BHILAI, February 25: Venkatapathy Raju did it again for Hyderabad with a five-wicket haul that helped the team bundle out Madhya Pradesh for 225 in the first innings and snatch a vital five points in their Ranji Trophy Group C Super League match at the Jayanti Stadium here on Tuesday.Madhya Pradesh were 13 without loss in their second essay at the end of the penultimate day.
The Hyderabad spinners -- Raju and Kanwaljeet Singh -- wrecked MP's strong batting line-up. Debutant Nikhil Patwardhan's 51 and opener Kirti patel's 48 were the only solace. Rajesh Chauhan played a cameo knock of 35 which included a six while Patwardhan smashed four boundaries in an over off N P Singh to complete his half-century but lost his wicket off the last ball of the same over.
SCOREBOARD
Hyderabad (1st innings): 536-6 declared.
Madhya Pradesh (1st innings): JP Yadav c Singh b Raju 31, Kirti Patel c Sreedhar b Kawaljit 48, Amay Khurasia c yugraj b Manohar 1, Prashant Dwevedi c Yugraj b Raju 3,Chandrakant Pandit c Shetty b Kawaljeet 25, Nikhil Patwardhan c Manohar b Singh 51, D Bundela c Nand Kishore b Kawaljit 5, HS Sodhi not not 15, Rajesh Chauhan b Raju 35, Sunil Lahore c Sreedhar b Raju 0, Sanjay Pandey lbw Raju 0. Extra 7.
Total (all out) 221.
Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-54, 3-73, 4-104, 5-113, 6-141, 7-173, 8-221, 9-222.
Bowling: NP Singh 11-0-36-1, Manohar 10-2-41-1, Raju 25.2-12-44-5 Kawaljit 26-7-63-3, Sreedhar 3-0-4-0.
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