The partnership, which came in 166 minutes, helped Hyderabad recover from 145 for five, to a fairly defendable total, considering that the visitors would have to bat last on the final day.

Hyderabad (first innings): 280

Madhya Pradesh (first innings) 337

Hyderabad (second innings): Daniel Manohar b Sodhi 0, Nanda Kishore run out 0, Vanka Pratap not out 108, MV Sridhar c JP Yadav b Majathia 49, VVS Laxman b Majathia 28, R Sridhar c Saha b Chauhan 13, D Vinay Kumar c Chauhan b Yadav 45, NP Singh c Yadav b Sodhi 2, Venkatapathi Raju c Sodhi b Majathia 6, Youraj Singh c Abbas Ali b Majathia 10, Kanwaljit Singh b Lahore 0; Extras: (b12, lb12, w7) 31

Total: 292

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-1, 3-86, 4-125, 5-145, 6-252, 7-257,8-265, 9-284.

Bowling: Harvinder Singh Sodhi 12-3-27-2, Rajesh Chauhan 10-4-26-1, Manish Majathia 43-6-96-4, Sunil Lohore 40.4-7-90-1, JP Yadav 7-0-29-1.

Madhya Pradesh (second innings): CP Sahu b Raju 2, Jayprakash Yadav batting 0.

Total (for one wicket): 2

Fall of wickets: 1-2.

Bowling: Venkatapathi Raju 1-0-2-1.