Hyderabad has one hand on the Buchi Babu match trophy after taking the essential first-innings lead in opposition to Chhattisgarh and setting a goal of 518 for the latter on the penultimate day of the summit conflict right here on the NPR Faculty floor on Tuesday.
Resuming at 145 for eight, Chhattisgarh was bowled out for 181. Gagandeep Singh (59) top-scored with a valiant half-century, however his facet conceded a 236-run lead.
The southern group’s batters then bullied the Chhattisgarh bowlers into submission within the second innings, led by skipper Rahul Singh (68, 87b, 8×4, 2×6), who slammed a breezy half-century to take his facet to 111 for one at lunch.Â
The cushion of an enormous lead allowed the batters to play freely, and Rahul regarded elegant taking up the bowlers. He minimize, went inside out, and even reverse-swept the spinners just a few occasions to seek out the boundaries commonly. The skipper and opener, M. Abhirath Reddy (39), got here collectively for a 95-run stand for the second wicket off 101 balls.
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Nevertheless, after tea, Jeevesh Butte (six for 56) ran via the Hyderabad line-up, taking 4 wickets in fast time to finish his five-for. The off-spinner first eliminated Rohit, caught behind after which accounted for Hima Teja, top-edging a sweep to the wicketkeeper. In pursuit of fast runs, the Hyderabad middle-order batters holed out within the deep earlier than the facet was bowled out for 281 on the stroke of stumps.
Chhattisgarh wants a miracle from its batters on the ultimate day to chase down the large goal and pry the cup out of Hyderabad’s fingers.
The scores
Hyderabad 417 & 281 in 70.2 overs (Rahul Singh 68, Rahul Radesh 41, Jeevesh Bhutte 6/56) vs Chhattisgarh 181 in 70.2 overs (Gagandeep Singh 59 n.o., Aniket Reddy 4/56).