HYDERABAD, March 14: Hosts Hyderabad were in early trouble against a determined Vadodara at stumps on the second day Group C Ranji Trophy Super League Match at the Gymkhana Grounds here today.
Hyderabad began their innings on a disastrous note losing their openers Nandakishore (9) and Arvind Shetty (1). Debutant Timothy Ravi Kumar (29 batting) and Vanka Pratap (31 batting) avoided further embarrassment to the home side and held the innings together.
Earlier, Tushar Arothe (91) came up with a blistering knock and frustrated the home attack in the company of R A Swaroop. They added 60 runs for seventh wicket with arothe contributing 44.
SCOREBOARD
Vadodara (1st innings): Moinuddin Kadri c Youraj b Vanka Pratap 6, Connor Williams run out 94, Himanshu Jadhav b R Sridhar 51, Satyajit Parab lbw Kanwaljit 17, Atul Bedade lbw NP Singh 1, Tushar Arothe c Timothy b Kanwaljit 91, Kiran More lbw Vanka Pratap 0, RA Swaroop c MV Sridhar b Yadav 13, Valmik Buch lbw Yadav 4, Yogesh Wakaskar run out 21, AshishTandon not out 26. Extras: (lb-3, w-3, nb-2, b-5) 13. Total (all out in 143.2 overs) 337.
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-127, 3-171, 4-174, 5-189, 6-189, 7-249, 8-253, 9-296.
Bowling: NP Singh 26.2-7-59-1, Vanka Pratap 16-6-46-2, Kanwaljit 43-12-100-2, Meraj 17-4-51-0, R Sridhar 30-14-39-1, Yadav 10-0-34-2.Hyderabad (1st innings): Arvind Shetty c Parab b Wakaskar 1, Nandakishore lbw Tandon 9, Timothy Ravi Kumar batting 29, Vanka Pratap batting 31. Extras: (lb-3, nb-5, w-1) 9. Total: (for two wickets in 35 overs) 79.
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-23.
Bowling: Tandon 11-1-27-1, Wakaskar 11-4-23-1, Swaroop 6-2-6-0, Buch 4-1-6-0, Kadri 3-0-14-0.