Andhra struggle against UP

Andhra Pradesh stumbled to 155 for six in their first innings in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group-B match against Uttar Pradesh being held in Ananthpur on Wednesday.

Replying to Uttar Pradesh's first innings total of 365 all out, Andhra started shakily, losing opener L Prasad Reddy on 21. They lost their second wicket at 53 when the experienced MSK Prasad handed a simple catch to Mohammed Kaif after making 19 runs off 69 balls.

Earlier in the day, Uttar Pradesh, resuming their first innings at 217 for the loss of five wickets, were all out for 365 in 125.5 overs. A quick 85-run eighth-wicket partnership between Gyanendra Pandey (88, 253 balls, 8x4, 2x6) and Pradeep Kumar (78, 68 balls, 7x4, 4x6) in 18.2 overs helped the visitors consolidate their score in its first innings.

Right arm medium pacer Kalyankrishna was the most successful Andhra bowler, taking five wickets for 105 runs, while Israel Raju claimed three and Shahabuddin scalped the remaining two.

Scorecard

Uttar Pradesh 1st innings (overnight 217-5)
S Shukla c Prasad b Raju 8
Jyoti Yadav c Gnaneswara Rao b Kalyankrishna 20
M Kaif b Raju 33
S Raina c Gnaneswara Rao b Kalyankrishna 42
R Shamshad c Prasad b Sahabuddin 6
G Pandey lbw b Kalyankrishna 88
Amir Khan c Singh b Sahabuddin 47
P Chawla b Raju 20
P Kumar b Kalyankrishna 78
A Zaidi c Venugopal Rao b Kalyankrishna 1
S Srivastava not out 0 9 3 0 0
Extras (b 5, lb 11, w 6) 22
Total (all out, 125.5 overs, 546 mins) 365

Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-33, 3-111, 4-112, 5-128, 6-235, 7-262, 8-347, 9-356, 10-365

Bowling: Sahabuddin 33 9 71 2 (1w), Kalyankrishna 35.5 8 105 5 (3w), Raju 26 6 70 3 (1w), Gnaneswara Rao 7 1 31 0 (1w), Faiq 9 0 35 0, Venugopal Rao 15 4 37 0

Andhra 1st innings
MSK Prasad c Kaif b Kumar 19
L Reddy c Amir Khan b Srivastava 13
B Singh st Amir Khan b Piyush Chawla 38
Y Venugopal Rao c Piyush Chawla b AW Zaidi 28
A Rayudu c Pandey b Kumar 20
Y Gnaneswara Rao not out 13
A Varma c Amir Khan b Kumar 7
K Sahabuddin not out 7 15 1 0
Extras (lb 1, w 2, nb 7) 10
Total (6 wickets, 52 overs) 155

Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-53, 3-93, 4-118, 5-127, 6-135

Bowling: AW Zaidi 17 7 38 1, Srivastava 11 2 28 1, Kumar 15 2 57 3 (7nb, 2w), Piyush Chawla 9 2 31 1