Ranji Trophy: Hyderabad romp home easily after Tripura collapse

Hyderabad easily chased down the target of 45 after Tripura collapsed.

Hyderabad romped home to a facile nine-wicket triumph over Tripura after the home team’s batting collapsed on Thursday and left the visitors with a meager 45-run target in their Ranji Trophy Group C cricket match in Agartala.

Overnight 240 for four, Tripura collapsed to 351, leaving Hyderabad with a target of 45 to chase.

The visitors reached the target in 6.5 overs with openers Tanmay Agarwal (21) and Akshath Reddy (27) doing the job.

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For Tripura, Rakesh Solanki was the top-scorer, notching up 85 runs.

Brief Scores: Tripura: 184 & 351 Hyderabad: 491/9d & 48/1 in 6.5 overs.

HP take three points from draw against Kerala

Himachal Pradesh walked away with three points owing to a first innings lead after their Ranji Trophy Group C cricket match against Kerala ended in a draw on Thursday.

Overnight 61 for four in their second innings, Kerala hung in to reach 252 for eight and draw the game.

Rohan Prem was the star performer for the visitors by clinching a 101-run knock, which came off 276 balls and included 16 fours.

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Brief Scores: Himachal Pradesh: 517
Kerala: 196 & 252/8 in 126 overs (Rohan Prem 101, Rishi Dhawan 2/68).

Andhra tame Jharkhand with ease

Chasing a paltry target of 47, Andhra Pradesh registered a comfortable nine-wicket win over Jharkhand in their Group C Ranji Trophy cricket match on Thursday.

Overnight 10 for no loss, Andhra lost Srikar Bharat (25) to pacer Ashish Kumar before romping home with ease.

Andhra are now third on the points table after notching up their second win in four matches. Their other two matches had ended in draws.

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This was Jharkhand’s first loss of the season after drawing three back-to-back games.

Brief Scores: Jharkhand: 246 & 104 Andhra Pradesh: 304 & 47/1 in 11 overs (Srikar Bharat 25, Ashish Kumar 1/28).

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