da leao: Kerala opening batsman MP Sorab covered himself with glory as hecarried his bat for 255 on the final day of the Coca Cola Trophy SouthZone (under-25) tournament at the Maharaja Jayachamarajendra WodeyarSports Complex in Bangalore on Sunday
da fazobetai: Partab Ramchand24-Apr-2000Kerala opening batsman MP Sorab covered himself with glory as hecarried his bat for 255 on the final day of the Coca Cola Trophy SouthZone (under-25) tournament at the Maharaja Jayachamarajendra WodeyarSports Complex in Bangalore on Sunday. With batsmen dominating, thematch ended in a tame draw with Kerala getting five points and Andhrathree.Resuming at 311 for five in reply to Andhra’s first innings total of355, Kerala were all out for 471. Sorab who was 157 overnight, simplycarried on from where he left off. First with S Ramakrishnan (34) headded 79 runs for the sixth wicket off 23 overs, reaching his doublecentury in the process. Then with P.Manoj (14) he added 41 runs forthe ninth wicket off 11 overs. He reached 250 in the company of lastman T Yohannan. Sorab’s innings stretched for ten hours. He faced 402balls and hit 35 fours. Off spinner Vatekar finished with five wicketsfor 118 runs.In arrears by 116 runs on the first innings, Andhra were 130 for twoin their second innings when stumps were finally drawn with bad lightcutting short play.Andhra have completed their engagements in group A with eight pointsfrom two games. Kerala play Karnataka from Tuesday. Group B comprisesof only two teams, Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad and the winner of thatmatch will go through to the final.






