Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha claimed a brilliant seven-wicket haul to help Hyderabad gain a first innings lead of 32 runs and earn two points against Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy Super League match at the SawaiMansingh stadium in Jaipur on Monday.
Ojha (7 for 114) spun out the lower-middle order and cleared the tail as the hosts folded up for 353 in reply to Hyderabad's first innings of 385.
Hyderabad then piled up 279 for 4 in their second innings. Aambati Rayudu (110) and
Ojha (1) were at crease when play was called off.
Rajasthan, resuming at their overnight score of 347 for 8, needed 38 runs to level the score but the tail-enders fell to the guiles of Ojha.
Ojha claimed Mohammad Aslam (23), and then in his next over had Kabir Ali (49) caught by Ravi Teja to end the challenge of Rajasthan, who could add just six runs to the overnight score.
P Reddy (2-77) and N P Singh 1-55) were Hyderabad's other wicket-takers.
In their second innings, Hyderabad opener Ravi Teja (99) played a fine knock, hitting 14 fours off 131 balls, but was unlucky to miss a century by one run. He was caught behind while looking to cut Pankaj Singh.
Rayudu (110 unbeaten) was in fine nick and hit 13 boundaries and one six.
Pankaj Singh, Sumit Mathur and Rahul Kanwat got a wicket each for Rajasthan.
Scorecard
Hyderabad (1st innings): 385
Rajasthan (1st innings): (overnight 347 for 8)
Dishant Yagnik lbw N P Singh 7
Gagan Khoda b P Reddy 107
Nikhil Doru c Raydu b Ojha 40
R Bishnoi c Yadav b Ojha 7
Vikram Solanki b P Reddy 0
Rahul Kanwat c Khaleel b Ojha 15
Ajay Jadeja c Khaleel b Ojha 15
Pankaj Singh c Ravi Teja b Ojha 74
Kabir Ali c Teja b Ojha 49
M Aslam b Ojha 23
S Mathur not out 0
Extras: (nb-10, b-1, lb-5) 16
Total: (all out in 142.1 overs) 353 all out
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-115, 3-130, 4-131, 5-163, 6-195, 7-213, 8-311, 9-352, 10-353
Bowling: N P Singh 17-5-55-1, P.K.Reddy, 24-4-77-2, Pragyan Ojha 57.1-19-114-7, I.S.Reddy 38-9-86-0, D B Ravi Teja 5-2-11-0 T Suman 1-0-4-0.
Hyderabad (2nd innings):
T Suman b Suoit Mathur 1
D Raviteja c Yagnik b Pankaj 99
Anirudh Singh run out 18
A T Raydu not out 110
Arjun Yadav lbw 45
Pragyan Singh not out 1
Extras: (b-1, lb-2, wd-2) 5
Total: (68 overs, for 4 wkts) 279
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-64, 3-201, 4-276
Bowling: Pankaj Singh 14-2-47-1, Sumit Mathur 10-2-64-1, Rajesh Bishnoi 1-0-2-0, M Aslam 22-2-71-0, Rahul Kanwat 18-1-79-1, Vikram Solanki 3-0-13-0.
