Andhra v Kerala - Ranji Trophy - Group C - Day 1 – Live Score and Update
Andhra 249/7 (86.0 ov) v Kerala - Kerala won the toss and elected to field
Andhra had a decent Saturday, where they were asked to bat first by Kerala on the opening day of the four-day http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy, Group C encounter being played at YS Raja Reddy Stadium, Cuddapah.
They had a disappointing start to their innings, though, losing their first wicket with only 14 runs on the board, as opener KS Bharat was neutralized by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Markasakkam-Sandeep-c74795 Warrier after hitting eight runs off his bat.
A run later, DB Prasanth (7) also followed his opening partner after getting caught by Kodoth.
K http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Koyya-Bharat-Reddy-c71687 and B Sumanth defined the third-wicket partnership, taking the score to 34, before Kerala made another breakthrough by dismissing Reddy for 17.
However, Andhra’s fourth-wicket partnership managed to put the brakes on Kerala as B Sumanth and AA Muzumdar initiated a steady comeback.
The two batsmen broke Kerala’s momentum, increasing their scoring rate gradually.
This partnership was vital for Andhra to end the day without having to come out to field.
The batting duo led their side to 125, before Manukrishnan crashed the party by dismissing B Sumanth, who faltered after hitting 47 runs off 118 deliveries.
This was the perfect moment for Kerala to make a strong comeback, and Manukrishnan provided his side this opportunity when he dismissed Andhra’s skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andimani-Ganga-Pradeep-c44219 for six. By this time, the batting side had piled 139 runs on the board.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kerala-c803 needed to continue this momentum in order to begin their batting before stumps; however, their plans went awry when they failed to subdue AA Muzumdar and KS Sahabuddin from forging another dominating partnership.
The two batsmen, knowing exactly what was required of them, hammered the bowlers all around the park to keep the scoreboard ticking.
After conceding 234 runs, the fielding side bagged their sixth wicket of the day when Rakesh clean-bowled Sahabuddin with the batsmen just one run short of scoring a half century.
RV Pawar was disappointing, as it took him 19 deliveries to score only four runs before losing his wicket to Rakesh.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472er posting 249 runs with AA Muzumdar unbeaten on 99 and T Atchuta Rao still waiting to open his account.
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