Considering the fact that this encounter was their 200th match in thenational competion, Kerala failed to make an impact on the opening dayof the South Zone Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad at the NFCground in Hyderabad on Wednesday
Natarajan Sriram08-Nov-2000Considering the fact that this encounter was their 200th match in thenational competion, Kerala failed to make an impact on the opening dayof the South Zone Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad at the NFCground in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The hosts, thanks to their top orderbeing in resonable form ran up 241 for the loss of three wickets intheir 90 overs.Opting to bat, Hyderabad openers southpaw Daniel Manohar (30) and ANanda Kishore (53) gave a solid start by adding 94 runs in 34 overs.Daniel was the first to be dismissed, caught behind by Kameruddin offTinu Yohannan. His partner Nanda Kishore departed soon after, trappedleg before by Yohannan. But the new batsmen, Anirudh Singh (47) andVanka Pratap (70) made amends to forge a 98 run third wicketpartnership in 42.3 overs.Yohannan (3 for 43) came back late in the day to dismiss Anirudh inthe 80th over. But Vanka Pratap and D Vinay Kumar (11) saw the teamthrough to stumps.