Another watchful accumulation by disaster man Sachin Baby (87 n.o.) and his associate Akshay Chandran’s new-found consistency (57 n.o.) put Kerala able of power on the finish the second day’s play within the Ranji Trophy match towards Andhra on the Dr. P.V.G. Raju ACA Sports Complex stadium in Vizianagaram on Saturday.
Baby and Chandran added 134 runs for the fourth wicket as Kerala, in reply to Andhra’s first innings whole of 272, reached 258 for 3 at shut of play.
Stand-in captain Baby, after expertly marshalling his sources to limit Andhra within the first innings, wore down the inexperienced assault with a mix of adventurous strokes and water-tight defence. Ungainly at begin, Baby waited to get his eye in. He noticed off the quicker bowlers, pinching the occasional boundary once they erred.
The captain was extra at residence towards the spinners. He got here down the monitor towards the spin and leaned again to chop them for boundaries as he modified gears to race to his fifty. There was no assist for the Andhra bowlers from the wicket and Baby prospered. He manipulated the sphere to extend the scoring price in the direction of the tip of the day.
Chandran performed the supporting function to perfection as Baby performed the enforcer within the fourth-wicket stand which took the sport away from Andhra. The left hander was affected person and curbed his pure attacking recreation and performed the ball on advantage. Chandran transformed the great begin to compile a deserving half-century.
Chandran got here in when Andhra had pulled issues again after dismissing settled batters Rohan Kunnummal (61) and Krishna Prasad (43) who had added 86 runs for the second wicket. Prasad was saved scoreless for some time as Andhra choked him with a packed off-side discipline. The batter tried to assault and was caught within the deep. Kunnummal performed with wristy magnificence however his lack of ability to dominate introduced his downfall as he wasted one other good begin.
Earlier, Basil Thampi and N.P. Basil flushed out the Andhra tailenders in just below seven overs to depart Ricky Bhui stranded on 87.
BRIEF SCORES
Andhra 272 (Maheep Kumar 81, Ricky Bhui 87 n.o., Karan Shinde 43; Basil Thampi 4/48) vs Kerala 258/3 (Rohan Kunnummal 61, Krishna Prasad 43, Sachin Baby 87 n.o., Akshay Chandran 57 n.o.).
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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