da imperador bet： Veteran Hyderabad off spinner Kanwaljit Singh helped restrict UttarPradesh on the third day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal at GreenPark in Kanpur on Saturday
01-Apr-2000Veteran Hyderabad off spinner Kanwaljit Singh helped restrict UttarPradesh on the third day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal at GreenPark in Kanpur on Saturday. UP, 206 for three overnight in reply toHyderabad’s first innings total of 291, were all out for362. Hyderabad in their second innings had just about wiped off thefirst innings deficit by scoring 72 for one by close of play.The in form NP Singh struck an early vital blow when he bowled MdKaif. The India batsman was out without adding to his overnight scoreof 66. The other overnight batsman skipper Gyanendra Pandey went on tomake 47 before he was bowled by Kanwaljit Singh. Pandey faced 98 ballsand hit seven fours. The innings was kept going by a seventh wicketpartnership of 46 runs off 22 overs between wicketkeeper Pradip Yadav(20) and Ashish Winston Zaidi (52). But the persistent Kanwaljit Singhthen took three wickets late in the innings to keep the UP lead downto manageable proportions. Zaidi faced 96 balls and hit six foursbefore he was also one of Kanwaljit’s victims. He finished with sixfor 97 off 48.2 overs.When Hyderabad batted a second time, they lost Manohar (14) at 29. ButA Nandakishore (35) and VVS Laxman (20) by watchful batting added 43runs off 18.3 overs and were unbeaten at stumps with the matchtantalisingly poised.