AP overwhelms Ramdayal’s ton to script narrow win

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 11: Andhra Pradesh lower-order batsmen overwhelmed Ramdayal Punia’s heroic century, thus guiding their side to a narrow win by 2 wickets over J&K in the penultimate over of their innings in the Vijay Hazare Trophy match at Cricket Club of India (CCI), Mumbai today.
Earlier, put into bat, the pathetic show of J&K top and middle-order batsmen continued as J&K lost 9 wickets for a paltry total of 99 runs in 33 overs, before Ramdayal played a magnificent innings of 116 runs off 100 balls, studded with 13 fours and 4 sixes, to take his side to a respectable total of 208 runs in 48.3 overs. Ramdayal along with Umar Nazir made a big last wicket partnership of 109 runs wherein Umar contributed 27 runs. Parvez Rasool contributed 17 runs.
For AP, Girinath Reddy took 4 wickets, while Stephen captured 3 wickets and Harisankar Reddy and Manish Golamaru bagged 2 and 1 wickets respectively.
In reply, Andhra Pradesh chased the target in 49 overs, losing 8 wickets and won the match by 2 wickets. Ricky Bhui top scored with 56 runs, while AT Rayudu contributed 39 runs and skipper KS Bharat scored 22 runs. Girinath Reddy made unbeaten 19 runs. For J&K, Auqib Nabi took 3 wickets, while Parvez Rasool, Umar Nazir, Abid Mushtaq and Waseem Raza shared 1 wicket apiece.

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