The Andhra-Gujarat Elite Group 'A' Ranji Trophy tie ended in a draw on the final day of the four-day game at the Ukku Stadium in Visakhapatnam [Images] on Monday.

The two teams were not in contention for the semifinal berth and Gujarat had to be content with the two points it gained for taking first innings lead.

Gujarat, with a first innings lead of 106 runs, were all out for 189 in the second essay and in reply the hosts were 222 for 7 when play was stopped after the 17th mandatory over.

The visitors scored 420 in the first innings and restricted Andhra to 314 to gain the vital lead.

The visitors resumed the second innings at 55 without loss and compiled 189 with overnight opener Akash Christian carrying the bat with a sparkling unbeaten 90 off 115 balls with eleven hits to the fence while rest of the team failed to impress.

Andhra spinner Balaji Kishen Singh claimed four for 64 while speedster KS Shahbuddin took 3 wickets for 60 runs.

With time and overs running out, Andhra batsmen tried to gain some quick runs with ASK Verma scoring a fluent 59 but Salil Yadav (3 for 57) and Hitesh Mjumdar (3 for 41) pushed the hosts into defensive.

Play was stopped at the score of 222 for 7 after the 17th mandatory over with Balajikishen Singh (31) and Md Faiq (38) at the crease.

Scorecard:

Gujarat 1st Innings: 420
Andhra 1st Innings:  314
Gujarat 2nd Innings:
Hemjoshipura run out 17
Akash Christian not out 98
Niraj Patel lbw b K S Shahbuddin 22
Kirat Phamni c A G Praveen b B K Singh 1
Bhavik Inaker c Md Faiq b Shahbuddin 18
Nilesh Modi c A G Pradeep b B K Singh 7
Sidarth Trivedi c & b B K Singh 0
Lalit Patel lbw b Shahbuddin 1
Salil Yadav c Md Faiq b D Kalyan Krishna 4
Hitesh Majumdar c & b B K Singh 15
Ashraf Maqda run out 0
Extras (lb-2, nb-3, w-1) 6
Total (all out in 43.4 overs) 189

Fall of wickets: 1-69, 2-101, 3-102, 4-129, 5-143, 6-143, 7-148, 8-166, 9-184.

Bowling: K S Shabuddin 16-3-60-3, D K Krishna 6.4-2-23-1, A G Praveen 6-0-32-0, Md Faiq 3-1-8-0, Balaji Kishen Singh 12-1-64-4.

Andhra 2nd innings:
Manoj Sai b Trivedi 21
L N Prasad Reddy lbw b H Majumdar 10
A S K Verma c K Dhamani b S Yadav 59
Y Venugopal Rao b H Majumdar 22
Y Gnaeswar Rao st N Modi b S Yadav 9
A G Pradeep b H Majumdar 6
K S Shahbuddin c K Damani b S Yadav 7
Balaji Kishen Singh not out 31
Md Faiq not out 38
Extras (b-8, lb-4, nb-6, w-1) 19
Total (for 7 wkts in 67 overs) 222

Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-56, 3-108, 4-130, 5-135, 6-145, 7-145.

Bowling: Sidharth Trivedi 8-1-25-1, Lalit Patel 13-3-39-0, Hitesh Majumdar 14-2-41-3, Salil Yadav 18-6-57-3, Ashraf Makda 9-1-41-0, Kirat Dhamani 5-1-7-0.

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