Andhra scored 379 runs with Vihari’s courageous innings, Madhya Pradesh’s 144 runs for four wickets
Andhra captain Hanuma Vihari battled Avesh Khan’s pace with the bat despite a left arm injury and added 26 runs for the 10th wicket to post 379 against Madhya Pradesh on the second day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match here on Wednesday. helped create. Andhra then took control of the match by reducing defending champions Madhya Pradesh to 144 for four at stumps.
Resuming the game at 262 for two, things didn’t go their way for the Andhra side as the Madhya Pradesh bowlers struggled during a massive 251-run partnership between Ricky Bhui (149) and Karan Shinde (110). returned after. Shinde brought up his century off 254 balls while Bhui continued to frustrate the home side’s bowling attack. Medium pacer Anubhav Agarwal (4/72) ended the partnership. Shinde touched the ball of this bowler and caught wicketkeeper Himanshu Mantri and at this time the team’s score was 323 runs.
Five runs later, Bhui’s marathon innings ended when Saransh Jain was caught by Agarwal. Madhya Pradesh’s bowlers then took wickets at regular intervals and Vihari came out to bat when Andhra’s score was 353 for nine. Batting left-handed after a left wrist injury, the Andhra skipper hit two boundaries to take his team to 379 runs. He batted with only one hand.
Jain dismissed him lbw on a personal score of 27 runs. He was retired hurt on Tuesday at the score of 16 when he was hit by a bouncer from Avesh Khan. Vihari’s heroic innings reminded one of his brilliant innings in the Sydney Test against Australia in January 2021 when, despite a ‘hamstring injury’, he faced the Australian bowlers for four hours with Ravichandran Ashwin and denied victory to the rival team. gave.
After this, Madhya Pradesh got off to a strong start with a 42-run partnership for the first wicket between opener Mantri and Yash Dubey. KV Shashikant (2/37) got Andhra the first wicket in the form of Dube. Fellow opener Mantri was dismissed by Prithvi Raj (1/7). Shubham Sharma (51 runs) and in-form Rajat Patidar (20 runs) added 42 runs for the third wicket. But Nitish Kumar Reddy got Patidar out and gave him a shock. Captain Aditya Srivastava is batting on 20 runs till stumps and Anubhav Agarwal is yet to open the account.
