Jharkhand v Andhra - Ranji Trophy - Group C - Day 4 – Live Score and Update
Jharkhand 257 and 295 v Andhra 410 and 32 - Match drawn
The four-day http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jharkhand-c800 and Andhra also ended without a result, as both sides were adamant on not losing the game at Railway Stadium, Dhanbad.
With Akash Verma and RK Nemat, Jharkhand resumed their second innings from an overnight score of 20 without any loss.
After getting smashed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andhra-c764 for 410, it was imperative for Jharkhand to bat big the second time around after a disappointing first innings, which saw them crumble after piling 257.
They, however, were rocked when they lost their first wicket with only 38 runs on the board. This was followed by the demise of the second wicket with 60 runs on the scoreboard as number-three batsman, K Deobrat perished with only nine runs to his name.
The next partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Akash-Verma-c974 and SS Tiwary was rattling, as the two batsmen crippled the bowlers by launching a ruthless attack.
The bowlers were useless until the demise of Akash Verma, who perished after clobbering an innings of 82 runs, leaving his side with 189 on the board.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SS-Tiwary-c2565 was then joined by IR Jaggi, and the two batsmen continued the batting onslaught without any hindrance in the scoring rate.
This was getting out of hand for Andhra, as they needed to halt the batsmen from overpowering them before ending up on the losing end.
The batting pair led the side towards 250, before Tiwary was given lbw off Basha, falling just a run short of scoring a century.
A Hashmi and SP Gautam were then neutralized without any hassle as they fell with scores of six and five.
With skipper, S Nadeem, hitting a late 22-run knock, he helped his side end the innings with 295 on the board, giving their opposition a target of 143 to win.
With nearly ten overs remaining in the day, it was a tough call for Andhra, as they lost four wickets before posting 32 runs to end the match.
SS Rao was the most successful bowler with two wickets to his name in this innings, backed by S Nadeem and Sunny Gupta, who shared a wicket each.
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