Hyderabad inflicted an innings and 75 run defeat on Kerala in their South Zone Cooch Behar Trophy Under-19 game at the Gymkhana Ground in Secunderabad today. The victory lifted Hyderabad to 22 points from four games, hot on the heels of Karnataka with 24 points. Kerala share the bottom spot with Goa, both on six points each from four games.

Resuming their second innings at 40/2, Kerala required a further 210 runs to avoid an innings defeat. Overnight batsmen Vipin Lal and Rejas extended the total to 72 before the former was dislodged by S Shankar. The best part of the innings was a 51-run sixth wicket stand between Rejas (36) and RP Sujithi (42). The batsmen could not break the stranglehold of Shankar who picked 6/28 to send Kerala hurtling to 181 less than eleven overs after lunch.

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