Punjab v Rajasthan - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy - Group A – Day 1 – Live Score and Update
Rajasthan 222 v Punjab 20/1 (17.0 ov) - Punjab trail by 202 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
The opening day of the Ranji Trophy, Group A match between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837, belonged to the Punjab bowlers as they successfully bowled out their opposition well before the end of the first day of play at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh.
Punjab, who had won the toss chose to field first as they wanted their bowlers to take full advantage of the wicket, which would dry in the coming days.
They made a spectacular impression by drawing first blood with only three runs on the board as Baltej Singh took out Rajasthan skipper, VA Saxena for nil.
With the skipper gone, Rajasthan received an early wakeup call, and before they could come out of this shock, they lost their second wicket with eight runs on the board when number-three batsman, VA http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Deshpande-c53821, fell with only a run to his name.
However, stopping Punjab from gloating any further, the batting side made a comeback with opener DH Yagnik and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Puneet-Yadav-c2224 leading their side to 78 runs, before this partnership also met its end on the departure of Yagnik, who scored 34 before finding his way off the field.
Puneet Yadav and AL Menaria then took control of the situation as the batsmen clobbered the score to 113 before Yadav crumbled after smashing a brilliantly crafted 57-run knock.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sandeep-Sharma-c88505, then struck for the second time in the day when he dismissed Menaria for 32. And with both batsmen out of their way, Punjab now had the opportunity of making a strong comeback by grabbing a couple of more wickets.
RR Parida was disappointing as he fell after scoring only ten runs, leaving his side on 157.
R Bishnoi and DL Chahar tried to mould a productive partnership but they could only take the score to 172 before Bishnoi was shown the door by S Kaul after belting 23 runs.
With DL Chahar hammering 35, Rajasthan succumbed on 222 runs.
Punjab then lost one wicket and scored 20 runs at stumps.
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