JAMSHEDPUR, February 6: Overnight centurion VVS Laxman went on to score an unbeaten triple century in the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League match against Bihar at the Keenan Stadium, here today.Hyderabad declared their first innings at 529 for 8. The declaration came one over after tea. By the end of the second day's play Bihar had reached 45 losing one wicket. Laxman fell short by three runs to become the second highest scorer for Hyderabad.
SCOREBOARD
Hyderabad (first innings) (overnight 285-6): Arvind Shetty c Rahman b Saxena 20, Daniel Manohar c V Sena b KVP Rao 35, VVS Laxman not out 301, MV Sridhar c Rahman b Avinash Kumar 33, Md Azaruddin c&b Rao 2, Vanka Pratap c˙Sunil Kumar b Rahman 20, Youraj Singh c&b Avinash Kumar 8, R Sridhar lbw Saxena 24, V Raju c&b Rahman 30, NP Singh not out 34, Extras (b8, lb3, nb11): 22. Total: (in 157 overs for eight declared) 529
Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-88, 3-186, 4-193, 5-262, 6-285, 7-358, 8-443.
Bowling: Panday19-0-85-0, Saxena 16-1-75-2, Avinash Kumar 60-9-156-2, KVP Rao 41-4-128-2, S Arfi 1-0-7-0, T Rahman 20-0-67-2.
Bihar (first innings): Sunil Kumar batting 23, D Chakraborty lbw V Raju 15, V Saxena batting 4, Extras (lb-1, nb-2): 3. Total: (of 21 overs for one wicket) 45.
Fall of wickets: 1-39.
Bowling: NP Singh 6-3-14-0, Manohar 3-1-5-0, R Sridhar 6-5-5-0, Kanwaljit Singh 3-1-11-0, V Raju 3-1-9-1.
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