Buchi Babu closing | Tanay’s five-for does the trick for Hyderabad

Gaining momentum: Hyderabad will buoyed by the Buchi Babu triumph earlier than enjoying within the Elite group within the upcoming Ranji Trophy.
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Hyderabad clinched the Buchi Babu title in type, beating Chhattisgarh by 243 runs on the ultimate day of the summit conflict on the NPR School Floor right here on Wednesday.

The Rahul Singh-led aspect entered day 4 on agency footing, having already secured the essential first-innings lead and had set Chhattisgarh an inconceivable goal of 518 in 90 overs.

Ayush Pandey.
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Chhattisgarh, although, didn’t go down and not using a battle. Led by openers Ayush Pandey (117, 134b, 13×4, 3×6) — who slammed an excellent century — and Shashank Chandrakar (50, 45b, 6×4, 2×6), the staff acquired off to a blazing begin. The pair stitched a 100-run partnership off simply 103 balls.

Chandrakar made his intentions clear within the second over, taking over pacer Karthikeya Kak, slamming him for 2 consecutive fours earlier than pulling him over the fine-leg boundary for a most.

The fitting-handed batter didn’t maintain again, preferring to take the aerial route in opposition to the spinners to succeed in his half-century shortly. Pandey wouldn’t be left behind, sweeping the tweakers for a flurry of boundaries. He was nimble on his ft and charged right down to hit left-arm spinner Aniket Reddy for 3 sixes down the bottom.

Tanay Thyagarajan.
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Nonetheless, left-arm spinner Tanay Thyagarajan stored chipping away with wickets (5 for 61) even because the runs stored flowing at a brisk tempo. Chhattisgarh managed 194 for 5 in an action-packed 34-over first session.

Publish-lunch, Pandey grafted his option to his landmark however may solely delay the inevitable.

On a useful pitch that supplied flip and bounce, Hyderabad spinners’ persistence paid off and managed to wrap issues up simply earlier than tea.

Hyderabad skipper Rahul Singh felt the win was a morale-booster for his aspect forward of its return to Elite Group for the upcoming Ranji Trophy season.

“We wished to play aggressive cricket and did it all through the event. We did that within the Plate group final yr, which was a bit straightforward, however we performed in opposition to some good groups right here,” mentioned Rahul.

Hyderabad took dwelling ₹three lakh and Chhattisgarh ₹two lakh.

The scores: Hyderabad 417 & 281 bt Chhattisgarh 181 & 274 in 61.1 overs (Ayush Pandey 117, Shashank Chandrakar 50, Tanay Thyagarajan 5/61); PoM: Rohit Rayudu; PoS: Ayush Pandey.