Hyderabad: Despite a miserable show by the batting unit in the second innings, Hyderabad have a 278–run lead against Chhattisgarh after ending the third day on 115/9 in their Group ‘C’ Ranji trophy match being played at Valsad.

Earlier on Wednesday, Hyderabad bowlers did well to bowl out the opponents for 188. C. V. Milind and Akash Bhandari picked three wickets each.

However, Chhattisgarh bowlers came back hard as Pankaj Rao and Abhishek T. ripped Hyderabad’s batting line by picking four wickets each. Akash Bhandari was batting on 29 when stumps were drawn.

Tanmay hit, is fine
Meanwhile, Hyderabad opener Tanmay Agarwal was taken to hospital after being hit on the head while fielding on Wednesday. Tanmay was fielding at forward short leg when Manoj Singh’s pull against off spinner Mehdi Hasan found his helmet. According to information received, he remained conscious but was stretchered off the field.

He had retired after the injury and later came into bat. However, he was dismissed before close of play. The 24-year-old was later taken to the hospital where he was advised a scan after a preliminary check up and he is doing fine now.

Benjamin Thomas came out to open in place of Tanmay, who had scored 39 in the first innings. Brief scores: Hyderabad 351 & 115 for 9 in 47 overs (Akash Bhandari batting 29; Pankaj Rao 4/37, Abhishek T. 4/19) vs Chhattisgarh 188 in 85.1 overs (G. Gupta 55, Abimanyu Chauhan 55; C. V. Milind 3/47, Md Siraj 2/36, Mehdi Hasan 2/39, Akash Bhandari 3/27).

OTHER MATCHES
At Hubballi: Mumbai trail by 109 runs with 4 wickets in hand in 1st innings
Gujarat (I innings): 437 vs Mumbai (I innings, O/n: 58/3): 328/6 in 115 overs (Shreyas Iyer 191 batting, Dhawal Kulkarni 61; Jasprit Bumrah 4/49)
At Delhi: MP trail by 15 runs with 5 wickets in 1st innings

Railways (I innings): 371 vs Madhya Pradesh (I innings, O/n: 71/3): 356/5 in 130 overs (Naman Ojha 50, Devendra Bundela 131 batting, Shubham Sharma 91 batting; Avinash Yadav 3/90, Karn Sharma 2/71)

At Nagpur: Punjab lead by 51 runs with 8 wickets in hand
Punjab (I innings): 284 & (II innings): 121/2 in 37 overs (Manan Vohra 41, Uday Kaul 43 batting, Mandeep Singh 35 batting) vs Tamil Nadu (I innings, O/n: 218/4): 354 all out in 121.1 overs (Kaushik Gandhi 164, Vijay Shankar 33; Manpreet Gony 4/81, Siddarth Kaul 3/86)