After being restricted to a total of 190, Hyderabad hit back to take three Karnataka wickets for 26 by stumps on the first day of their South Zone under-22 cricket tournament match at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Thursday.

Opting to bat, Hyderabad lost wickets at regular intervals and it was only a gallant 70 by Santosh Yadav that helped them to get near the 200 run mark. Yadav, who came in when two wickets were down for 32, was ninth out at 177. He faced 165 balls and hit six fours. The fact that the highest partnership was 43 runs for the ninth wicket between Yadav and Ramakrishna (35) tells the tale of the inconsistent Hyderabad batting. Three run outs added to Hyderabad's agony. Md Aleem, who wrecked the middle order, was the most successful bowler with four for 42.

When Karnataka batted, opening bowlers Md Ghouse (2) and Amresh Kumar (1) quickly got among the wickets and the home team lost three wickets for 20 runs. The game was stopped due to bad light at 4.15 pm and play was finally called off at 5.05 pm. with Karnataka gasping for breath.

The two other matches were affected by rain. While there were only 64 minutes of play in the game between Tamil Nadu and Goa at the DSY ground in Vasco, there was never any possibility of play between Andhra and Kerala at the District Sports Authority stadium in Kakinada. At Vasco, Tamil Nadu, put into bat were 59 for no loss in 15 overs with the openers Noorul Riaz (27) and S Badrinath (24) coming in unscathed. Play started only at 4.30 pm.

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