Young opener Shubham Rohilla struck a maiden century but could not prevent Andhra from defeating Group C leaders Haryana by 77 runs in their Ranji Trophy league game at the Wankhede Stadium, here today.
Required to score 371 for an outright victory after having conceded a 150-run first innings lead to Andhra, Haryana were all out for 293, a vast improvement on their first innings score of 103, but still not good enough to carry them across the finish line.
The northern outfit began the last day at the overnight 138 for 3 with their main hopes resting on 18-year-old Rohilla who carried on from 75 to notch his fledgling career's opening first class ton.
However once Rohilla, who made 118 in 274 balls with 10 hits to the fence, was trapped leg before with the second new ball by Andhra medium pacer Siva Kumar, who bagged five wickets in the first innings, Haryana's hopes ebbed away.
C K Bishnoi made a fighting, unbeaten 69 for a losing cause.
Siva Kumar was given good support mainly by left-arm spinner Bhargav Bhatt who took three wickets to add to the two he claimed in the first innings.
There was some resistance from last man Ashish Hooda who remained scoreless after facing 27 balls before he was dismissed leg before by Ravi Teja to bring the match to an end.
Bishnoi remained unconquered after facing 238 balls and striking six fours.
Andhra secured five points that boosted their tally to 13 from four while Haryana remained on 15 from the same number of games.
Brief scores: Andhra 253 and 220 beat Haryana 103 and 293 (S G Rohilla 118, C K Bishnoi not out 69; Siva Kumar 4 for 71 B Bhatt 3 for 82) by 77 runs. Andhra 5 points. Haryana nil.
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