Ranji Trophy 2022-23 QF: Andhra skipper Hanuma Vihari bats one-handed but MP tighten grip on match on Day 3

Ranji
Trophy
2023
MP
vs
AP
Quarter
Final

Chasing
a
winning
target
of
245,
the
hosts
reached
58
for
no
loss
at
stumps
after
bundling
out
their
opponents
for
93
in
their
second
innings,
courtesy
Avesh
Khan’s
four-wicket
haul.

Hanuma
Vihari
fractures
his
Wrist
in
Ranji
Match,
then
comes
out
to
bat
Left-Handed:
Watch

Braving
the
wrist
injury,
Vihari
–
in
what
was
a
repeat
of
the
first
innings
when
he
returned
to
bat
left-handed
–
batted
left-handed
to
score
15
coming
in
at
No.11.

Hanuma
Vihari
bats
left-handed

He
smashed
three
boundaries,
including
an
insane
reverse
sweep
but
could
not
do
much
as
the
team
collapsed
to
93
all
out
in
32.3
overs.

“Do
it
for
the
team.
Do
it
for
the
bunch.
Never
give
up!!
Thank
you
everyone
for
your
wishes.
Means
a
lot!”
Vihari
had
tweeted
on
the
second
day.

Avesh
Khan
continues
to
impress
with
ball

Earlier,
resuming
at
the
overnight
score
of
144
for
4,
MP
were
bowled
out
for
228
with
left-arm
medium-pacer
Prithvi
Raj
Yarra
picking
up
five
wickets.
Prithvi
Raj
added
the
scalps
of
Harsh
Gawli
(1),
Saransh
Jain
(8),
Avesh
Khan
(15)
and
Kumar
Kartikeya
(24,
4
fours)
to
finish
with
superb
figures
of
5
for
26.

Andhra
batters
collapse
in
second
innings

The
home
team
looked
in
danger
of
being
dismissed
below
200
before
Kartikeya
and
Avesh
stitched
a
48-run
stand
for
the
ninth
wicket
to
stretch
the
score
to
228.
With
a
big
lead
of
151,
Andhra
was
expected
to
bat
well
in
the
second
innings
to
put
MP
out
of
contention.

However,
the
MP
bowlers
ran
through
the
visiting
team’s
batting
unit
in
just
32.3
overs.
Avesh,
bowling
with
a
lot
of
fire
and
a
big
heart,
set
the
tone
by
removing
opener
C
R
Gnaneshwar
(1)
in
the
second
over,
having
him
caught
by
Yash
Dubey.

Fellow
opening
batter
Abhishek
Reddy
(1)
fell
in
the
fourth
over,
trapped
LBW.
A
37-run
stand
for
the
third
wicket
between
Nitish
Kumar
Reddy
(14)
and
Ashwin
Hebbar
(35,
65
balls,
4x4s,
1×6)
followed.

Once
Gaurav
Yadav
(3/10)
removed
Nitish
and
Kumar
Kartikeya
(2/41)
got
the
key
wicket
of
Ricky
Bhui
(1),
the
centurion
in
the
first
innings,
things
went
downhill
for
Andhra.

Confident
start
for
MP
in
response

The
MP
bowlers
kept
picking
up
wickets
at
regular
intervals
and
the
Andhra
innings
ended
at
93.
Set
a
target
of
245,
the
home
team
was
58
for
no
loss
in
16
overs,
requiring
187
more
to
advance
to
the
semifinals.

Opening
batters
Yash
Dubey
(24
batting)
and
Himanshu
Mantri
(31
batting)
got
off
to
a
solid
start
as
MP
looked
to
cap
a
splendid
comeback,
engineered
by
Avesh
&
Co.

Brief
scores:

Andhra
379
all
out
in
127.1
overs
(Ricky
Bhui
149,
Karan
Shinde
110;
Anubhav
Agarwal
4/72)
and
93
all
out
in
32.3
overs
(Ashwin
Hebbar
35;
Avesh
Khan
4/24,
Gaurav
Yadav
3/10)
vs

Madhya
Pradesh
228
all
out
in
69.1
overs
(Shubham
Sharma
51,
Aditya
Srivastava
31;
Y
Prithvi
Raj
5/26,
K
V
Sasikanth
3/49)
and
58
for
no
loss
in
16
overs.

(With
PTI
inputs)