Anirudh Singh lifts Hyderabad

Anirudh Singh scored a brilliant 86 to help hosts Hyderabad amass 250 for 5 on the opening day of the four day Elite Group 'B' Ranji Trophy match against Haryana at R G stadium at Uppal, Hyderabad, on Saturday.

Electing to bat, the hosts lost opener Shashank for five but Anirudh and Daniel Manohar steadied the innings by adding 101 runs for the second wicket.

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Haryana skipper Amit Mishra trapped Daniel leg before for 25. Skipper Arjun Yadav (41) then played a cameo and saw that the momentum was not lost.

Anirudh's 86 was laced with 14 hits to the fence and one huge six before he nicked Joginder Singh into the hands of wicketkeeper Sunny Singh.

Arjun and Vinay Kumar took the onus on them and added 81 runs for the fourth wicket before Joginder Singh struck again to send Hyderabad skipper Yadav back to pavilion for 41.

Vinay Kumar and Ibrahim Kaleel tried to keep up the tempo but the former was run-out due to a mix up. Vinay hit five fours in his patient essay of 48.

Ibrahim Kaleel (25) and PS Niranjan(5) were at crease when stumps were drawn.

For Haryana, Joginder Singh claimed three wickets for 66 runs while skipper Amit Mishra dismissed Daniel Manohar.

Scorecard:

Hyderabad (1st innings):
DS Manohar lbw b Mishra 25
P Shashank Nag lbw b Joginder Sharma 5
Anirudh Singh c Sunny Singh b Joginder Sharma 86
AS Yadav lbw b Joginder Sharma 41
D Vinay Kumar run out (Sunny Singh) 48
I Khaleel not out 25
PS Niranjan not out 5
Extras: (b 1, lb 4, w 1, nb 9) 15
Total: (5 wickets, 90 overs) 250

To bat: PIS Reddy, P Ojha, Kaushik Reddy, NP Singh.

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-104, 3-125, 4-206, 5-240.

Bowling: Joginder Sharma 27-5-66-3 (3nb), Rana 23-6-62-0, Virmani 19-5-40-0 (5nb, 1w), Vashisht 9-2-21-0, Mishra 12-2-56-1 (1nb).

Haryana team: A Mishra, B Bist, Sunny Singh, S Verma, S Rana, P Sahu, Joginder Sharma, M Rawat, G Vashisht, D Joon, S Virmani.