Hyderabad end opening day 13 runs behind Tripura

Hyderabad reached 121 for 4 in reply to Tripura’s 134 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy match on October 11.

Tripura’s first innings ended after 44 overs. Bikramkumar Das led their scoring with 50 runs, while Hrituraj Ghosh Roy contributed 33 and Mandeep Singh made 24.

Aniketh Reddy took 5 wickets for 21 runs, and Tanay Thyagarajann claimed 3 for 37. Ruthik Yadav finished with 1 for 17. Hyderabad’s three spinners accounted for 9 wickets, with another Tripura batter run out.

Tripura’s innings unravelled in a late collapse: 6 wickets fell in 28 balls with only 4 runs added. Earlier, Das had reached his half-century from 102 deliveries.

In reply, Tanmay Agarwal and Abhirath Reddy gave Hyderabad an opening partnership of 60 in 18 overs. Reddy was dismissed for 32. Sandip Sarkar took all 4 Hyderabad wickets for 44 runs.

At stumps after 41 overs, Agarwal was unbeaten on 48 and Yadav on 11. Hyderabad remained 13 runs behind with 6 wickets in hand. This is the position after the first day of the four-day Group B match, rather than a final result.