da 888： Half centuries from Jyoti Yadav and Mohammed Kaif took Uttar Pradeshwithin hopping distance of the first innings lead at the end of thesecond day of their Ranji Trophy quarter final match against Hyderabadat the Green Park in Kanpur today
31-Mar-2000Half centuries from Jyoti Yadav and Mohammed Kaif took Uttar Pradeshwithin hopping distance of the first innings lead at the end of thesecond day of their Ranji Trophy quarter final match against Hyderabadat the Green Park in Kanpur today. Having bowled out the visitors for291, UP had progressed to 206/3 from 76 overs at stumps.Three successive half century partnerships in the UP innings put themfirmly on course to overtake Hyderabad’s none too imposingtotal. Yadav and Mohammed Saif put on 69 for the first wicket beforeSaif was trapped in front of the wicket by Vanka Pratap for 18. Yadavthen added exactly fifty for the second wicket with Kaif beforeKanwaljit Singh dismissed him for 61 (127 balls, 9 fours). And thenKaif and Rizwan Shamshad continued the good work with a workmanlike 59run partnership for the third wicket. At stumps captain GyanendraPandey (18) was holding the fort along with Kaif. The latter wasunbeaten on a stolid 66 off 169 balls, that included three boundaries.Earlier Hyderabad added another 45 runs to their overnight tally of246 /8 before they folded up for 291 thirteen overs into the day. VVSLaxman was ninth out for 128 (263 balls, 13 fours and a six), castledby Ashish Zaidi with the score at 268. NP Singh and Kanwaljit Singhthen put on a further 23 for the last wicket before Zaidi bowled NPSingh for good measure to finish with figures of 3/70.