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An unbroken 120 run stand for the fourth wicket between skipper Venugopala Rao and Gnaneshwara Rao helped hosts Andhra post a strong reply of 146 for 3 to Gujarat on the second day of the Elite 'A' Ranji Trophy league match at the Ukku stadium here today.
Resuming at 259 for 4, Gujarat were bowled out for 420 with Nilesh Modi cracking an unbeaten 72.
Salil Yadav (20) and L Patel (39) were the other contributors for Gujarat while speedster Kalyan Krishna claimed three wickets for Andhra.
Andhra reply started on a disastrous note as they lost three wickets with 26 runs on the board.
Skipper Venugopala Rao and Gnaneshwara Rao then steadied the innings.
Venugopala Rao made a typically stylish 66 with 11 fours while Gnaneshwara Rao dropped anchor to gather 54.
The hosts were still 274 runs behind Gujarat.
Scorecard:
Gujarat 1st innings:
H Joshipura c L N P Reddy b D K Krishna 12
A Christian lbw b D K Krishna 9
N Patel run out 118
K Damani lbw b Shahbuddin 86
B Thanker c & b D K Krishna 20
N Modi not out 72
S Yadav b AG Praveen 20
S Trivedi c Pradeep b Balaji 17
H Majumdar c Pradeep b Balaji 14
L Patel run out 39
A Makda lbw b AG Praveen 0
Extras (lb-2, nb-7, w-4) 13
Total (all out in 128.5 overs) 420
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-42, 3-235, 4-241, 5-259, 6-302, 7-331, 8-347, 9-420.
Bowling: K S Shahabuddin 18-9-24-1, Kalyan Krishna 26-4-96-3, A G Praveen 13.5-0-72-2, Md Faiq 36-7-85-0, Venugopal Rao 11-1-48-0, Balaji Krishna Singh 21-0-78-2, A G Pradeep 1-0-9-0, Gnaneswar Rao 2-0-6-0.
Andhra 1st innings:
Manoj Sai lbw b L Patel 8
LNP Reddy b L Patel 10
ASK Varma c (subs) b S Trivedi 0
Y Venugopala Rao batting 66
Y Gnaneswara Rao batting 54
Extras (lb 1, nb 7) 8
Total (for 3 in 48 overs) 146
Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-21, 3-26
Bowling: L Patel 11-1-35-2, S Trivedi 11-1-39-1, H Majumdar 7-2-18-0, Asraf Makada 7-2-17-0, S Yadav 8-0-31-0, K Damani 4-2-5-0.
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