“Ranji Trophy” Match Begins at Waltair Railway Stadium in Visakhapatnam,Vizagvision…After gap of two decades, Ranji Match was conducted at Waltair Railway Stadium. The match between Saurashtra and Railways commenced this morning with eminent players being present at the inaugural occasion. The toss won by Saurastra who elected to field first. The Saurastra got break when they got 1st wicket of Railways on 3rd ball of first over. There was good partnership build between Arindam Ghosh and Pratham Singh for third wicket. By the time of lunch break Railways could put up score 68/3 in 29.6 overs and at the end of day railway could score 202 in 9 wickets in 80 overs. Pratham Singh of Railways scored 98 runs in 195 balls with 50.26 Strike rate and sweeped 15 boundaries.
Earlier, the inaugural function was organized at Waltair Railway Stadium organized to mark the first session of the match, witnessed by Divisional Railway Manager Shri Chetan Kumar Shrivastava, IG cum PCSC (RPF) Shri Rajaram, Shri MSK Prasad, Chairman Cricket Selection Board, Shri Sarat Chandra Reddy, President Andhra Cricket Association; Director (Operations),ACA, Shri Venugopal; Sports Officer, ECoRSA,Shri Sakkeer Hussain; Assistant Sports Officer Shri Shiva Harsha; General secretary ECoRSA Shri Nagesh Babu etc..