Captain Bipul Sharma cracked a magnificent 176 to be the second centurion of his team as Himachal Pradesh piled on a mammoth 511 all out on the second day of their Ranji Trophy cricket match against Hyderabad here today.
Sharma added 93 runs today after resuming the day at his individual score of 83 as HP rattled up 242 runs from 68.5 overs from their overnight 269 for 5 to put themselves in a strong position in the Group C match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Uppal.
Sharma hit 18 boundaries and five sixes in his 292-ball knock and shared 249 runs for the sixth wicket with the other centurion Paras Dogra (137) to raise a big total for the visiting side.
Dogra, who resumed the day at his overnight 101, struck 16 fours and three sixes in his 284-ball innings. Rishi Dhawan contributed 69 not out which he made from 142 balls with the help of 11 fours.
For Hyderabad, left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha and Bavanaka Sandeep grabbed four wickets each. Ojha, who was cleared of suspect bowling action by the BCCI only on Thursday, added one more wicket to the three he took yesterday.
In reply to Himachal's 511, Hyderabad were 36 for no loss at the draw of stumps with Tanmay Agarwal and Akshath Reddy batting on 13 and 22 respectively.
