Laxman enthralls

JAMSHEDPUR, February 5: There was a big crowd at the Keenan Stadium this morning. By afternoon the stands were almost empty. With Indian cap...

JAMSHEDPUR, February 5: There was a big crowd at the Keenan Stadium this morning. By afternoon the stands were almost empty. With Indian captain Azharuddin back in the pavilion after only a 12-minute stay at the wicket scoring just two runs, the crowd too went home disappointed least bothering to encourage the home team, Bihar in their four-day Group C Ranji Trophy Super League clash against Hyderabad.

Despite the early exit of Azhar, VVS Laxman held the innings together with a superb unbeaten century which took their score to 285 for six at the end of the first day’s play.

Electing to bat, Arvind Shetty and Daniel Manohar gave a rollicking start to Hyderabad (32 in five overs). At that point, Shetty (20) played a square drive only to be caught at point by Tariq off Vineet Saxena.

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Daniel Manohar (35) and VVS Laxman added 56 runs in just over 12 overs for the second wicket. Manohar, who was looking very dangerous, failed to keep low a straight drive off left-arm spinner KVPRao.

SCOREBOARD

HYDERABAD (1st innings): Arvind Shetty c Tariq b Saxena 20; Daniel Manohar c Saxena b KVP Rao 35; VVS Laxman (batting) 158; MV Sridhar c Tariq b Avinash 33; Md Azharuddin c&b KVP Rao 2; Vanka Pratap c Sunil Kumar b Tariq 20; Youraj Singh c&b Avinash 8;

Extras: (b-1, lb-2, nb-6) 9;

Total: (for six wickets in 90.5 overs) 285.

Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-88, 3-186, 4-193, 5-262, 6-285.

Bowling: Sumeet Panda 11-0-60-0, Vineet Saxena 6-1-34-1, Avinash Kumar 38.5-6-85-2, KVP Rao 22-4-62-2, Shahid Arif 1-0-7-0, Tariq-ur-Rehman 12-0-34-1.

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