Mukund, Vihari, Umang make merry
Mukund, Vihari, Umang make merry. Three batsmen were at their cavalier best and punched their way to glorious centuries on the truncated first day of the second round of the ongoing Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup championship here on Sunday.
Hyderabad: Three batsmen were at their cavalier best and punched their way to glorious centuries on the truncated first day of the second round of the ongoing Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup championship here on Sunday. Each match was called off midway through because of continuous downpour that affected continuation of the match.
Hyderabad XI skipper Hanuma Vihari was going strong on 126 against MRF even as Yathin Reddy came up with a 62-run cameo that took the team to 253 for the loss of two wickets from the 67 overs that were possible.
Although, Umang Sharma was in good nick while remaining unconquered and waged a lone battle for FCI, which was shot out for 251 by Air India, the best knock came from the blade of Abhinav Mukund for India Cements. The southpaw opened up soon after getting a feel of the wicket.
His 142 came from 191 balls and comprised of 13 hits to the fence and five massive hits over the ropes. Giving him company for a long but unfortunate to miss out on a deserving century was R Rohit who made 95 runs with two hits to the boundary and three sixes. Meanwhile, the bowlers of the day were Air India’s Karan Dagar (5/64) and Badri Alam (4/51) who hastened the first innings collapse of FCI.
Brief scores-Round 2 Day 1: Hyderabad XI 253 for 3 in 67 overs (B Sandeep 33, GH Vihari 126no, B Yathin Reddy 62, Nathu Singh 2/28) vs MRF; FCI 251 (Umang Sharma 141no, Prashanth Chowdhary 36, Badri Alam 4/51, Karan Dagar 5/64) vs Air India 13 for no loss in 3.4 overs; India Cements 276 for 2 in 70 overs ( R Rohit 95, Abhinav Mukund 142, Dinesh Karthik 20no) vs Hyderabad President XI; Sri Lanka 224 for 8 in 64 overs (Kusal Mendis 47, Angelo Jayasinghe 75, Lahiru Milantha 47, Navdeep Saini 2/29, S Bhati 2/66, Mohd Saif 3/23) vs ONGC.
