knock-out stage of the
tournament.
Earlier, openers A Nandakishore (30 runs of 57 balls) and D Vinay
Kumar (33 runs of 97 balls) gave Hyderabad a good start, putting on 49
runs in 15.5 overs. Then, VVS Laxman(48 runs of 75 balls) joined
Vinaykumar in a partnership worth 65 runs off 19.4 overs for the
second wicket. After that P Satwalkar and JS Yadav (10 runs of 39
balls ) put on 55 runs in 17.3 overs for the seventh wicket. But when
P Satwalkar (56 runs of 79 balls) was out at 211, NP Singh (20 runs of
24 balls) and Kanwaljit Singh (15 runs of 31 balls) took the score to
246.
VN Buch was the pick of the Baroda bowlers, taking 5 for 79 with a
match analysis of 8 for 139. While Swaroop and Z Khan picked 2 for 46
and 39 respectively.
