Batsmen make merry as Hyderabad pile 341/4

Excelsior Sports Correspondent[caption id="attachment_157931" align="alignleft" width="313"] Hyderabad batsman executing a square-cut while wicketkeeper Obaid Haroon and short-leg fielder Hardeep Singh watch during a Ranji trophy match at GGM Science College in Jammu on Monday. �Excelsior/Rakesh[/caption]JAMMU, Dec 23: Riding on outstanding batting display by middle-order batsmen Ravi Teja and GH Vihari, Hyderabad scored a decent total of 341 runs for the loss of 4 wickets on day-1 of the Ranji trophy Group-C match at GGM Science College Hostel Ground, here today.Earlier, put into bat by J&K skipper Parvez Rasool, Hyderabad lost their first wicket in the form of TL Suman at his individual score of 9 runs and the team�s total of 22 runs. He was bowled by speedster Samiullah Beigh. However, Hyderabad consolidated their position through a partnership of 86 runs between opener PA Reddy and Ravi Teja to take the score to 109 runs, before the former was run out at 49 runs and the team�s total of 109/2 in 29 overs. Then a huge partnership of 209 runs between Teja (153*) and GH Vihari (109) helped the visitors to end the day at 341/4. Teja scored the runs in 217 balls with the help of 17 boundaries and 2 sixes, while Vihari took 164 balls for his knock, which included 18 delectable boundaries. Both the batsmen sent the Jammu and Kashmir bowlers on a leather hunt, hitting the boundaries at will, with utmost timing, fluid grace and utter brilliance.Both were delight to watch. After the fall of Vihari�s wicket at 312 runs, who was dismissed by part-time spinner Bandeep Singh, speedster Ramdayal plotted dismissal of SA Qadri at his individual score of 8 runs and team�s total of 337 runs. Ravi Teja (153) and AJ Shinde (4) were at the crease when the stumps were drawn today.For J&K, Sammiullah Beigh, Ramdayal and Bandeep Singh shared 1 wicket apiece.