da bet esporte： Hyderabad advanced to the semifinals of the KSCA DiamondJubilee tournament for the Coromandel Cement Trophy beatingIndia Cements by four wickets at the Chinnaswamy Stadium inBangalore today
da doce： Sankhya Krishnan10-Aug-2000Hyderabad advanced to the semifinals of the KSCA DiamondJubilee tournament for the Coromandel Cement Trophy beatingIndia Cements by four wickets at the Chinnaswamy Stadium inBangalore today. The match was put off by a day as a mark ofrespect to S Nijalingappa, former Chief Minister of Karnatakawho died on Tuesday. Rain once again cast its shadow over thematch after India Cements were dismissed for 182 from thepenultimate ball of the 50th over. The revised target forHyderabad was 146 from 40 overs and they were home with nineballs to spare.Hyderabad won the toss and invited their opponents to pad up.India Cements struggled at the beginning as Hyderabad seambowler Mohiudeen (3/39) grabbed three quick wickets. Theirbest batsman Sridharan Sharath fell for 12 to leave them indire straits at 38/4. When the seventh wicket fell at 90 inthe 31st over it looked as though the innings would be wrappedup soon. But Sadashiva Iyer and MR Shrinivas put up somestubborn resistance in a seventh wicket stand of 75 whichhelped them reach a position of some respectability.Wicketkeeper Iyer finished unbeaten on 61 off 102 ballswithout a single boundary which showed how difficult the goinghad been.All the Hyderabad batsmen chipped in with the top score beingAnirudh Singh’s 26. Shivaji Yadav (18 not out) and SantoshYadav (21) added 41 for the sixth wicket to take Hyderabad tothe doorstep of victory before the latter was out with justone run needed. Test left arm spinner Murali Karthik and MRShrinivas took two wickets apiece for the losers.In the three day semifinals beginning August 11, Hyderabadtake on Chemplast at the RSI Sports Ground while India Pistonsplay Indian Airlines at the Chinnaswamy stadium.
