da wazamba： After losing their first four wickets for 68 runs, Hyderabad made asplendid recovery to finish at 239 for five at stumps on the first dayof their South Zone Cooch Behar Trophy (under-19) match againstKarnataka at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on
Partab Ramchand02-Oct-2000After losing their first four wickets for 68 runs, Hyderabad made asplendid recovery to finish at 239 for five at stumps on the first dayof their South Zone Cooch Behar Trophy (under-19) match againstKarnataka at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Monday.Karnataka opening bowler Steve Lazarus gave the hosts a fine start bytaking three wickets in his opening spell. In his third over, he had TSuman caught behind by Vinay Uthappa for 19 in a score of 20. In hissixth over, he bowled Imran Mohammad for two when the score was 30.And in his following over he had AT Rayudu caught behind for a duck.when the score was 32.Opener Shashank Nag and Arjun Yadav seemed to be turning things aroundfor Hyderabad when the latter was caught by Vamsy Krishna off KirthiBhat for 26 when the score was 68. Howevever Nag held on and withIbrahim Khaleed shared a 99-run partnership for the fifth wicket off40.3 overs before Nag was finally bowled by Kirthi Bhat for 74. Theopener batted patiently for almost 4-1/2 hours and faced 199 balls,hitting nine fours and a six.