da cassino online： After four days of much good cricket, the well contested Ranji Trophyquarterfinal between Hyderabad and Uttar Pradesh at Green Park inKanpur is headed for a keen finish
02-Apr-2000After four days of much good cricket, the well contested Ranji Trophyquarterfinal between Hyderabad and Uttar Pradesh at Green Park inKanpur is headed for a keen finish. Hyderabad, 71 runs behind on thefirst innings, did well to get 381 for five before declaring theirsecond innings closed. Needing 311 runs for victory, UP were 38 for noloss by stumps. With a whole day’s play left on Monday, UP require 273more for a win. Of course if they choose not to go for the target andremain content with playing out time, they would still qualify for thepenultimate round on the basis of their first innings lead.The onus is on Hyderabad but given their display on Sunday, they willno doubt exert tremendous pressure on UP. Led by VVS Laxman, whostroked his way to a splendid unbeaten 177, Hyderabad scored 309 runsoff 85.4 overs during the day. Resuming at 72 for one, Nandakishoreand Laxman took the score to 209 before the former was leg before toGyanendra Pandey for 93. The in form opening batsman faced 206 ballsand hit eleven of them to the ropes. The second wicket partnershipadded 180 runs off 54 overs. Vanka Pratap did not last long and wasleg before to Zaidi for 10. But Vinay Kumar helped Laxman to add 109runs for the fourth wicket off just 18 overs. Vinay Kumar’s 48 wasscored off 68 balls with five fours. Venkatpathi Raju finally closedthe innings when Laxman was unbeaten on 177. He batted 377 minutes,faced 241 balls and hit 16 fours besides three sixes.Raju applied pressure on M Saif and Jyoti Yadav but the openers camethrough successfully after 21 overs of batting. Saif was on 16 andYadav on 18.