A seven-wicket haul by left arm leg spinner Ravindra Jadeja has kept alive Saurashtra's hope of entering the knock out round in the Elite Division Ranji Trophy.
RAJKOT: A seven-wicket haul by left arm leg spinner Ravindra Jadeja has kept alive Saurashtra's hope of entering the knock out round in the Elite Division Ranji Trophy, as they beat Hyderabad by 105 runs.
Saurashtra's berth in the next round also depends heavily on another match being played in Jaipur between defending champions Delhi and Rajasthan.
If Delhi fails to register an outright win with bonus points, then Saurashtra will sail through to the next round.
Mumbai and Gujarat have already secured their berth for knock out round.
With this win, Saurashtra secured five points and improved their tally to 23 points, while Delhi have 17 points and needed six points to share third position with Saurashtra in the group.
Saurashtra made 133 runs in the first inning and then got Hyderabad all out at 140 thus conceding a seven-run thin lead to the visitors.
In the second inning, hosts made 183 and set Hyderabad to score 177 to win, but a superb piece of spin bowling by Ravindra Jadeja wrapped up the visitors at just 71 runs in only 26.5 overs.
Resuming at their overnight 14 for 2, the visitors never looked in the game this morning as the two left arm leg spinners, Ravindra Jadeja and Rakesh Dhruve gave regular jolts to Hyderabad.
Overnight batsman, M P Arjun was the lone batsman who could resist the turning ball by making 23 before he fell to Jadeja.
M Shakir (1) and A Kumar (1) managed to open their accounts while A Yadav and S Shankar ducked out.
Ravindra Jadeja was the most succesful bowler taking seven wickets giving away 31 runs, while Rakesh Dhruve was equally impressive grabbing three wickets for 20 runs.
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