Ranji round-up

Goa chased down the highest total of their Ranji Trophy league match against Kerala at Panaji to win the game by eight wickets on the fourth day.

Chasing 213 for victory, Goa's opening bats put on 113 runs for the first wicket before Sudin Kamat fell, having made 71 off 143 balls. When Kiran Powar also fell, for the addition of just one run, a collapse looked in the offing.

Tanveer Jabbar and opener Vivekanand Kolambkar, however, played well to see their side through to victory without any more losses. Kolambkar remained unbeaten on 74 off 209 balls, striking 11 fours and a six. Jabbar made 57 off 80 balls, with eight fours and a six. Goa pick up eight points by virtue of this outright win.

Faced with a target of 352 off seven overs, Karnataka could only play for a draw in their Ranji Trophy league match against Andhra Pradhesh at Kurnool.

Andhra Pradesh's first innings ended on Day Two, with Y Venugopal Rao making 151 and holding the innings together. For Karnataka, NSC Aiyappa was the most successful bowler, taking 5-112 off 40 overs.

Karnataka, batting in their first essay, managed only 293, built largely around KMA Aiyappa's 62 and 49 apiece from Barrington Rowland Vijay Bharadwaj. Andhra Pradesh relied mostly on KS Sahabuddin, who took 5-92.

Venkatesh Prasad was the destroyer-in-chief in the second innings, taking 6-35 off 21 overs and almost single-handedly reducing Andhra Pradesh to 228 all out, with only RVC Prasad (78) making a significant score. Karnataka played out seven overs for their draw, from which Andhra Pradesh pick up five points, while Karnataka pick three.

Tamil Nadu played analytical cricket on the fourth day of their Ranji Trophy league match against Hyderabad at Chennai, picking up five points by virtue of a first-innings lead.

With the match destined for a draw, Tamil Nadu batsmen TR Arasu (78 off 268) and MR Shrinivas (28 off 154) made the required runs with a display of grit and resolution. Arasu fell with the score on 290, but Shrinivas and R Ramkumar (37 off 60) took Tamil Nadu past Hyderabad's first-innings total of 336.

Bowled out for 351, Tamil Nadu then reduced Hyderabad to 150/2 by the close of play, with Ramkumar picking up both wickets. Daniel Manohar was unbeaten on 65, while Arjun Shivlal Yadav was unbeaten on 38.