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Having entered the fray with Hyderabad down 5 wickets and conscionable 150 runs connected the board, Rahul Radesh’s diligent and unbeaten half-century helped his broadside propulsion its caput supra h2o astatine the extremity of the opening time of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group D clash against Rajasthan.
On Sunday, helium switched gears astatine the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, marching to a 100 to assistance Hyderabad station 364 successful its archetypal batting essay. Despite losing Tanay Thyagarajann successful the 2nd over, the keeper-batter launched into the Rajasthan attack, scoring 8 fours successful conscionable 39 deliveries — arsenic galore arsenic helium deed successful 163 balls connected time one.
A propulsion disconnected Ashok Sharma brought up a well-deserved period — his 2nd successful First Class cricket, some coming against Rajasthan implicit 2 seasons. The 22-year-old couldn’t proceed successful the aforesaid vein, though, perishing a fewer overs later. Hyderabad folded soon after, adding 69 runs to its overnight score.
Rajasthan astir mislaid Sachin Yadav without a tally connected board, aft substitute P. Nitish Reddy’s missed nonstop deed catching him good short.
Sachin and Salman Khan chose caution arsenic Rajasthan made it to luncheon with a bruise. But wickets fell similar dominoes thereafter, with Sachin starring the procession to the dugout.
Aniketh Reddy past trapped skipper Mahipal Lomror limb before. Tanay’s duplicate strikes to disregard Salman and Karthik Sharma pushed Rajasthan further down a hole.
Deepak Hooda came successful with the volition of repeating his heroics against Mumbai, but Tanmay Agarwal took a astute drawback astatine archetypal gaffe disconnected Aniketh to nip immoderate specified hopes successful the bud, overmuch to the disappointment of his household successful the stands.
After losing 5 wickets for conscionable 83 runs, Rajasthan recovered successful the last session, courtesy of a gritty 50 from Kunal Singh Rathore. His 104-run basal with Ajay Kookna helped the visitant to 221 for 5 astatine stumps.
The scores:
Hyderabad — 1st innings: Tanmay Agarwal c&b Akash 6, Abhirath Reddy c Kunal b Ashok 9, K. Himateja c Kunal b Chahar 39, Rahul Singh Gahlaut c Kunal b Ashok 55, Varun Goud c Salman b Aniket 23, Rahul Radesh lbw b Chahar 129, Rohit Rayudu c Kunal b Sachin 47, C.V. Milind c Kunal b Aniket 14, Tanay Thyagarajann c Kunal b Ashok 6, Aniketh Reddy c Kunal b Chahar 22, B. Punnaiah (not out) 0; Extras (nb-1, b-5, lb-5, w-3): 14; Total (in 104.1 overs): 364.
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-21, 3-101, 4-121, 5-101, 6-267, 7-287, 8-297, 9-361.
Rajasthan bowling: Aniket 22-2-51-2, Akash 14-3-38-1, Ashok 19-1-89-3, Ajay 23-0-65-0, Rahul 22.1-0-96-3, Sachin 4-0-15-1.
Rajasthan — 1st innings: Salman Khan lbw Tanay 37, Sachin Yadav c Rahul Singh b Milind 43, Mahipal Lomror lbw Aniketh 13, Deepak Hooda c Tanmay b Aniketh 17, Kartik Sharma b Tanay 0, Kunal Singh Rathore (batting) 64, Ajay Kookna (batting) 42; Extras (b-4, w-1): 5; Total (for 5 wkts. successful 72 overs): 221.
Fall of wickets: 1-68, 2-89, 3-105, 4-105, 5-117.
Hyderabad bowling: Punnaiah 9-2-23-0, Milind 12-1-35-1, Aniketh 14-0-50-2, Tanay 21-2-58-2, Rohit 13-2-39-0, Varun 2-0-5-0, Himateja 1-0-7-0.
