da luck： Hyderabad entered the semifinals of the Vijay Merchant Trophy Under-16tournament by virtue of their massive 270 run first innings lead overRajasthan in their quarterfinal match at the Deshbandhu Park inKolkata on Sunday
Staff Reporter07-Jan-2001Hyderabad entered the semifinals of the Vijay Merchant Trophy Under-16tournament by virtue of their massive 270 run first innings lead overRajasthan in their quarterfinal match at the Deshbandhu Park inKolkata on Sunday.Resuming at the overnight score of 290 for 4, Hyderabad lost AbhinavKumar (21) at the score of 263. Abhinav was caught behind by Nagar offVinod Kumar. Then Niranjan (70) was ably accompanied by A Shinde in asixth wicket stand worth 93 runs. After a 215 minute stay at thecrease Niranjan was run out. During his stay at the middle, Niranjanfaced 154 balls and hit ten boundaries. Shinde followed Niranjan tothe pavilion soon after, caught behind off AV Maan.But the unbeaten eighth wicket stand of 107 runs between A Absolem (50not out) and Nasir Ali (29 not out) helped Hyderabad consolidate onthe over all lead. At stumps on the final day, Hyderabad were 524 for7.