Left-arm seamer Aniket Choudhary grabbed 4 wickets as Rajasthan closed in on a large first-innings lead regardless of an unbeaten century by Uttarakhand’s middle-order batter Yuvraj Chaudhary of their Ranji Trophy Group B match on Friday. Replying to Rajasthan’s imposing first-innings complete of 660/7 declared, Uttarakhand have been 347/9 at stumps on the third day of the elite group sport as the specter of follow-on loomed giant. Yuvraj, 23, was batting on a valiant 144 off 227 balls on the shut of play and giving him firm was Devendra Singh Bora, who was but to open his account.
Resuming the day on 109 for 2, Uttarakhand suffered an enormous blow proper at the beginning as they misplaced skipper Ravikumar Samarth for 51, after the batter had added only one run to his in a single day rating.
Samarth made a brisk 51 off 59 balls earlier than being dismissed by Aniket (4/79 in 26 overs).
Left-arm spinner Kukna Ajay Singh (3/80) bowled the opposite in a single day batter, Swapnil Singh, for 36.
Yuvraj and Aditya Tare (28 off 48 balls) steadied the Uttarakhand innings with a 62-run stand for the fifth wicket earlier than Ajay Singh had the latter stumped to once more depart the house workforce in a spot of hassle at 219/5.
Deepak Chahar disturbed Abhimanyu Singh’s stumps to make it 236/6 for Uttarakhand and Ajay Singh compounded the house facet’s woes by eradicating Abhay Negi (19).
Desperately in search of a partnership, Uttarakhand discovered one lastly as Yuvraj added 60 runs for the eighth wicket with Deepak Dhapola (10), with the previous scoring 50 of these runs.
Nevertheless, Uttarakhand misplaced two wickets in the identical over with the rating studying 347, the profitable bowler being Aniket.
The dual blows by Aniket on the fag finish of the day’s play meant Uttarakhand trailed the guests by an enormous margin of 313 runs with only one wicket remaining.
Whereas Yuvraj hit 16 fours and 6 sixes throughout his keep within the center, Aniket and Ajay Singh have been probably the most profitable bowlers for Rajasthan, sharing seven wickets between them.
Earlier, on day two, Mahipal Lomror smashed his option to an unbeaten 300 off 360 balls after Kartik Sharma’s 113.
Temporary scores:
In Dehradun: Rajasthan 1st innings 660/7 declared vs Uttarakhand 1st innings 347/9 in 100 overs (Yuvraj Chaudhary batting 144; Aniket Choudhary 4/79, Kukna Ajay Singh 3/80).
In Nagpur: Gujarat 1st innings 343 all out vs Vidarbha 1st innings 512/8 in 148 overs (Danish Malewar 115, Karun Nair 123, Akshay Wadkar not out 104; Tejas Patel 3/79).
In Dharamsala: 85 and 334 vs Himachal Pradesh 1st innings 436/9. Himachal gained by innings and 17 runs.
In Hyderabad: Hyderabad 1st innings 301 all out vs Andhra 1st innings 448/9 in 143 overs (Shaik Rasheed 203, Karan Shinde 109; Anikethreddy 4/137).
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