Karan Shinde’s second century of the continued Ranji Trophy season was the spotlight of a moderately uneventful last day of Andhra’s Elite Group ‘B’ match towards Pondicherry on the CAP Siechem stadium right here which led to a draw on Sunday.
Resuming at 248 for 5, the visiting staff scored briskly and picked up 71 runs in 13.2 overs with Karan shifting to his hundred swiftly. With Okay.V. Sasikanth retiring harm on his in a single day rating of 39, P.V.S.N. Raju got here in as a concussion substitute.
Karan, who had helped Andhra get well from 142 for 5, was much more aggressive right now and went on the offensive when the bowlers erred both in line or size.
Tripurana Vijay (15), who joined Karan within the center and Yarra Prithvi Raj (12 not out) pressed the accelerator as Andhra declared at 319 for six, setting a goal of 363 for the host to tug off an unbelievable win.
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Prithvi Raj, who had a superb match with the ball, confirmed he was greater than an helpful batter and smacked a six off Gourav Yadav as Andhra gave the impression to be in the hunt for fast runs.
The Pondicherry openers – V. Ganga Sridhar Raju (75 not out) and Jay Pande (59 not out) added 152 in 46 overs earlier than the curtains have been drawn on the sport. The 2 did play some pleasing strokes with the left-handed Ganga Sridhar scoring on each side of the wicket.
Andhra picked up three factors whereas Pondicherry received one.
The scores:
Andhra – 1st innings: 303 in 111.5 overs.
Pondicherry – 1st innings: 260 in 79 overs.
Andhra – 2nd innings: Abhishek Reddy lbw b Gourav 15, Okay.S.Bharat lbw b Ankit 41, Shaik Rasheed (run out) 26, Karan Shinde (not out) 119, Ricky c (sub Gautam Dileep) b Aman 32, Hanuma Vihari c Ganga Sridhar b Ankit 0, Okay.V.Sasikanth (retired harm) 39, Tripurana Vijay b Ankit 15, Yarra Prithvi Raj (not out) 12; Extras (nb-1, w-12, lb-5, b-2): 20. Whole (for six wickets declared in 82.4 overs): 319.
Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-81, 3-82, 4-141, 5-142, 6-278.
Pondicherry bowling: Gourav 12-1-66-1, Abin 15-3-43-0, Udeshi 22-3-74-0, Ankit 28-3-83-3, Aman 3.4-0-35-1, Kargave 2-1-11-0.
Pondicherry – 2nd innings: Ganga Sridhar Raju (not out) 75, Jay Pande (not out) 59; Extras (nb-3, b-10, lb-5): 18. Whole (for no loss in 46 overs): 152.
Andhra bowling: Prithvi Raj 8-3-14-0, Raju (concussion sub) 8-2-26-0, Lalith 16-3-39-0, Rafi 4-0-14-0, Vijay 9-1-35-0, Vihari 1-0-9-0.