Hazare Trophy: Hyderabad pip Kerala by seven wickets
With bowlers and top-order batsmen playing their roles well, Hyderabad collected their third win in a row in the tournament.
With bowlers and top-order batsmen playing their roles well, Hyderabad collected their third win in a row in the tournament.
With bowlers and top-order batsmen playing their roles well, Hyderabad collected their third win in a row in the tournament.
Delhi: An all-round performance took Hyderabad to a seven-wicket win over Kerala in a Group B Vijay Hazare Trophy match at Palam A Stadium, here on Tuesday.
With bowlers and top-order batsmen playing their roles well, Hyderabad registered their third win in a row in the tournament.
Batting first, Kerala got off to a shaky start as Ravi Kiran dismissed K B Arun Karthick (0) and Sanju Samson (6) while Saaketh Sairam claimed the wickets of Sachin Baby (31) and Salman Nizar (25).
V A Jagadeesh (62) provided resistance and kept Kerala in the contest with a well-paced knock. However, a rapid start to the 190-run chase by Hyderabad eventually proved costly.
Akshath Reddy (39) and Ashish Reddy (37) set the tone for Hyderabad’s comfortable chase as they struck 10 fours between them to deflate the opposition early on.
Then, middle-order batsmen Rohit Rayudu (57 not out) and B P Sandeep (48 not out) played pragmatically, as they cruised towards the target, and eventually crossed the line with 3.2 overs left.
The victory lifted Hyderabad to the second spot in the Group B points table while Kerala stays at sixth.
In their next match, Kerala lock horns with Uttar Pradesh on Thursday while Hyderabad play Odisha.