da esport bet： Spinners Venkatpathi Raju and Kanwaljit Singh bowled Hyderabad to aremarkable 92-run victory over Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophyquarterfinal at the Green Park in Kanpur on Monday
03-Apr-2000Spinners Venkatpathi Raju and Kanwaljit Singh bowled Hyderabad to aremarkable 92-run victory over Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophyquarterfinal at the Green Park in Kanpur on Monday.It was a magnificent win for Hyderabad who were behind by 71 runs onthe first innings. A superb effort in the second innings, spearheadedby VVS Laxman who scored his sixth century this season in the nationalcompetition, gave Hyderabad a chance to come back. But when UPresumed this morning at 38 for no loss chasing a victory target of311, the home team did seem to have the better chance of qualifyingfor the penultimate round. After all they had already secured thefirst innings lead. This feeling gathered momentum when UP were 104for one and in mid afternoon, 163 for three. But then there was anamazing turnabout and the last seven wickets fell for the addition of55 runs. UP were all out for 218 with six overs to spare.UP suffered an early blow when Jyoti Yadav was bowled by KanwaljitSingh for 18 with the total on 43. But the other opener M Saif and MdKaif came together in a second wicket partnership which realized 61runs off 24.2 overs. Saif then fell to Raju for 57. He batted a trifleover three hours, faced 162 balls and hit seven fours. In the sameover, Raju dismissed R Shamshad for nought.Shortly before lunch, Kaif reached his half century. At the interval,UP were 119 for three. Kaif and Saurabh Shukla then seemed to havecarried UP to safety by adding 59 runs off 25.3 overs. However at 163,Shukla was caught by wicketkeeper Sheikh off Raju for 27. He batted anhour and a half, faced 68 balls and hit four boundaries. Anothercrucial wicket was taken in the same over with skipper GyanendraPandey being held by Nandakishore for a duck.Now UP were under siege. Raju and Kanwaljit wove patterns around thebatsmen, trapping them in their web of spin. Kaif continued to playconfidently but the wickets fell at regular intervals at the otherend. Finally Kaif, UP’s last bastion of strength, was ninth out at213, held by Nandakishore off Kanwaljit Singh. The India batsmen hadbatted courageously for 282 minutes, faced 229 balls and hit sevenfours. Satwalkar ended the match having last man Sriwatsava caught bySheikh and Hyderabad’s triumph was complete. Raju took six for 57 off37 overs while Kanwaljit had three for 78 to finish with match figuresof nine for 175.Hyderabad now play reigning champions Karnataka in the semifinal.