da lvbet： Hyderabad were in sight of an innings victory at close on the third day oftheir South Zone Ranji Trophy match against Kerala at the National FuelComplex Ground in Hyderabad on Friday
Sankhya Krishnan10-Nov-2000Hyderabad were in sight of an innings victory at close on the third day oftheir South Zone Ranji Trophy match against Kerala at the National FuelComplex Ground in Hyderabad on Friday. After being rolled over in the firstinnings for a disappointing 165, Kerala showed some spine the second timeround, advancing to 210/4. With a day to spare, that still leaves thevisitors 114 runs adrift of Hyderabad’s huge first innings score of 489.Renjith Menon was the sole beacon of light in Kerala’s first innings,racing to 50 off 79 balls, inclusive of eight boundaries, before the wilyKanwaljit Singh, now in his 43rd year and his 20th domestic season, bowledhim to terminate the innings in the 47th over. Kanwaljit finished withfigures of 2/1 in the fourteen balls he bowled. Seamer NP Singh rippedthrough the late order to bag 4/70 while left arm spinner VenkatapathyRaju, who’d taken out the top three in the order last evening, added onemore scalp to return figures of 4/49.After Hyderabad had enforced the follow-on, Parth Satwalkar drew firstblood, bowling MP Sorab in the fourth over. Varun Girilal (31) and RenjithMenon (49) showed some application, putting together a stand of 70 beforeboth were prised out within five runs of each other by NP Singh. Ajay Kuduaand Sunil Oasis strove to salvage Kerala’s honour with a battling 86 runfourth wicket association. The loss of Kudua late in the day, trapped infront by Satwalkar for 61 (115 balls, 9 fours) was a major blow for thevisitors. Oasis (39) held out until stumps in the company of B Ramprakashbut the prospects look distinctly gloomy for Kerala.