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Railways beats Andhra

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NEW DELHI: Railways on Wednesday defeated Andhra by seven wickets at the Karnail Singh Stadium here to record its first win in the Ranji Trophy Super League this season.

The home side needed only 37 runs on the fourth day to gather five points. Resuming at the overnight total of 53 for two, the Railways batsmen gathered the required runs within an hour.

Second innings top-scorer Milind Tamhane’s wicket was the minor jolt Railways suffered on its way to victory. After a patient 87-ball 44, which included five boundaries, Tamhane drove leg-spinner M. Suresh casually to Y. Gnaneswar Rao at short covers as the home team was just three runs away from the target.

The other overnight batsman, Harshad Rawle (33 not out, 88 balls, 5x4s), and vice-captain Sanjib Sanyal completed the formalities without any further damage.

Railways now has nine points from three matches while Andhra is lying at the bottom of the table with just two points from four encounters.

With two more matches to go against tougher opponents, Andhra has a difficult task ahead. The coach of the side, M.V. Narasimha Rao, felt the forthcoming matches will be more challenging. “Our batting in the second innings made the difference. Our batsmen did not apply themselves well. Now the target will be to avoid relegation,” he said.

The scores: Andhra – 1st innings: 208.

Railways – 1st innings: 227.

Andhra – 2nd innings: 108.

Railways – 2nd innings: Sanjay Bangar c M. Suresh b P. Vijay Kumar 1, Yere Goud c V. Manoj Sai b D. Kalyankrishna 4, Milind Tamhane c Y.G. Rao b M. Suresh 44, Harshad Rawle (not out) 33, Sanjib Sanyal (not out) 3, Extras (lb-3, nb-2) 5, Total (for three wickets in 32.2 overs), 90.

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-7, 3-87.

Andhra bowling: D. Kalyankrishna 11-3-31-1, P. Vijay Kumar 9-2-25-1, M. Suresh 7-2-14-1, S. Veera Babu 4.3-15-0, H. Watekar 1-0-2-0.

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