Date:18/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/18/stories/2007111860961800.htm

Sport - Cricket

Hyderabad takes lead

— Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash

CASTLED: Himachal Pradesh’s Sangram Singh bowled by Karnataka’s Vinay Kumar in the second innings.

MOHALI: Hyderabad snatched a slender 23-run first innings lead over Punjab on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Super League match here.

At stumps, Hyderabad stretched the lead to 108 after scoring 85 for two with Ravi Teja going strong with an unbeaten 61.

But action was more swift at Bangalore where Karnataka completed an innings-and-126-run win over Himachal Pradesh while at Jaipur Maharashtra scored an eight-wicket win over Rajasthan.

At Vadodara, two big centuries — R.K. Solanki’s 186 and Y.K. Pathan’s 183 — helped host Baroda take a firm grip of the proceedings against Bengal. At stumps, Bengal, trailing by 145 runs, did its cause no good by losing a wicket with just one run on the board.

The scores: Super League: Hyderabad 379 and 85 for two in 31 overs (Ravi Teja 61 batting) vs. Punjab 356 in 124 overs (K. Goel 75, P. Dharmani 52, V. Kaul 46, A. Kakkar 45, M. Gony 48) at Mohali.

U.P. 298 and 105 for two in 33 overs (R.P. Srivatsavan 42) vs. Andhra 326 in 135.3 overs (C.N.P. Reddy 132, A.S.K. Verma 61) at Anantapur.

Bengal 370 and 1 for one in 1.3 overs vs. Baroda 515 in 137.5 overs (R.K. Solanki 186, Y.K. Pathan 183, S.S. Lahiri four for 184) at Vadodara.

Delhi 244 and 295 for two in 69 overs (A. Chopra 124 not out, S. Dhawan 114, V. Kohli 40 not out) vs. Saurashtra 213 in 92.1 overs (S.H. Kotak 77, I. Sharma four for 72, R. Bhatia four for 16) at Delhi.

Rajasthan 105 and 303 in 96.2 overs (G.K. Khoda 60, V.A. Saxena 99, R. Bishnoi 42, S.V. Bahutule four for 96) lost to Maharashtra 287 and 123 for two in 27 overs (Y. Venugopala Rao 45 not out) at Jaipur. Maharashtra 5 pts, Rajasthan 0.

Karnataka 452 bt Himachal Pradesh 179 (M. Gupta 42, M.S. Bisla 43 not out) and 147 in 50.4 overs, at Bangalore. Karnataka 6 pts; HP 0.

Plate League:

Kerala 566 for six decl. vs. Services 325 for five in 102 overs (D. Israni 115, Tahir Khan 100, Jasvir Singh 56 batting) at Palakkad.

Goa 535 vs. Railways 291 for five in 103 overs (H.D. Rawla 102, M. Rawt 83 batting, S. Sanyal 54) at Margao.

Haryana 273 and 286 for six in 74.4 overs (V.C. Sahni 54, M.R. Beerala 75, Sumeet Sharma 63, Joginder Sharma 48) vs. Jharkand 205 in 76.1 overs (A. Hashim 50, Sunny Gupta 51, S. Nadeem 57) at Jamshedpur.

Tripura 116 and 154 for four in 68 overs (Manoj Singh 73) vs. Gujarat 470 for six decl. in 141 overs (P.A. Patel 158, B.D. Thaker 154 not out, D.M. Popal 40) at Amhedabad

Assam 65 for two vs. Vidharba at Guwahati. (No play on Saturday).

Jammu 281 and 91 in 31.1 overs (Anand Rajan six for 45) vs. Madhya Pradesh 242 in 88 overs (D. Bundela 80) at Jammu.