Shahabuddin demolishes Saurashtra

A probing bowling spell by medium pacer Syed Shahabuddin helped Andhra Pradesh skittle out Saurashtra for a paltry 87 on the second day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Elite division match in Rajkot on Sunday.

Andhra were 87 for four in their second innings, losing skipper Venugopala Rao (21) and A S K Varma (36).

S Maniar and Sandip Jobanputra took two wickets each for Saurashtra.

The visitors' overall lead stood at 215 with six wickets in hand.

Saurashtra batsmen caved meekly even as Shahabuddin and Kalyankrishna struck at regular intervals.

Only Kanaiya Vaghela (30) and skipper Jaydev Shah (30, 6x4) reached double figures and put up some resistance.

Shahabuddn was the wrecker-in-chief claiming seven for 37 and was well supported by Kalyankrishna (3 for 25).

Scorecard

Andhra Pradesh (1st innings): 215

Saurashtra (1st innings):
Kanaiya Vaghela c Rao B Shahabuddin 30
Sagar Jogiyani c Prasad B Krishnan 1
Sitanshu Kotak c Prasad B Krishnan 0
Cheteshwar Pujara b Shahabuddin 5
Jaydev Shah c Varma b Shahabuddin 30
Pratik Mehta b Shahabuddin 2
Ravindra Jadeja c Krishnan b Shahabuddin 0
Rakesh Dhruv b Shahabuddin 1
Kamlesh Makwana c Prasad b Krishnan 3
Sandip Jobanputra not out 10
Sandip Maniar b Shahabudin 0
Extras: (b-1, lb-2, nb-2) 5
Total: (all out in 45.5 overs) 87

Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-3, 3-14, 4-58, 5-60, 6-60, 7-62, 8-74, 9-87.

Bowling: S Shahabuddin 17.5-5-37-7, K Krishnan 11-6-25-3, R V Ch Prasad 4-1-16-0, Venugopala Rao 8-5-3-0, M D Faiq 5-3-3-0.

Andhra Pradesh (2nd innings):
LN Prasad Reddy bowled Maniar 15
MSK Prasad LBW Jobanputra 5
ASK Varma c Jogiyani B Jobanputra 36
Venugopala Rao c Jadeja B Maniar 21
B Sumanth batting 5
Gnaneshwar Rao batting 0
Extras: (lb-5) 5
Total: (for 4 wickets in 29 overs) 87

Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-47, 3-65, 4-82.

Bowling: S Jobanputra 14-3-62-2, S Maniar 14-6-20-2, K Vaghela 1-1-0-0.