da supremo： Nalini Reddy and Niranjan picked up four wickets each to helpHyderabad bowl out Rajasthan for 254 on the opening day of thequarter-final match of the Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) at theDeshbandhu Park, Calcutta on Thursday
Staff and agencies04-Jan-2001Nalini Reddy and Niranjan picked up four wickets each to helpHyderabad bowl out Rajasthan for 254 on the opening day of thequarter-final match of the Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) at theDeshbandhu Park, Calcutta on Thursday.Hyderabad won the toss and asked Rajasthan to have a bat first. ArvindMann and Ambar Bhargava gave Rajasthan a good start adding 62 runs forthe first wicket in 19 overs. Mann was the first to be dismissed, whenhe fell to Nalin Reddi after making 34 runs with the help of sixboundaries. Gagan Tanwar scratched around for 19 balls and his miserywas put to an end by Nasir Ali who had him leg before for non score.Sanjay Bharti made nine before becoming Nalin Reddi’s second victim toleave Rajasthan at 94/3. Sanjay Bharti made 16 before he was caught byPrasant Peter off Nalin Reddi. Meanwhile, Bhargava went to complete apatient half century and was dismissed on 62 made of 171 balls.Bhargava’s innings was decorated with nine hits to the fence.Hyderabad were 149/5 at that stage.Vivek Yadav made a quickfire 36 off just 46 balls smashing the ballfor six boundaries and a six before being dismissed by Niranjan, whowent on to take three more wickets to finish at 10-3-23-4. His othervictims were Bhaskar Ranjan (0), Naresh Bhati (16) and Vibhor Mathur(13). Rasheed Khan struck five boundaries in his innings of 33 andbecame Nalin Reddi’s fourth victim. Reddi bowled his heart out and hadthe analysis of 26.3-7-95-4, picking up crucial wickets. Rajasthanwere bowled out in 83.3 overs. Hyderabad were two without loss in 2.4overs as bad light stopped play for the day.