Raju, Nandakishore give Hyderabad their second win

Hyderabad earned their second consecutive win in the South Zone Ranji Trophy One-day Tournament by thrashing Karnataka by eight wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday.

After having reduced Karnataka for 142, the Hyderabad openers Daniel Manohar (40) and A Nandakishore (62 not out) gave the team a rousing start adding 61 runs in 11 overs. Manohar was the more flamboyant of the two. During a 55 minute stay at the crease he belted the bowlers especially Ganesh who went for 41 runs in his 7 overs.

After the departure of Manohar, caught by Arun Kumar off Bharadwaj, VVS Laxman joined Nandakishore. Laxman (2) failed to impress and five runs later fell for a catch to Beerala off Yalvigi. But Nandakishore and Vanka Pratap (31 not out) made sure that the team romped home in 30.5 overs. For his unbeaten innings, Nandakishore faced 90 balls while finding the boundary ropes on 4 occations.

Earlier, opting to bat, Karnataka came up against the willy guiles of Venkatapathy Raju (4 for 36). Though stumper VST Naidu (30) and Yalvigi (25) had a good start in their innings they filed to capitalise on that leaving the Karnataka bowlers to defend a paltry 142.