Andhra v Goa - Ranji Trophy - Group C - Day 4 – Live Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andhra-c764 393 and 193 v Goa 328 and 14 - Match drawn
The batting pitch prevented http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy’s Group C match between Andhra and Goa from ending with a winner, as the final day closed on a draw at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam.
Both sides gave a belligerent performance while batting first as Andhra hammered 393 runs, ripping through the Goa bowlers with D Shivkumar smacking a resilient innings of 106 runs.
From http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Goa-c786, SS Bandekar was the top performer in the first innings with a five-wicket haul to his name. He was backed by HH Gadekar, who stayed second best with four wickets.
Nonetheless, Goa were not going to stay around and let themselves get bullied as they gave their opponents a taste of their own medicine by hitting the bowlers for 328 runs in their first innings.
They ended the day with 285 for nine on the third day and then resumed their batting onslaught on the final day to match their opponents. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ravikant-Shukla-c84215 was the man for Goa as he hammered an impressive innings of 121 runs.
From Andhra, D Shivkumar, was outstanding with the ball as well, as he took six wickets in 29 overs.
With most of the day left to bat, Andhra had an unimpressive start as they lost two quick wickets with only 16 on the board.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472hird-wicket partnership between T Vamsi Krishna and B Sumanth yielded the desired results as the batting duo led their side to 41 before Sumanth became the third batsman to find his way off the field. He hammered 18 runs off 30 deliveries before losing his wicket to Bandekar.
Then with 61 runs on the board, Gadekar struck for the second time in the match by taking the wicket of Krishna. The batsman was trapped in front of stumps after scoring 25 runs.
Before the fielding side could cause any further damage, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andimani-Ganga-Pradeep-c44219 bolstered a fantastic knock of 65 to play a key role in helping his team amass 193 runs before Andhra declared the innings.
Requiring 259 to win, Goa scored 14 without loss in 26 overs at stumps on Tuesday.
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