Mountain of runs: Tanmay put the Arunachal Pradesh assault to the sword.
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Opener Tanmay Agarwal cracked a record-breaking maiden triple century (323 batting, 160b, 33×4, 21×6) and with his captain Rahul Singh (185, 105b, 26×4, 3×6) helped Hyderabad publish an imposing 529 for one in the first innings in reply to Arunachal Pradesh’s 172 on the first day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Group league match at NexGen Cricket Academy Ground right here on Friday.
Tanmay’s triple century was the quickest, coming off 147 balls. He additionally eclipsed Ravi Shastri’s report of the quickest double century in Ranji Trophy — Shastri took 123 balls whereas Tanmay reached the landmark in 119 balls.
It was Tanmay’s twelfth Ranji century and career-best rating in his 56th match. On the different hand, Rahul recorded his second century of the season, after a double in the opener.
Earlier, put in to bat, Arunachal folded up for 172. It may have been a extra disappointing present however for the defiance of opener Techi Doria (97 n.o., 127b, 12×4, 3×6), who had the uncommon distinction of carrying his bat and sadly missed a deserving century.
Milind strikes
Left-arm pacer Chama Milind struck in the first over, sending again opener and captain Neelam Obi and Ahishek Minnal of the third and fourth deliveries of the innings.
The different pacer Karthikeya Kak quickly struck — first dismissing Aprameya Jaiswal in the fourth over and eliminating Indiya Toku in his subsequent to scale back Arunachal to 21 for 4.
Left-arm spinner Tanay Thyagarajan eliminated wicketkeeper-batter Techi Sonam (16) and Nabal Tempol in fast succession, which noticed Arunachal lowered to 148 for eight.
The scores:
Arunachal Pradesh — 1st innings: Neelam Obi b Milind 4, Techi Doria (not out) 97, Abhishek Minnal lbw b Milind 0, Aprameya Jaiswal b Karthikaya 8, Indiya Toku c Nitish b Karthikeya 0, Divyanshu Yadav c Sagar b Sanketh 29, Techi Sonam c Abhirath b Tanay 16, Nabam Tempol c Rahul b Tanay 7, Desai Virenkumar b Saaketh 4, Pampana lbw b Milind 4, Santu Kumar b Karthikeya 0, Extras (nb-3); 3; Total (in 39.4 overs): 172.
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-4, 3-13, 4-21, 5-66, 6-104, 7-122, 8-127, 9-156.
Hyderabad bowling: Milind 9-2-36-3, Karthikeya 8.4-1-28-3, Sanketh 5-0-24-1, Tanay 11-1-53-2, Saaketh 6-0-31-1.
Hyderabad — 1st innings: Tanmay Agarwal (batting) 323, G. Rahul Singh c Yadav b Doria 185, Abhirath Reddy (batting) 19; Extras (w-1, nb-1): 2; Total (for one wkt. in 48 overs): 529.
Fall of wickets: 1-449.
Arunachal Pradesh bowling: Tempol 8-0-83-0, Virenkumar 8-1-68-0, Divyanshu 9-0-117-0, Doria 9-0-101-1, Jaiwal 6-0-78-0, Santu 4-0-32-0, Pampana 1-0-16-0, Toku 3-0-34-0.
