CK Nayudu Trophy: Rajasthan stare at defeat

JAIPUR: Rajasthan are heading towards an inevitable loss. It was a frustrating day for the hosts who were made to toil hard by Vidarbha batsmen who went on to score 443 runs in their second innings on Day Three of their CK Nayudu Trophy match currently underway at the KL Saini Stadium on Sunday.
The centurion of the previous day Aniruddha Choudhari could not further extend his 131-run knock, but Yash Rathod (82 off 149 balls) and Nachiket Bhute (68 off 89 balls) kept the scoreboard ticking.Cameos from Yash Kadam (35 off 56 balls), Darshan Nalkande (25 off 43 balls) and Parth Rekhade (17 off 21 balls) added more plight to the bowlers’ misery who in the absence of any help from the wicket failed to find timely breakthroughs.
Chasing 358, Ahuja & Co got off to a terrible start. Top three batsmen, Ajay Geegna, Rajat Chapparwal and Shiva Chauhan were dispatched back in the hut by pacers Aditya Thakare and Darshan Nalkande. Rajasthan are reeling at 82 for three. At the close of play, Deepak Karwasara and Rahul Tomar were at the crease.
Brief scores: Vidarbha 66 & 443 (A Choudhari 131, Y Rathod 82; S Dhiwan 4-86; R Choudhary 3-57), Rajasthan 152 & 82/3 (A Gigna 39; A Thakare 2-40)
Andhra Pradesh trounced Rajasthan by five wickets in the Cooch Behar Trophy match in Mulapadu on Sunday. Having set a below-par target of 101 runs, Rajasthan bowlers could do little to save their team.
Brief Scores: Rajasthan 220 & 138; Andhra Pradesh 258 & 101/5 (V Krishna 41; A Mehta 2-22, H Patel 2-36)