da apostaganha： Veteran left arm spinner Venkatapathy Raju and youthful mediumpacerMohd
Sankhya Krishnan23-Nov-2000Veteran left arm spinner Venkatapathy Raju and youthful mediumpacerMohd. Ghouse had Goa struggling at 174/9 as hosts Hyderabad tookcontrol of the South Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the NationalFuel Complex ground in Hyderabad on Thursday. Earlier in the morningHyderabad had terminated its first innings at 315 after the tail wasallowed to wag generously.Resuming at 247/7, Shivaji Yadav was dismissed off the day’s fourthball without adding to his overnight score of 39. This brought Ghouse(25) and Raju (24 not out), later to enact a lead role with the ball,together in a brief supporting role with the bat. The former fell at273 after which last man NP Singh struck a breezy 23 in the course ofa last wicket stand of 46 in just over nine overs. Seamer Aware addedtwo more wickets to his tally to finish with 5/92.Goa openers YC Barde and Satyajit Medappa got off to a fine start,putting on 64 for the first wicket before left arm seamer Ghousestruck first blood, removing the former. Off spinner Shivaji Yadav nowgot into the act, striking twice in successive overs, one of hisvictims being Medappa who eventually topscored with 36. Ghousefollowed up with the prize wicket of skipper Pravin Amre whodisappointed again, failing to reach double figures in a brief stay atthe wicket.Raju proceeded to slice through the lower middle order, grabbing fourof the next five wickets as Goa closed out the day at 174/9, still 145behind. He finished with 4/15 in 16 probing overs while Ghouse pitchedin with 3/38.