Ranji Trophy 2023/24: Hyderabad completes Arunachal drubbing on Day 2

Hyderabad recorded its fourth straight win when it trounced Arunachal Pradesh by an innings and 187 runs on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Group match at NexGen Cricket Academy Ground right here on Saturday.

After the house workforce took a large 443-run lead in reply to Arunachal Pradesh’s 172 within the first innings, the guests put up an improved show nevertheless it was not adequate to alter the script of the match as Hyderabad posted its fourth win inside two days this season.

But for a partnership of 146 off 159 balls between Techi Doria (58, 96b, 5×4, 1×6) and Divyanshu Yadav (91, 21b, 4×4) for the second wicket, there was nothing a lot to rave about. For Hyderabad, spinners – left-armer Tanay Thyagarajan and offie N. Saaketh – picked three wickets every.

Earlier, Hyderabad declared its innings at 615 for 4 after a few fast dismissals. Overnight triple centurion and opener Tanmay Agarwal was dismissed within the ninth over of the day after including 43 runs to his tally (366, 181b, 34×4, 26×6).

Suhas Pampana picked two wickets to pressure a declaration which was anyhow on the playing cards as soon as Tanmay was dismissed.