da betcris： Rain severely hampered the day’s programme on the opening day of theKSCA Coca Cola Cup Under-25 tournament in Bangalore on Sunday
Natarajan Sriram01-Oct-2000Rain severely hampered the day’s programme on the opening day of theKSCA Coca Cola Cup Under-25 tournament in Bangalore on Sunday. Whilethere was no play in the match between Kerala and Hyderabad at the RSAground, play in the Andhra-Goa game at the Maharaja JayachamarajendraWodayar Sports Complex was restricted to 33.1 overs. Andhra ended thesoggy first day at 101 for two wickets.Play started only at 2.15 pm and Goa captain Nilesh Naik, on winningthe toss, put Andhra into bat. A wet pitch did not deter the Andhraopeners from making a lively start. TS Prasad (32 not out) and N AnilKumar (22) put on 30 runs for the first wicket off only 5.4 overs.Anil Kumar was the first to be dismissed when he offered a catch toNithyanand Halgekar off Nilesh Naik.One drop G Srinivasa Reddy joined Prasad and the two added 58 runs off24 overs before the former was bowled by Edison Gonsalves for 31. Hefaced 76 balls and hit four of them to the ropes. Balaji Krishna, inthe company of the patient Prasad took the score past the hundred runmark. But the innings continued to be interrupted. First, play wasrestricted to just 27 minutes. Then after an early tea, there was playfrom 3 pm till 5 pm. The umpires made three inspections before callingoff play because of bad light at 5.20 pm. By close, the watchfulPrasad had batted almost 2-1/2 hours. He faced 91 balls and had threeboundary hits to his credit. Balaji Krishna was batting on ten.