Visakhapatnam: Andhra dominated the primary day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match in opposition to Assam on the PVG Raju ACA Sports activities Advanced in Vizianagaram on Tuesday. The hosts restricted Assam to 113 after which ended the day at 160 for 3.
Assam determined to bat first however confronted the Andhra assault which caught to good line and size and faltered after reasonable begin. KV Sasikanth, who got here in after an harm break within the place of Prudhvi Raj, broke a 49-run stand between opener Subham Mandal (21) and Rishav Das (30) to say the previous for his one hundredth Ranji wicket, in his twenty eighth match.
He picked up three wickets throughout the day and the younger M Rayudu picked up 4 wickets whereas Okay Nitish Kumar Reddy and A Lalith Mohan chipped in with one every to offer Andhra a great benefit.
Captain GH Vihari (80) and opener Abhishek Reddy (75) added 148 runs for the second wicket to additional consolidate Andhra’s place, although each missed to achieve the three-figure mark.