Ranji Trophy 2023-24: Batters make merry after Hyderabad bundles out Sikkim on Day 1

It was a forgetful outing for Sikkim as Hyderabad fully dominated the opening day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Group League match on the NexGen Cricket Academy Floor right here on Friday.

Electing to bat, Sikkim was bowled out for 79 within the face of one other spectacular present by left-arm pacer Chama Milind and left-arm spinner Tanay Thyagarajan. In reply, Hyderabad scored a commanding 381 for 3 at shut of play.

Whereas Milind, who struck to a good line and made the batters play at more often than not, picked a four-wicket haul, Tanay returned along with his career-best haul of six for 25 and extra importantly the duo ensured Sikkim was bowled out within the prolonged lunch break.

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To their credit score, Milind exploited no matter assist the pitch supplied to the pacers and Tanay caught to the fundamentals, bowling an impeccable line and size. The ball did kick up disconcertingly fairly a number of instances within the pre-lunch session and surprisingly that was not the case after the lunch break.

Then, when Hyderabad batted, openers Tanmay Agarwal, cracking his eleventh Ranji century in his fifty fifth sport and in addition recording his career-best rating of 137 (125b, 11×4, 5×6), and Rahul Singh (83, 64b, 10×4, 5×6) placed on 132 runs in simply 18 overs.

Although Rahul too seemed good to attain a century after enjoying some huge hits, couldn’t resist the temptation to go for a reverse sweep and ended up giving a easy catch. And, Tanmay, on 95, was fortunate to see a lone slip fielder drop a sitter off gradual bowler Md Saptulla.

Then, Tanmay and Rohit Rayudu (75, 111b, 3×4, 2×6) strung collectively a 138-run stand for the second wicket to pile on the agony for Sikkim.

Tanmay lastly perished, holing out to deep mid-wicket and shortly Rayudu additionally walked again to the pavilion.

Within the remaining session, captain and India star Tilak Varma batted fluently (70 batting, 66b, 5×4, 3×6) to see Hyderabad end the day 302 runs forward with seven wickets in hand.