Hyderabad strike back

Hyderabad: Hyderabad struck back to reduced Pondicherry to 51 for three after being earlier dismissed for 184 on the first day of their U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy fifth round match in Puducherry on Friday. K Sai Hariram (5/62) was the pick of the bowlers for Pondicherry.Brief scores: Hyderabad 184 in 58.2 overs (Wafi Kachchhi 34, C Siddharth Rao 20, R Alankrit 42, Dheeraj Goud 21, K Sri Harsha 35*; LV Arjun 3/51, K Sai Hariram 5/62) vs Pondicherry 51/3 in 12 overs (R Jashwanth Shreeram 35*; S Nishanth 2/13).Odisha girls beat HyderabadOdisha defeated Hyderabad by four wickets in the fourth round of the women’s U-23 T20 tournament in Kolkata. Brief scores: Hyderabad 78/8 in 20 overs (Taranna Pradhan 2/9, Suryasnata Swain 3/21, Bhabani Dhada 2/21) lost to Odisha 79/6 in 15.1 overs (Tanmayee Behera 33; Ishitha K 2/16).Tanay shines for President’s XISecretary’s XI defeated Combined Districts XI by 10 wickets and Rest XI hung on to force a draw with President’s XI in the HCA Zonal tournament. Tanay Thyagarajan of President’s XI had a match haul of 11 for 191.Brief scores: Combined Districts 282 in 48.4 overs & 215 in 46.2 overs (G Ganesh 73, Mohd Arfaz 59, A Varun Goud 3/39, K Nitesh 3/19) lost to Secretary’s XI 494 in 100 overs & 4/0 in 0.4 overs. President’s XI 736/6 dec in 139 overs drew Rest XI 276 in 57 overs (Mir Jaweed Ali 35, Harish Thakur 3/24; Tanay Thyagarajan 6/82) & 371/9 in 68 overs (Shashank Lokesh 75, B Rahul 91, MA Shanmukha 38, Mir Jaweed Ali 49, YS Varun 64*, Tanay Thyagarajan 5/109 , G Arjun 3/95).