Rajasthan finish last, Uttarakhand in knockouts

Jaipur: Rajasthan’s Ranji Trophy campaign has come to an end with a 10-wicket loss against Services in an Elite Group E match in Trivandrum on Saturday. Ashok Menaria & Co finished at the bottom of the table with six points, which they had earned after winning the first game.

Uttarakhand

(12 points) finished on top despite going down to Andhra Pradesh by eight wickets in their final league match. They were followed by Andhra ( nine points) and Services (eight points).Earlier in the day, Services, after taking a 209-run lead, shot out Rajasthan for 210 as Rahul Singh and Pulkit Narang bagged three wickets each. Services got the required two runs for a well-deserved win against Rajasthan, which faltered after starting the tournament with a victory.In the other match, after dismissing Uttarakhand for 194, Andhra managed to secure a 32-run lead. Left-arm medium-pacer CV Stephen rocked Uttarakhand in the second innings with a five-wicket haul to send them crashing to 101 all out. Needing 70 runs for a win, Andhra eased home in 18 overs losing two wickets in the process.Brief scores (Elite Group E): Rajasthan 92 all out in 45.2 overs (Ashok Menaria 31, Diwesh Pathania 3 for 24; Poonam Poonia 3-31) and 210 all out in 94.5 overs (Amit Gautam 68, Ashok Menaria 39; Rahul Singh 3-57) lost to Services 301 all out in 113.2 overs (Rajat Paliwal 91, Ravi Chauhan 47,

Shamser Yadav

60; Manav Suthar 4-82) and 2 for no loss. Services: 7 points, Rajasthan: 0Uttarakhand 194 all out in 69.1 overs (Kunal Chandela 52, Kamal Singh 42, Bandaru Ayyappa 4-37, Prithvi Raj 3-27) and 101 all out in 51.4 overs (Kunal Chandela 36, CV Stephen 5-27, S Ashish 4-17) lost to Andhra 226 all out in 85 overs (CR Gnaneshwar 45, S Rasheed 56, Ricky Bhui 33, D Dhapola 4-80) and 70 for 2 in 18 overs (Gnaneshwar 42*) by 8 wickets. Andhra: 6 points, Uttarakhand: 0