da lvbet： Tamil Nadu stormed to a formidable first innings score of 566, thanksto a patient hundred by Sridharan Sharath in their South Zone RanjiTrophy match against Hyderabad at the Nuclear Fuel Complex ground inHyderabad on Thursday
Sankhya Krishnan16-Nov-2000Tamil Nadu stormed to a formidable first innings score of 566, thanksto a patient hundred by Sridharan Sharath in their South Zone RanjiTrophy match against Hyderabad at the Nuclear Fuel Complex ground inHyderabad on Thursday. The hosts were 18 without loss at close ofplay, with Daniel Manohar and A Nanda Kishore playing out five overswithout damage.Tamil Nadu lost centurion Rajat Bhatia in the second over of the dayafter he had added just two runs to his overnight score of 132. Thepromising R Sathish, playing his second first-class game, fell to theoccasional medium pacer Daniel Manohar for nine, seemingly unable tobear up to the heavy expectations.Skipper Robin Singh and Sharath had added 56 for the fifth wicket whenManohar struck again, bowling Robin for 33 (47 balls, 4 fours). Theflashy Reuben Paul struck a few lusty blows in a brief stay at thewicket before he was leg before to Parth Satwalkar for 26. All rounderSadagopan Mahesh stemmed the breach, joining Sharath in a 127 runseventh wicket stand.Sharath’s six and three quarter hour long vigil finally came to an endat his individual score of 122 (308 balls, 17 fours). Mahesh fell fiveruns later, trapped leg before for 68 (115 balls, 7 fours and a six)by Manohar who went on to collect his fourth victim in WD Balaji Rao.The innings ended on 566 when Kanwaljit Singh, in his 100th RanjiTrophy game, having toiled for over 49 overs without reward, took hisfirst wicket, accepting a return catch from Kumaran. Kanwaljit’s spintwin Raju went wicketless in 33 overs, the bulk of the damage beingdone by Manohar who finished with 4/72.