da premier bet： In the Central Zone Under-22 Tournament played at Field Club Ground,Udaipur, host Rajasthan were held to a draw by Uttar Pradesh onMonday
Santhosh S18-Dec-2000In the Central Zone Under-22 Tournament played at Field Club Ground,Udaipur, host Rajasthan were held to a draw by Uttar Pradesh onMonday. UP could take home only three points as Rajasthan took fivepoints thanks to the first innings lead.Rajasthan won the toss on Saturday and decided to bat first and didwell to finish at 317 in 131 overs. A Jain with 76 (13 fours) and VSaxena with 81 (9 fours, 1 six) were the batting heroes. Anup Dave 46and L Jain with 40 batted well down in the order and helped Rajasthanbeef up there total. A Solanki with 5/72 was easily the pick of the UPbowlers. UP opening batsman A Kapoor Made a brilliant unbeaten 119 andcarried his batting through the innings. P Singh with 44 (6 fours and1 six) gave Kapoor admirable support. Kapoor in his defiant knockstruck 17 boundaries but ran out of partners as most of the UP batsmenfailed to apply themselves. UP were all out for 286 in 112.3 oversgiving Rajasthan the crucial first innings lead. L Jain with 3/54 wasthe best of the bowling. Rajasthan started their second innings with alead of 31 runs and were 73/1 at the close of play on Monday. V Saxenaremained unbeaten on 41. Perhaps it was the sluggish batting by bothsides that took away the competitive edge.