da fezbet： After being restricted to a total of 190, Hyderabad hit back to takethree Karnataka wickets for 26 by stumps on the first day of theirSouth Zone under-22 cricket tournament match at the M Chinnaswamystadium in Bangalore on Thursday
Partab Ramchand19-Oct-2000After being restricted to a total of 190, Hyderabad hit back to takethree Karnataka wickets for 26 by stumps on the first day of theirSouth Zone under-22 cricket tournament match at the M Chinnaswamystadium in Bangalore on Thursday.Opting to bat, Hyderabad lost wickets at regular intervals and it wasonly a gallant 70 by Santosh Yadav that helped them to get near the200 run mark. Yadav, who came in when two wickets were down for 32,was ninth out at 177. He faced 165 balls and hit six fours. The factthat the highest partnership was 43 runs for the ninth wicket betweenYadav and Ramakrishna (35) tells the tale of the inconsistentHyderabad batting. Three run outs added to Hyderabad’s agony. MdAleem, who wrecked the middle order, was the most successful bowlerwith four for 42.When Karnataka batted, opening bowlers Md Ghouse (2) and Amresh Kumar(1) quickly got among the wickets and the home team lost three wicketsfor 20 runs. The game was stopped due to bad light at 4.15 pm and playwas finally called off at 5.05 pm. with Karnataka gasping for breath.The two other matches were affected by rain. While there were only 64minutes of play in the game between Tamil Nadu and Goa at the DSYground in Vasco, there was never any possibility of play betweenAndhra and Kerala at the District Sports Authority stadium inKakinada. At Vasco, Tamil Nadu, put into bat were 59 for no loss in15 overs with the openers Noorul Riaz (27) and S Badrinath (24) comingin unscathed. Play started only at 4.30 pm.