Rajasthan v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saurashtra-c839 - Ranji Trophy - Group A – Day 1 – Live Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 268/9 (86.2 ov) v Saurashtra - Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field
After Rajasthan were put into bat on the opening day of the four-day http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy by Saurashtra, they had a commendable time as they posted 268 runs for the loss of nine wickets by stumps, at KL Saini Ground, Jaipur.
The VA Saxena and SA Chouhan pair was least impressive, as it could post only five runs before the demise of the latter, who lost his wicket in the fourth over with just two runs off his bat.
VA Saxena and HH Kanitkar then led a charge as the duo hammered the bowlers, taking the score to 42, before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kanitkar-c70192 lost his wicket after scoring only 22 runs.
Saxena, was then joined by AL Menaria as Rajasthan made a stinging comeback, launching a blatant onslaught that left the bowlers in utter disbelief. The fielders were also awestruck as they failed to contain the batsmen.
This was an extremely important partnership, as it got Rajasthan out of the mess they were earlier caught in. However, they were not out of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Woods-c98113 yet, as it was imperative for them to continue this form till stumps.
Saurashtra, were now getting impatient but Unadkat took matters into his own hands by trapping the opposition’s skipper in front of the stumps when the batsman had scored 71 runs off 149 deliveries. By this time, Rajasthan had reached 144.
A run later, they suffered the demise of another wicket when RR Parida was caught without opening his account.
With Menaria slaughtering the bowlers from his end, Rajasthan sent in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Puneet-Yadav-c2224 as the two batsmen continued the onslaught, taking the score to 211.
The partnership met its end on the wicket of Yadav, who fell after hitting 22 runs off his bat. DH Yagnik was then the next to join the party.
However, with 245 on the board, Menaria who had played an outstanding knock of 103, succumbed against Unadkat.
With DH Yagnik unbeaten on 24, Rajasthan ended the day after playing 86.2 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamie-Dalrymple-c1658 Unadkat and SK Trivedi were the top bowlers from Saurashtra as they shared three wickets each.
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