Hyderabad pulled off a four-wicket win over Maharashtra in the Under-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy at the Sanosara Cricket Ground B in Rajkot on Friday. At the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, Andhra suffered an 11-run loss to Uttarakhand.
Hyderabad finished their Group A engagements with 16 points from five games with four wins and a loss. They are second in the group behind Maharashtra, who took have 16 points but have a better net run-rate.
Andhra, on the other hand, finished fifth in Group D with eight points as they had only two wins and three losses.
After restricting Maharashtra to a modest 187, Hyderabad reached 189 for six to bag full points from the game.
Openers Aditya Javvaji and B Varshit Reddy put on a solid first first wicket partnership which was the foundation for the victory. The duo added 64 in nine overs before Aditya fell to Aneesh Joshi for 35 off 30 balls with five fours and a six.
Shaik Rehaan (2) fell cheaply but wicketkeeper Varshit and Arhaan Satwalekar added 46 for the third wicket before Arhaan was sent back by Saushik Jagtap for 23 (45 balls; 1×4, ,1×6).
Varshit and M Durga Ujwal then added 37 for the fourth wicket as Hyderabad quietly moved towards their target. However, Varshit and Durga fell in quick succession. Varshit was run out by Shubham Kadam after making 37 off 69 balls with four boundaries and a six and Ujwal was also run out by Ankit Shinde for a 20-ball 35 with two fours and three sixes.
Hyderabad suffered another blow as skipper Yashveer Goud was sent back by Joshi for seven. Hyderabad were reduced to 169 for six and still needed 19 for victory.
Jashwanth Kannenboina (15) and Dev Mehta (8) completed the formalities without any further hiccups. Hyderabad reached 189 for six in 35.1 overs.
Yashveer and Uzair set up Hyderabad win
Earlier, Yashveer and Uzair Ahmed scalped three wickets apiece as Maharashtra were bowled out for a below-par score.
Opener Gunjan Sawant (32), Vedant Gore (44) and Aneesh Joshi (34) were among the runs but they were not able to get on top of the Hyderabad bowlers. The Maharashtra team ended up with 187 in 46.2 overs.
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Yashveer took three for 29 and Uzair bagged three for 51. Ved Reddy took two for 43.
Brief scores: Maharashtra 187 in 46.2 overs (Gunjan Sawant 32, Vedant Gore 44, Aneesh Joshi 34; Uzair Ahmed 3/51, Yashveer Goud 3/29, Ved Reddy 2/43) lost to Hyderabad 189/6 in 35.1 overs (Aditya Javvaji 35, B Varshit Reddy 37, M Durga Ujwal 35, Arhaan Satwalekar 23; Aneesh Joshi 2/58).
Priyanshu bags five to decimate Andhra
In Lucknow, ,Uttarakhand made 204 and then restricted Andhra to 193 to bag full points from the game.
Uttarakhand batters got starts but were unable to build on it. Opener and skipper Ayush Deswal (28) and Samarath Semwal (35) rallied the top order but it was left to Parth Dravid (32) and No.10 bat Priyanshu Fartyal (24) to take the score beyond the 200-run mark.
Uttarakhand finished with 204 in 48.4 overs as Sai Charan Nidamanuri took four for 33, while skipper Toshith Yadav and Nellapu Rajesh took two wickets apiece.
Andhra, on the other hand, had a disastrous start as they lost wickets at regular interval. They were soon reduced to five for 56 in the ninth over. Toshith Yadav (24) and wicketkeeper G Devpramod added 47 for the sixth wicket to bring some hope to the Andhra camp.
But there was no respite for Andhra as Devpramod waged a lone battle and remained unbeaten on 58 off 72 balls with six fours and two sixes as Andhra were bundled out for 193 in 45.4 overs.
Fast bowler Priyanshu Fartyal was the wrecker-in-chief as he took five for 39.
Brief scores: Uttarakhand 204 in 48.4 overs (Ayush Deswal 28, Samarath Semwal 35, Parth Dravid 32, Priyanshu Fartyal 24; Sai Charan Nidamanuri 4/33, Toshith Yadav 2/56, Nellapu Rajesh 2/33) beat Andhra 193 in 45.4 overs (G Devpramod 58 not out, Toshith Yadav 24, KNV Kowshik 21, OB Krishna 20; Priyanshu Fartyal 5/39).
