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Hyderabad takes on Gujarat

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AHMEDABAD: A confident Hyderabad will take on Gujarat, which is struggling to recover from the humiliation it suffered at the hands of Mumbai in the previous match, in the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League match at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, here from Sunday.

Arjun Yadav-led Hyderabad, having taken the vital first innings lead against Orissa and Delhi in the first two matches, will be looking for a solid start from openers T. Suman and D. B. Ravi Teja. “The pitch looks good and the ball seems to carry with some bounce,” said coach Kanwaljit Singh after the training session. “We are pleased with the way things have gone for us so far. We will continue to look for the collective effort from the boys,” he said.

With hard-hitting all-rounder Amol Shinde likely to recover after missing the previous game with a twisted ankle, Hyderabad will finalise its playing eleven only tomorrow.

With fast bowlers M. P. Shoaib, M. P. Arjun and Ashwin Yadav expected to provide the early breakthroughs, the spinners — left-armer A. Lalith Mohan and Ahmed Quadri — should rise to the expectations. In batting, the team may look to experienced Arjun Yadav and aggressive Ravi Teja.

Gujarat coach Ashok Patel feels that his team has a long batting order which should come good on a “perfect batting” strip. “It is important to forget what happened in the previous match (when Gujarat was bowled out for a miserable 44 against Mumbai to suffer an innings defeat) and look for the job on hand,” was his advice to his players.

The teams (from):

Hyderabad: N. Arjun Yadav (capt.), D. B. Ravi Teja, T. Suman, D. Rushiraj, Abhinav Kumar (wk), M P. Arjun, Amol Shinde, M.P. Shoaib, Ashwin Yadav, A. Lalith Mohan, Vishal Sharma, P. Akshath Reddy, Ahmed Quadri and Vijay Goud. Coach: Kanwaljit Singh. Manager: Chitti Sridhar.

Gujarat: Parthiv Patel (capt.), Neeraj Patel (vice-capt.), Nilesh Modi, Priyank Panchal, Bhavik Thakur, Sunny Patel, Digant Popat, Rajesh Tabiar, Timil Patel, Mohnish Parmar, Anupam Patel, Siddarth Trivedi, Ashraf Mokda, Amit Singh and Eswar Choudhary. Chief coach: Ashok Patel.

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