Rajasthan facing follow on vs Saurashtra
Posted on Nov 30, 2008 at 20:09 | Updated Nov 30, 2008 at 20:14
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Rajkot: Requiring 195 runs to avoid the ignominy of follow-on, Rajasthan were tottering at 106 for five at the end of second day's play in their Elite Division Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra here on Sunday.
Rajesh Bishnoi (20) Nikhil Doru (7) were the at crease for the visitors when stumps were drawn for the day.
Rajasthan had a poor start losing both the openers cheaply.
Gagan Khoda, who failed to open his account, was the first man to be dismissed when he offered a catch to wicket- keeper S Jogiyani off Sandip Jobanputra while his partner Vineet Saxena (9) was sent back in a similar fashion by Balkrishna Jadeja.
Captain Venugopal Rao put some resistance during his 96 minutes stay at the crease along with Robin Bisht. But both the batsman were sent back to pavilion by Rakesh Dhruve and Kamlesh Makwana in quick succession.
Rao made 32 (64b, 5X4) while Bisht contributed 24 from 86 balls with four hits to the fence.
For Saurashtra, off-spinner Kamlesh Makwana was the most successful bowler with figures of 2-28, while Sandip Jobanputra, Balkrishna Jadeja and Rakesh Dhruve took one wicket each.
Earlier, resuming at an overnight score of 270-5, Saurashtra managed to score 344 before being bundled out.
Centurion Bhushan Chauhan added only three more runs to his overnight score of 111, while Sagar Jogiyani chipped in with a useful 49 that came off 129 balls with three fours.
Pankaj Singh was the wrecker-in-chief for Rajasthan claiming five wickets for 59 while left-arm-spinner, Gajendra Singh took four wickets for 119 runs.
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