Karnataka, Hyderabad settle for draw

The rain affected P Ramachandra Rao Trophy match between Hyderabad and Andhra at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday ended in a draw. Both Karnataka and Hyderabad settled for three points each from the match.

Resuming at the overnight score of 87 for 4, Karnataka proceeded to score 174 runs in their first innings. S Naveen (11) was the first to be dismissed when he fell leg before to Mohd Ghouse. S Shinde (44) was joined by R Shanbal (13) and they took the score to 127. Shinde was then caught by Sai Laxman off Santosh Yadav. Three overs later Dharmichand (0) fell to a catch in the slips by D Amresh of Santosh Yadav. Coming in at No 9, NC Aiyappa scored a valuable 28 to take the score past the 160 run mark before the innings folded up.

In reply Hyderabad got to face just six overs. Opener K Srikanth (4) was caught by Shanbal off Aiyappa. T Suman (7) and Anirudh Singh (2) took the score onto 16 when heavy rain stopped play, which could not be resumed after tea. Play was finally called off at 4 pm.