Andhra draws with Hyderabad and claims five points

Resuming the day on 310/6, Hyderabad succumbed to 349 all out and conceded the first innings lead to Andhra in their Ranji Trophy encounter at the Kurnool Stadium on Saturday. At the end of the day, the match ended in a draw and Andhra bagged five points to Hyderabad's three by virtue of having secured the first innings lead. Hyderabad finished with 25 points to their credit and are in second place in the South Zone standings. Tamil Nadu with 26 points finished on top while Karnataka with 24 points took third place.

Overnight, Vinay Kumar was unbeaten on 83 and JS Yadav kept him company with 21. Unable to reach what would have been a memorable century, Vinay Kumar fell at 332 and his the first wicket to fall on the fourth day. Falling just three runs short of his century, Vinay Kumar spent a shade less than five hours at the crease. In his careful essay, he struck eleven boundaries. After Vinay Kumar departed, the Hyderabad team added just 27 runs before being all out. This gave Andhra a 37-run lead.

Coming in to bat the second time around, Andhra found the going tough. GN Srinivas at the top of the innings played a lone hand of 88 (172 minutes, 130 balls, 14 fours) while all other batsmen failed to make an impact. Shivaji Yadav was the wrecker-in-chief for Hyderabad claiming seven of the nine wickets to fall on the day. The 24-year-old offspinner bowled a majority of the overs, ending up with 7/70 off his 28 overs. Ghouse Baba picked up the other two wickets to fall and Andhra were 193/9 when time ran out.