A fifer from Kartikeya Kak and a fast century from captain Rahul Singh helped Hyderabad to a facile win over Meghalaya in a Group B fixture of the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Jaipur on Tuesday.
Regardless of chasing a modest goal of 159, Hyderabad suffered an early setback when Rohit Rayudu was trapped in entrance by Lakhan Singh for nought.
Tanmay Agarwal (49, 54b, 8×4) and Rahul (105, 56b, 10×4, 7×6) rebuilt the innings till the lunch break, after which the batters confirmed their full array of attacking strokes, hammering the opposition bowlers to all components of the bottom.
With Tanmay motoring alongside at one finish, Rahul took up the mantle of the aggressor as he punished any misgivings in size from the pacers and spinners alike.
Lakhan felt the complete pressure of Rahul’s attacking prowess as he was clobbered for 3 fours and three sixes in his third over to take Hyderabad to inside touching distance of the goal.
Rahul introduced up his century off 51 balls with a boundary by cowl earlier than the pair completed the chase in 18.4 overs to safe the staff’s fourth win of the match.
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Earlier, after being inserted into bat, Meghalaya acquired off to a tepid begin earlier than skipper Raj Biswa discovered the purpose fielder with a minimize shot within the seventh over, handing Kak his first wicket.
Wicketkeeper Nakul Verma held the fort for some time together with Bamanbha Shangpliang earlier than the latter was bowled by Nitin Sai Yadav, making an attempt to leap down the bottom and launch one over mid-on.
Verma perished for 21 off 39 balls after failing to make his floor in time and Kishan Lyndoh handed a easy return catch to Tanay Thyagarajan within the subsequent over to depart the staff tottering at 56 for 4.
Former Kenya worldwide Tanmay Mishra (49, 73b, 5×4, 1×6) and Jaskirat Singh staged a revival, combining for a 69-run partnership off 86 deliveries to take the staff previous the 100-run mark.
Jaskirat, adopted by Swarajeet Das have been trapped in entrance by Rayudu in fast succession after which the decrease order was blown away by Kak.
The pacer stored it easy, bowling it fast, attacking the stumps, placing the batters in an uncomfortable place. Lerry Sangma noticed his center stump knocked again by Kak following which Rajesh Bishnoi edged his tried upper-cut again to the keeper.
Mishra fell in need of his fifty, holing out to deep mid-wicket earlier than Kak accomplished his five-wicket haul by castling Lakhan with the primary ball off his ultimate over.