Umesh Thotakura stars as Hyderabad beat Puducherry in U14 cricket

Hyderabad defeated Puducherry by an innings and seven runs in the South Zone under-14 cricket tournament at Vizianagaram. Umesh Thotakura starred with match figures of 8 wickets, while Hyderabad’s batting was led by CV Chetan Aditya and Rakesh Sekhar

Hyderabad: Fine bowling by Umesh Thotakura, who claimed three for 32 and five for 16 in the two innings, helped Hyderabad score an innings and seven-run win against Puducherry in the South Zone inter-state under-14 cricket tournament at Vizianagaram on Thursday.

Batting first, Hyderabad scored 214 in 62.5 overs with G Rakesh Sekhar (43), CV Chetan Aditya (50) and Ritesh Reddy (44) being the main scorers.

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In reply, Puducherry folded up for 95 and, forced to follow-on, put up another dismal show to be bundled out for 88 with ‘player of the match’ Umesh being the star performer.

Hyderabad now has 13 points from five matches.

The scores:
Hyderabad 214 in 62.5 overs (G Rakesh Sekhar 43, CV Chetan Aditya 50, Ritesh Reddy 44, S Rishi Varma 5/61) bt Puducherry 95 in 56.3 overs (Umesh Thotakura 3/15, Utkarsh 3/32) & 88 in 32.1 overs (R Yogeshwaran 37, Umesh Thotakura 5/16).