Railways keeper Mahesh Rawat carried Kulamani Parida on his shoulders to the dressing room.
The veteran off-spinner had just run through the Andhra tail to bring take his team to the brink of an improbable victory. Parida finished with a dream figures of 4 for 10 after Anureet Singh had dashed Andhra’s hopes with a three-wicket burst, the visitors folding up for 108 in their second innings.
A dicey decision by umpire Sanjay Hazare did not help matters, as skipper Y Gnaneswar Rao was given out caught at silly point off Karan Sharma to a ball that clearly went off his pads.
The Railways’ first innings had folded up at 227, giving them a slender lead of 19 runs. At that point, the match hung in the balance as both Railways and Andhra had a chance to win.
But with Railways having knocked off 53 of the 90 required for a win, Day Four is a formality.
Brief Scores
Andhra 208 & 108 (Kulamani Parida 4/10, Anureet Singh 4/29); Railways 227 & 53/2
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