Buchi Babu tournament: Prateek completes ton, Chhattisgarh piles it on

Prateek Yadav hits a century with aggressive strokes, while Amandeep Khare supports with solid batting in a cricket tournament.

Left-hander Prateek Yadav brought up his century (109, 132b, 11x4, 5x6) and skipper Amandeep Khare hit 97 (267b, 9x4) as Chhattisgarh got to 450 for nine before play was called off due to rain on day two of the semifinal versus TNCA XI in the Buchi Babu cricket tournament at the NPR College cricket ground in Natham on Tuesday (September 3, 2024).

Prateek, batting on 61 overnight, scored briskly and reached his century with two sixes off left-arm spinner Ajith Ram.

He charged at the spinner for a long-off six to get to 94 and two balls later, slog-swept over mid-wicket to get to his mark off 113 balls.

When pacer Achyuth challenged him with a short ball, Prateek pulled it to the square leg boundary for a four.

He casually charged at pacer Sonu Yadav and lofted an inside-out four to the cover boundary.

He eventually missed an attempted inside-out to the cover boundary and was bowled by off-spinner Lakshay Jain.

By the time he departed, Prateek had extended the fourth-wicket stand to 164 runs with his captain Amandeep, who had resumed his attritional batting from overnight.