Hyderabad's Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Chhattisgarh is finely poised. At the close of Day 2 at the Gymkhana Ground on Tuesday, Hyderabad were 275 for 9 in 83 overs.

Hyderabad's innings

  • Chhattisgarh, resuming at 279/7, were all out for 284 in 90.1 overs. Chama Milind took 3/19 and Rakshann Readdi 3/37.
  • Rahul Radesh made 72 off 174 balls, K Himatej 46 and Abhirath Reddy 35.
  • From 212/8, G Anikethreddy (32) and Tanay Thyagarajan (29 not out) added 50 for the ninth wicket.
  • Dharmendrasinh Jadeja took 5/84 for Chhattisgarh.

Andhra up against it

In another match, Punjab declared their first innings at 592/9, with Sanvir Singh scoring 205, Salil Arora 144 and Emanjot Singh Chahal 122. Andhra reached 20 without loss in 9 overs at stumps, still 572 runs behind.

On Day 3 on Wednesday, the questions are whether Hyderabad take the first-innings lead and whether Andhra avoid the follow-on.