Hyderabad, Dec. 4: Hyderabad suffered a severe setback as they conceded the crucial first innings lead in their drawn Ranji Trophy Plate division league match against Goa at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here on Saturday.
Resuming the day at 351 for 5, needing 132 for the crucial lead, the hosts folded up for 394, thereby handing their opponents three points to slip to fourth on the six-team table. With just 10 points from four matches, Hyderabad now require an outright win over table-toppers Madhya Pradesh (15 points) in their last league game beginning on December 8 and hope Goa (11) do not defeat punching bags Tripura (who have lost all their four matches by an innings at least so far) to qualify for the knockout stage and thereby push for a place in the Elite group. Tough ask.
Hyderabad’s hopes of pushing past the Goan total were dashed in the eighth over on Saturday when mainstay Ahmed Quadri was trapped leg before wicket by Saurabh Bandekar after adding just eight to his overnight total of 68.
With just the tailenders for company and the Goan bowlers on top, last recognised batsman Ibrahim Khaleel could not do much. He was bowled by Amit Yadav after making just 24. That was the beginning of the end as Alfred Absolem and Lalith Mohan followed in quick succession.
Goa piled the misery on Hyderabad in its second innings by hitting 127 for 2 in the 34 overs they got to bat. Opener Vaibhav Naik scored an unbeaten 58 while Reagan Pinto remained not out on 23 when stumps were drawn.
Scorecard
Goa 1st innings 482
Hyderabad 1st innings (overnight 351 for 5): Ahmed Quadri lbw b Bandekar 76, Ibrahim Khaleel b Amit Yadav 24, Md Khader c Jakati b Amit Yadav 5, Alfred Absolem c&b Amit Yadav 9, Kaneshkk Naidu not out 1, Lalith Mohan b Jakati 8. Extras (b-12, lb-8, nb-1) 21. Total (all out, 179.4 overs) 394.
Fall of wickets: 1-71, 2-203, 3-203, 4-247, 5-319, 6-361, 7-372, 8-382, 9-385.
Bowling: S. Bandekar 34-14-70-2, S. Jakati 40.4-9-96-2, H. Gadekar 15-10-29-0, D’Souza 29-11-53-0, Amit Yadav 37-10-68-4, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan 19-3-38-0, Reagan Pinto 5-2-20-2.
Goa 2nd innings: Sagun Kamat c Teja b Absolem 9, Vaibhav Naik not out 58, V. Sivaramakrishnan c Akshath b Lalith Mohan 35, Reagan Pinto not out 23. Extras (b-1, w-1) 2.
Total (2 wickets, 34 overs) 127.
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-78.
Bowling: Alfred Absolem 5-0-18-1, Md Khader 5-1-19-0, Kaneshkk Naidu 1-0-8-0, Lalith Mohan 11-2-36-1, Ahmed Quadri 6-0-28-0, Ravi Teja 4-0-10-0, G.H. Vihari 1-0-3-0, Akshath Reddy 1-0-4-0.
Scores
* Jammu & Kashmir 253 & 252 (Parvez Rassol 109, Sahabuddin 5/63) lost to Andhra 376 & 132/3 (Venugopal Rao n.o. 54, B. Sumanth 34 n.o.).
* Delhi 472 & 61/3 (Chand 37 n.o.) bt Assam 239 & 291 (Jadhav 122, Suyal 6/71)
* Karnataka 254 & 230 (Manish Pandey 112; Sharma 4/52, Dhawan 4/40) bt Himachal Pradesh 199 & 218 (Mithun 5/82)
* Punjab 550/7 dec. drew with Orissa 264 & 177/3 (Natraj 81)
* Railways 415 & 107/6 (Fazal 43, Maniar 2/14) drew with Saurashtra 338 (Jogiyani 113, Kotak 50; Yadav 6/94, Singh 2/67).
* Tamil Nadu 132/4 drew with Bengal.