Pondicherry, pressured to persist with on fought again remarkably properly in the second one essay sooner than two overdue blows through left-arm spinner Tanay Thyagarajan revived Hyderabad’s hopes of an outright win at the penultimate day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Team B fit at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium right here on Monday.
Previous, resuming on the in a single day ranking of 24 for 2 in respond to Hyderabad’s 536 for 8 declared, Pondicherry folded up for 153 because of a very good bowling efficiency through left-arm spinner G. Anikethreddy (six for 56), his 2d, five-wicket haul this season.
That Pondicherry innings didn’t see even one half-century stand was once a deficient mirrored image of the insipid batting within the face of correct, if no longer unplayable bowling on a pitch which unusually was once a lot more straightforward to bat nowadays.
Pressured to follow-on, Pondicherry openers southpaw V. Ganga Sridhar (61 batting, 139b, 6×4) and Ajay Rohera (69, 97b, 9×4) placed on 122 runs for the primary wicket in 32.4 overs to stay the group within the recreation.
The 2 batted with the specified self-discipline and lovely stroke variety.
Simply when it gave the impression of the duo would see the day via for Pondicherry, left-arm spinner Tanay Thyagarajan first got rid of the well-set Rohera, luring him out and bowling one marginally huge to look wicketkeeper Rahul Radesh stump him.
Rohera stumped through Radesh off left-arm spinner Tanay Thyagarjan within the Ranji Trophy Elite Team B fit in Hyderabad on Monday.
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Radesh, who was once under par until then, floor a law catch of the similar batter when Rohera was once on one in the second one over had his second of redemption.
Quickly, Thyagarajan pressured the clean-hitting Aman Khan, visibly rattled through the continual sledging of exchange fielder Nitesh, to step out to loft one over additional quilt simplest to look Chama Milind convey off a super catch, diving ahead to the satisfaction of his teammates.
On the shut of play, Pondicherry scored a much more decent 171 for 2 however nonetheless has a protracted technique to pass to save lots of the fit.