*Tamil Nadu restrict Hyderabad

Tamil Nadu restricted Hyderabad to just 199 on Day One of their Ranji Trophy league match at Chennai.

Winning the toss, Hyderabad opted to bat first. Wickets fell fast, and four batsmen were back in the pavilion with just 64 on the board. There followed a slow partnership between D Vinay Kumar and Arjun Yadav. Yadav made 71 off 176 balls, with nine fours and a six, and was the top-scorer of the innings.

Yadav fell just before the close of play. At stumps, Hyderabad were 199 for five, with Vinay Kumar unbeaten on 56 off 176 balls, and M Srinivas on 0 off three balls. For the home side, skipper Robin Singh bowled impressively, returning figures of 14-8-12-2.

*Kerala crumble on Day One

Goa made the most of its advantage with the toss, bowling Kerala out on Day One of their Ranji Trophy league match at Panaji on Monday.

Opting to field first, Goa had Kerala in many problems when three batsmen fell for 12 runs. The biggest partnership of the innings came from Ajay Kudva and Sreekumar Nair, who put on 82 runs for the sixth wicket.

Kudva fell first, having made 46 off 118 balls. Nair was the ninth wicket to fall; he made 51 off 145 balls. The innings folded for 199, in 77 overs. For Goa, Avinash Aware, Narayan Kambli and Husen Khalid picked three wickets each. In reply, Goa were 22 for no loss at stumps.

*Venugopal Rao holds Andhra together

Y Venugopal Rao hit an unbeaten 74 to hold the Andhra Pradesh innings together in their Ranji Trophy league match against Karnataka at Kurnool on Monday.

Winning the toss, Andhra Pradesh elected to bat but lost one opener early. There were, however, a string of significant scores all through the batting line-up. GN Srinivas made 39, and Fayaz Ahmed scored 48.

At the close of play, Andhra Pradesh were 251/5, with Venugopal Rao batting on 74 and RVC Prasad not out on 2. For Karnataka, Dodda Ganesh was the best bowler, picking up two for 46.

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