[1]Ranji champions Rajasthan showed fleeting glimpses of their steely stuff before they ‘ran’ out of steam crashing to an innings and 79-run defeat against a dominant Rest of India (RoI) on the penultimate day of the Irani Cup contest, here on Monday.
Rajasthan skipper Hrishikesh Kanitkar (73, 151b, 10x4) and No. 4 Robin Bist (67, 105b, 10x4) took the fight to the opponent camp but three run-outs, that Kanitkar later termed as “both tragic and comic”, ensured that the Cheteshwar Pujara-led RoI lifted the trophy.
SCOREBOARD
Rajasthan (1st innings): 253
Rest of India (1st innings): 607/7 decl.
Rajasthan (2nd innings) (O/n: 43/1): V. Saxena (run out) 18 (70b, 3x4), H. Kanitkar (run out) 73 (151b, 10x4), R. Bist b Ojha 67 (105b, 10x4), R.R. Parida c Karthik b Harmeet Singh 31 (64b, 6x4), D. Yagnik (run out) 11 (16b, 2x4), D. Chahar st Karthik b Ojha 9 (12b, 2x4), M. Khatri c Yadav b Harmeet Singh 12 (66b, 1x4), Gajendra Singh c Rahane b Harmeet 0 (6b), A. Choudhary c Yadav b Harmeet Singh 17 (31b, 3x4), S. Mathur (not out) 19 (19b, 4x4). Extras (b4, lb8, nb2) 14. Total (in 90.2 overs) 275.
FoW: 2-70, 3-165, 4-180, 5-206, 6-215, 7-226, 8-226, 9-253
Bowling: Ishant 13-3-38-1, U. Yadav 16-4-61-0, S. Binny 13-5-33-0, P. Ojha 32-7-83-2, Harmeet Singh 14.2-1-45-4, S. Badrinath 2-0-3-0
MoM: Murali Vijay.
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