Ranji Plate : Vidarbha Vs Hyderabad - Day 4 : Hyderabad battle it out to reach Knockouts

Tags: Arjun Shivlal Yadav, BP Sandeep, Syed Ahmed Quadri, Hyderabad, Vidarbha, Ranji Trophy 2011-12

Published on: Dec 25, 2011

Hyderabad just managed to get the better of hosts Vidarbha to reach the Ranji knockouts. In their Plate Semi-Final match against Vidarbha at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur, Hyderabad battled it out to ensure that they were not bowled out in their first innings lead...

Hyderabad just managed to get the better of hosts Vidarbha to reach the Ranji knockouts. In their Plate Semi-Final match against Vidarbha at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur, Hyderabad battled it out to ensure that they were not bowled out in their first innings lead and thus managing to dump Vidarbha based on a better run-rate. The match finished with Hyderabad hanging in there at 486 for 8 in 166 overs ( at a run rate of 2.92) in reply to Vidarbha's huge first innings total of 531 (at a run rate of 2.77).
Resuming the final day at 216 for 3, Hyderabad were held together solidly by ArjunYadav (128 from 275 balls with 17 fours and 2 sixes), BP Sandeep (79 from 177 balls with 12 fours) and Ahmed Quadri (99 from 190 balls with 10 fours and a six).

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