Gujarat v Hyderabad (India) - Ranji Trophy - Group A – Day 4 – Live Score and Update
Gujarat 566 v Hyderabad (India) 375 and 124 - Match drawn
The four-day match of the Group A http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 Stadium, Valsad, on Tuesday.
The outcome, nonetheless, was disappointing for Gujarat, who had smashed a brilliant first innings total of 566 to keep Hyderabad batting till the final day of play.
Due to the lack of pace in the pitch, the bowlers faced the worst possible time on this track, while the batsmen had a great practice with the ball coming easily on the bat.
Still, Gujarat should have won the match, but their bowlers were just not good enough to bowl-out http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 twice.
Hyderabad (India) batted slow, but kept wickets in hand to take the score to 291 for four at stumps on the penultimate day.
BP Sandeep and SA Quadri resumed play on the final day in a bid to carry the momentum till the end of the day.
The pair dominated the bowlers right from the get go as they took the score to 336, giving their team a perfect start.
Finally the partnership was broken by Kalaria, who had http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Markasakkam-Sandeep-c74795 caught by Bhatt for 90 runs.
On the penultimate delivery of his next over, the bowler struck again, taking the wicket of SA Quadri, who fell after bolstering 48 runs.
With 347 runs, the batting side lost another wicket on the demise of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abhinav-Kumar-c41756, who fell after scoring only four runs.
It was then a sad tale for Hyderabad, as they faltered after putting 375 runs on the board, failing to avoid a follow-on.
From Gujarat, RB Kalaria and RV Dhurv shared three wickets each in their first innings.
Having to bat for the second time, Hyderabad, had another disappointing start by losing their first wicket with only 15 runs on the board.
PA Reddy and BP Sandeep then stayed unbeaten with 53 and 56 runs to see their team finish the day after posting 124 runs.
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