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Andhra wicketkeeper-batter Srikar Bharat, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Shoaib Mohd Khan scored half-centuries because the guests made merry in opposition to a depleted Delhi bowling, declaring their innings at 459 for 9 within the Ranji Trophy Group B tie right here on Wednesday.
At stumps on day two, Delhi have been 19 for one, having misplaced their opener Ayush Badoni for duck on the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
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With Andhra batters displaying great endurance regardless of the early morning biting chilly, Delhi bowlers couldn’t heat as much as the problem and allowed the guests to calm down and play their pure strokes.
If Srikar Bharat and Nitish Reddy have been cautious of their strategy, Shoaib Khan offered the ultimate flourish, developing with a breezy run-a-ball 78 and serving to Andhra attain the imposing complete.
Andhra skipper Hanuma Vihari, who had painstakingly scored 76 on day one, may add simply 9 runs to his in a single day rating earlier than he was trapped lbw by Delhi fast Harshit Rana.
However success was a expensive commodity for Delhi as Bharat and Nitish stitched collectively a 68-run stand to take the whole previous 300. And by the tile the latter departed, Andhra have been properly and actually on solution to an imposing complete.
Shoaib Khan, taking part in his 18th first-class recreation, slammed his third half-century in double-quick time to take the whole previous 450.
The 31-year-old’s dismissal led to Andhra’s declaration and, with it, gave Delhi batters one other alternative to redeem themselves after a tricky first 4 rounds of the Ranji season.
Nonetheless, nothing gave the impression to be going proper for the hosts as they misplaced Ayush Badoni for a golden duck, with the opener trapped leg earlier than by Nitish Reddy.
Dhruv Shorey and Hritik Shokeen have been on the crease on 9 and 10 runs respectively at stumps.
At Mumbai, Prithvi Shaw once more gave a glimpse of his batting prowess, scoring a career-best 379 to information the hosts to a mammoth 687 for 4 declared. Skipper Ajinkya Rahane’s embellishing 191-run knock added to Assam’s distress, who began confidently, shedding only one wicket on solution to scoring 129 on day two.
The enormity of the duty for Assam could be gauged from the truth that they’ve to attain one other 558 runs with a view to take the first-innings lead.
Shaw, unbeaten at 240 on Tuesday, continued to punish the Assam bowlers however fell simply 21 runs wanting the 400-run milestone, trapped in entrance by Riyan Parag. Nonetheless, the declaration got here a lot later when Rahane departed, caught by Assam skipper Gokul Sharma off Parag.
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Temporary scores: Andhra 459 for 9 decl in 133.2 overs (CR Gnaneshwar 81, Hanuma Vihari 85, Srikar Bharat 80, Nitish Kumar Reddy 66, Shoaib Md Khan 78; Hrithik Shokeen 4/114) vs Delhi 19/1 in 9 overs.
At Mumbai: Mumbai 687 for 4 declared in 138.Four overs (Prithvi Shaw 379, Ajinkya Rahane 191) vs Assam 129 for one in 39 overs (Subham Mandal 40, Rahul Hazarika batting 60).
At Hyderabad: Hyderabad 79 and 191 in 46.Four overs (Tholkanti Goud 58, Chandan Sahani 49; Jaydev Unadkat 3/62, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 4/34) misplaced to Saurashtra 327 in 68.Three overs (Harvik Desai 81, Chirag Jani 68, Sheldon Jackson 59, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 40; Anikethreddy 7/95) by 57 runs.
At Pune: Maharashtra 446 in 98 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 195, Kedar Jadhav 56, Azim Kazi 88; Sandeep Warrier 3/105) vs Tamil Nadu 267 for 4 in 65 overs (Baba Indrajith 47, Pradosh Ranjan Paul batting 74, Vijay Shankar batting 41).
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