Patna: A brilliant partnership oh 386 runs off 369 balls by Hyderabad openers Wafi Kachchhic and Aaron George for the first wicket helped Hyderabad pile up 536 for the loss of three wickets at the end of first day’s play of Vijay Merchant Trophy match at GSFC Ground in Vadordara on Sunday.
Wafi Kachchhic was first to go scoring a double century (201 runs). His knock came off 181 balls with 33 hits to the fence and one over it. However, another opener Aaron Geroge remained unbeaten on 295 runs, just three runs away from his gallant triple century. He hit 44 fours in his unbeaten knock. At the end of the day’s play, Vikrant Reddy (28) was on the crease with Aaron George.
For Bihar, Utkarsh Udyam took two wickets giving away 86 runs off 12 overs while Yash Pratap bagged one wicket for 71 runs off 14 overs.
Earlier, Bihar won the toss and elected to field on a decent batting turf.
Scorecard
Hyderabad first innings: Wafi Kachchhi c Aayush Aanand b Utkarsh Udyam 201 (181 balls, 33×4, 1×6) ; Aaron George (c) not out 295 (291 balls, 44×4) ; Lakshan b Yash Pratap 1; Mohammed Mosiquddin lbw Utkarsh Udyam 8; Vikrant Reddy not out 28
Extras ( b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 1 ) 3
TOTAL: 536/3 (94.0 OVERS)
Yet To Bat: Mahas ,Avik Manish Dixit ,Rahul Karthikeya ,Alishaan Ali ,Syed Abubakker Siddique (wk) ,K Kritin Reddy
FALL OF WICKETS: 1 – 386 (Wafi Kachchhi, 61.2 ov); 2 – 389 (Lakshan, 62.6 ov); 3 – 408 (Mohammed Mosiquddin, 67.6 ov)
Bowling: Aayan Nadeem 8-0-59-0; Karan Arya 9-3-48-0; Akanshu Rai 26-1-150-0; Utkarsh Udyam 12-0-86-2; Satyam Kumar 25-0-120-0; Yash Pratap 14-0-71-1
