da casino： With the South Zone Ranji Trophy match between Karnataka and Hyderabadending in a tame draw at the Gymkhana ground in Secundarabad on Sunday,Tamil Nadu regained the MD Sounderarajan Trophy, the symbol of supremacyin the zone
10-Jan-2000With the South Zone Ranji Trophy match between Karnataka and Hyderabadending in a tame draw at the Gymkhana ground in Secundarabad on Sunday,Tamil Nadu regained the MD Sounderarajan Trophy, the symbol of supremacyin the zone. Tamil Nadu finished with 31 points. Karnataka and Hyderabadwho both had 24 points at the start of the match, finished with 27 and29 points respectively. It was the second title triumph in a week forTamil Nadu. Only a few days before, they had won the Subbiah PillaiTrophy for the one day South Zone championship. The triumph alsoclinched a place for Tamil Nadu in next year’s Wills Trophy tournamentChasing a difficult target of 356, Karnataka, the reigning Ranji Trophychampions, were never really in with a chance. But they made sure ofpreventing Hyderabad from registering an outright victory that wouldhave given them the trophy. The top order performed commendably withopeners Arun Kumar (26) and Mithun Beerala (46) putting on 49 runs.Then Rowland Barrington (64) and skipper Sujith Somasundar (55 not out)consolidated with a third wicket partnership of 92 runs off 43.4 overs.Barrington faced 165 balls and hit three of them to the ropes. NP Singhdismissed Barrington and A Vijay in the same over but Somasundar andVST Naidu (31 not out) steered Karnataka to a comfortable draw withan unbeaten fifth wicket partnership of 53 from 8.1 overs. Somasundarfaced 153 balls and hit seven of them to the fence. Naidu’s brightknock was compiled off just 29 balls and he hit seven fours. Karnatakawere 239 for four when stumps were finally drawn.