da apostaganha： India Pistons had to struggle before dispelling the challenge ofIndian Railway by seven wickets at the AOC ground in the Moin-ud-DowlaCup at Hyderabad today
Sankhya Krishnan06-Sep-2000India Pistons had to struggle before dispelling the challenge ofIndian Railway by seven wickets at the AOC ground in the Moin-ud-DowlaCup at Hyderabad today. R Satish was Pistons’ troubleshooter with afine allround performance that netted three wickets and 46 runs. Itwas the second successive victory for Pistons who had trounced Andhrain their lung opener yesterday.Indian Railways won the toss and elected to bat but some incisivebowling by R Satish and Satyajit Medappa cleaved through their battinglineup as they succumbed for 152 in 42 overs. Four batsmen entered the20’s and 30’s but proved incapable of building upon that start, SudhirWankhede topscoring with 31 (50 balls, 2 fours). Opening bowler Satishsnapped up 3/45 but off spinner Satyajit Medappa outdid him with thenifty analysis of 3/14.Medappa however was not so successful with the bat, falling in thethird over to seam bowler Harvinder Singh for 4. Harvinder alsoremoved Medappa’s opening partner Vikram Rathour for 9. The Punjabskipper scratched around for 44 balls before having his stumpscastled. One drop Hemanth Kumar had already preceded Rathour to thepavilion to leave Pistons in an uncomfortable position of 32/3.It was left to JR Madanagopal and R Satish to pull Pistons out oftrouble with a 41 run fifth wicket stand. While Madanagopal fell bythe wayside for 37 (71 balls, 3 fours), Satish remained unconquered on46 (68 balls, 7 fours) to steer Pistons home This was not before theyhad undergone some more nervous tension with Satish losing two morepartners. But they recovered from 134/7 in the 45th over to triumphwith just ten balls to spare.