Captain Tanmay Agarwal led from the entrance with an excellent century (123 batting, 154b, 12×4, 1×6) to maintain Hyderabad’s hopes of victory alive in opposition to Assam in a Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match on the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium right here on Thursday.
Brief scores
Hyderabad 208 and 228 for 9 (Agarwal 123 batting) wants 22 runs to beat Assam 205 and 252 (Parag 78)
Agarwal scored his tenth Ranji Trophy ton (in 47 matches) and his second of the season, single-handedly taking the house crew near the goal of 250. Hyderabad was 228 for 9 at stumps on day three.
Agarwal’s innings was among the best of his profession. The method he farmed the strike and pushed the Assam bowlers, who introduced their crew again into competition within the last session of the day (Hyderabad collapsed from 100 for 2 at tea to 182 for eight), was commendable. He picked the gaps effectively with the sphere unfold out. And when he reached a well-deserved century with the crew rating studying 197 for eight within the 56th over, there have been no celebrations in any respect.
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It was one other disappointing show by the opposite Hyderabad batters. Bhavesh Seth (41, 66b, 4×4, 2×6) and Buddhi Rahul (28, 24b, 3×4) appeared good however have been in a rush to go for the large strokes and paid the worth. For Assam, spinners Riyan Parag, Sarupam Purkayastha and Gokul Sharma struck at common intervals to maintain their crew within the hunt. They caught to a probing line and size, and sometimes acquired additional bounce.
On Friday, all hopes hinge on Agarwal, who was fortunate to see the fielder at deep mid-wicket drop a catch when he was on 113 (off Akash Sengupta).
Earlier, a gritty 68-run stand for the eighth wicket between Akash Sengupta (31, 128b, 3×4) and Siddharth Sarmah (36 n.o., 104b, 5×4) helped Assam wriggle out of a disaster of types at 182 for seven in 41.1 overs. The crew finally posted what turned out to be a difficult goal. Fast bowler T. Ravi Teja was spectacular, selecting up 5 wickets.