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PANAJI
Andhra defeated Goa by an innings and 103 runs to secure seven points in the Cooch Behar Trophy U-19 (2018-19) Rd IV Elite Group C match at Margao Cricket Club on Thursday.
With Goa tottering at 24/5 in 21.5 overs and still 232 runs behind, the visitors were expected to finish the match by the first hour on the last day. But some later order obdurate batting delayed the inevitable. Ruthvik Naik at 9, top-scored in Goa’s abysmal second innings with an exact 50
(113b, 6x4).
Along with, fellow new-ball bowler, Samit Mishra he was involved in the innings highest stand for the ninth wicket that yielded 51 runs. The frustrating association was broken when batting all-rounder, K Nithish Kumar Reddy had Mishra (10) caught behind by Prudhvi with the score reading 146/9. Ruthvik was cleaned up by B Santosh Kumar after completing his 50 and Goa folded their second essay with the fall of his wicket on 153 in 86.5 overs.
