Left-arm spinner S. Ashish’s perseverance paid off as his fine spell after tea triggered a Services batting collapse and enabled Andhra snatch the first innings lead in their Ranji Trophy Group E match at the KCA-St. Xavier’s College ground here on Saturday.
After playing the support cast to medium pacers in the morning session, Ashish (4/91) took three wickets in the post tea session to dismiss Services for 343 and give his side a lead of 46 runs.
Ashish and fellow spinner Y. Sandeep (2/54) couldn’t extract the same amount of bounce which Services’ spinner Pulkit Narang managed to get from the surface. Nevertheless, both the Andhra spinners kept pegging away and were rewarded for their discipline when they forced errors from the batters.
