Cooch Behar Trophy: Hyderabad in commanding position on Day 2

Hyderabad: Riding on half-centuries from Sarthak Bharadwaj (90), B Rishikesh (71) and Dheeraj Goud (54 not out), Hyderabad took a commanding 178-run lead against Tripura on the second day of the four-day under-19 Elite Group D Cooch Behar match in New Delhi on Tuesday. After restricting Tripura to 143 in the first day, Hyderabad batters […]

Hyderabad: Riding on half-centuries from Sarthak Bharadwaj (90), B Rishikesh (71) and Dheeraj Goud (54 not out), Hyderabad took a commanding 178-run lead against Tripura on the second day of the four-day under-19 Elite Group D Cooch Behar match in New Delhi on Tuesday.

After restricting Tripura to 143 in the first day, Hyderabad batters dominated the second day. Resuming at 89/3, overnight batters Sarthak and Rishikesh added 158 runs for the fourth wicket before the latter departed after his 180-ball essay that included four boundaries. Sarthak departed soon after for his 166-run knock which had eight boundaries. Dheeraj Goud and Murugan Abhishek (37) added 70 runs for the sixth wicket to put Hyderabad in strong position.

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Hyderabad lost Abhishek and YS Varun towards the end of the day but Dheeraj and Rishith Reddy (9 not out) played out the day without further damage.

Brief Scores: Tripura 143 in 50.2 overs vs Hyderabad 321/7 in 122 overs (Sarthak Bharadwaj 90, B Rishikesh 71, Dheeraj Goud 54 batting; Sourav Das 3/73, Sandip Sarkar 2/96).

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