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- Updated: November 21, 2016
Right-arm medium pacer DP Vijayakumar’s six-wicket haul studded Andhra’s dominant display with the ball against Kerala at the Baraspara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Vijaykumar’s 6 for 37 reduced Kerala to 188 for 8 after Andhra had sent them in. Six of Kerala’s top seven fell to Vijaykumar after his new-ball partner B Ayyappa provided the first breakthrough in the 10th over of the morning when he sent back Bhavin Thakkar. Vijaykumar then scythed through Kerala, reducing them to 36 for 4, before Rohan Prem, the captain, and Mohammed Azharuddeen, who top-scored with 82, got together for a 71-run stand. Prem was caught behind off Vijaykumar for 42. Azharuddeen then added 48 with Iqbal Abdulla for the sixth wicket, before being dismissed off what turned out to be the last ball of the day.
Hyderabad captain S Badrinath struck his 32nd century and passed 10,000 first-class runs to take his side to 267 for 4 against Chhattisgarh in Valsad. Badrinath walked out with Hyderabad having lost Akshath Reddy in the second over. Badrinath stitched together 120 for the second wicket with Tanmay Agarwal, who ground it out …
