da betsul： Tamil Nadu’s superb all round efficiency proved too strong forHyderabad in the South Zone Ranji Trophy one day cricket tie for theKS Subbiah Pillai Trophy at the MAC stadium in Chennai on Sunday
da jogodeouro： Partab Ramchand26-Dec-1999Tamil Nadu’s superb all round efficiency proved too strong forHyderabad in the South Zone Ranji Trophy one day cricket tie for theKS Subbiah Pillai Trophy at the MAC stadium in Chennai on Sunday. Theybowled out Hyderabad for 188 in 48.3 overs and then coasted to victoryfor the loss of four wickets in 41.1 overs.Put in to bat, Hyderabad were given a good start wth openers D Manohar(34) and A Nandakishore (18) putting on 54 runs in 13.3 overs. Butskipper Robin Singh effected a middle order collapse and Hyderabadslumped to 85 for four. However Md Azharuddin and P Satwalkarretreived the innings with a fifth wicket stand of 87 runs in 18.4overs. Azhar played strokes fluently all round the wicket before hewas out for 69 compiled off 97 balls with the help of three fours andtwo sixes. Satwalkar’s 36 was compiled off 52 balls with a solitaryboundary hit. Once this stand was broken however medium pacerGokulakrishna brought about a sharp collapse and Hyderabad lost sixwickets for 12 runs in 5.5 overs.Gokulakrishna finished with four for23 and Robin with three for 25.Tamil Nadu lost S Sriram and Reuben Paul with only 54 runs on theboard but Hemang Badani and Tanveer Jabbar effected a recovery with athird wicket stand of 59 runs off 14.1 overs. Badani was then out for43 made off 52 balls with five fours. Madanagopal did not last longbut Jabbar and Robin Singh then steeered Tamil Nadu to victory with anunbeaten fifth wicket partnership of 59 runs off 11.5 overs. Jabbarremained unbeaten with a stroke filled 72. He faced 111 balls and hitsix fours and a six. Tamil Nadu got two points and now head the tablewith nine points from four matches.
