Nandakishore steers Hyderabad to a draw
Hyderabad held Tamil Nadu to a draw by batting through the final day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Thursday
30-Dec-1999
Hyderabad held Tamil Nadu to a draw by batting through the final day
of their South Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the MA Chidambaram
stadium on Thursday.
Hyderabad were chiefly indebted to A Nandakishore. The opening
batsman batted 443 minutes and faced 301 balls and hit 13 fours in
compiling 135. He was sixth out at 295. His third wicket partnership
of 123 runs with skipper Md Azharuddin (69) played a leading role in
Hyderabad drawing the game. Azharuddin faced 94 balls and hit nine
fours. Nandakishore and MF Ahmed (51 off 146 balls with nine fours)
ensured that Hyderabad would hold out for a draw with a sixth wicket
stand of 61 runs off 18.3 overs. Hyderabad, who had followed on after
falling 199 runs behind on the first innings, ended at 338 for
eight. Aashish Kapoor who took four wickets in the first innings,
again bagged four wickets for 97 runs. Tamil Nadu got five points and
Hyderabad three.