The rain affected P Ramachandra Rao Trophy match between Hyderabad and
Andhra at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday ended in
a draw
Natarajan Sriram21-Oct-2000The rain affected P Ramachandra Rao Trophy match between Hyderabad and
Andhra at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday ended in
a draw. Both Karnataka and Hyderabad settled for three points each
from the match.Resuming at the overnight score of 87 for 4, Karnataka proceeded to
score 174 runs in their first innings. S Naveen (11) was the first to
be dismissed when he fell leg before to Mohd Ghouse. S Shinde (44)
was joined by R Shanbal (13) and they took the score to 127. Shinde
was then caught by Sai Laxman off Santosh Yadav. Three overs later
Dharmichand (0) fell to a catch in the slips by D Amresh of Santosh
Yadav. Coming in at No 9, NC Aiyappa scored a valuable 28 to take the
score past the 160 run mark before the innings folded up.In reply Hyderabad got to face just six overs. Opener K Srikanth (4)
was caught by Shanbal off Aiyappa. T Suman (7) and Anirudh Singh (2)
took the score onto 16 when heavy rain stopped play, which could not
be resumed after tea. Play was finally called off at 4 pm.
