Hyderabad take the honours on opening day
Considering the fact that this encounter was their 200th match in the national competion, Kerala failed to make an impact on the opening day of the South Zone Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad at the NFC ground in Hyderabad on Wednesday
Considering the fact that this encounter was their 200th match in the national competion, Kerala failed to make an impact on the opening day of the South Zone Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad at the NFC ground in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The hosts, thanks to their top order being in resonable form ran up 241 for the loss of three wickets in their 90 overs.
Opting to bat, Hyderabad openers southpaw Daniel Manohar (30) and A Nanda Kishore (53) gave a solid start by adding 94 runs in 34 overs. Daniel was the first to be dismissed, caught behind by Kameruddin off Tinu Yohannan. His partner Nanda Kishore departed soon after, trapped leg before by Yohannan. But the new batsmen, Anirudh Singh (47) and Vanka Pratap (70) made amends to forge a 98 run third wicket partnership in 42.3 overs.
Yohannan (3 for 43) came back late in the day to dismiss Anirudh in the 80th over. But Vanka Pratap and D Vinay Kumar (11) saw the team through to stumps.
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