da cassino： Managing to bowl Madhya Pradesh out for 229, Rajasthan thenproceeded inexorably towards the victory target, winning theRanji Trophy Central Zone league match by three wickets on thefinal day
Staff Reporter15-Nov-2001Managing to bowl Madhya Pradesh out for 229, Rajasthan thenproceeded inexorably towards the victory target, winning theRanji Trophy Central Zone league match by three wickets on thefinal day.Starting from a good position of 180/3, Madhya Pradesh collapseddramatically, with only S Abbas Ali making a fifty. The remainingseven wickets fell for 49 runs, leaving Rajasthan a target of173.The home side started off solidly, putting up a 40-run openingpartnership. Manish Majithia, however, returned figures of19-1-57-4, wrecking the middle order with some fine bowling.Support for him at the other end was missing, and the rivalbatsmen took advantage of this; Gagan Khoda, batting for once atnumber five, made an unbeaten 39, seeing his side to victory withthree wickets to spare.Rajasthan thus picks up eight points from this match, whileMadhya Pradesh garners none.