Col CK Nayudu U-23 Trophy Elite match: Rajasthan 12 for 2 in reply to Hyderabad’s 361

Jaipur: Hyderabad consolidated their position against Rajasthan at the end of the rain-curtailed Day 2 in the Col CK Nayudu U-23 Trophy Elite match at the Jaipuria Vidhyalaya Ground here on Monday. In reply to Hyderabad's big first innings score of 361, Rajasthan were struggling at 12 for the loss of a couple of wickets. Both the Rajasthan openers were back in the pavilion without doing much. Sachin Yadav was castled by Prithvi without opening his account, while fellow opener Dharmveer Saini was caught by Pattapu Raghava off Dinesh Rathod for 6 (11b, 1x4).At stumps on Day 2, skipper Rohan Rajbhar (2) and Karan Lamba (0) were batting at the crease.The hosts still trail by 349 runs with eight wickets in hand. The home team batters have their task cut out on the penultimate day.Earlier, Hyderabad were all out for 361 in 116.2 overs. Besides Aravelly Avanish's 134, N Nitin Sai Yadav (51), Mayank Gupta (49) and Pattapu Raghava (48) also batted well to swell the total.Rajasthan pacers Mohit Changra (4-78) and Ganesh Suthar (3-46) did the bulk of the damage, while Deependra Singh, Chetan Sharma and A Chouhan took one wicket each.Brief ScoresHyderabad 361 in 116.2 overs (Aravelly Avanish 134, N Nitin Sai Yadav 51, Mayank Gupta 49, Pattapu Raghava 48; Mohit Changra 4-78, Ganesh Suthar 3-46) vs Rajasthan 12/2 in 3 overs (Dharmveer Saini 6, Rohan Rajbhar 2 not out; Prithvi 1-2, Dinesh Rathod 1-6).