da betano casino： The Central Zone Under-14 match at the Sukhadia Stadium in Bhilwara onthe third and final day on Thursday ended in a draw with Uttar Pradeshtaking home five points on the basis of the first innings lead
Natarajan Sriram02-Nov-2000The Central Zone Under-14 match at the Sukhadia Stadium in Bhilwara onthe third and final day on Thursday ended in a draw with Uttar Pradeshtaking home five points on the basis of the first innings lead.Rajasthan had to be content with three points.Set to score 305 for a win, Rajasthan made a disastrous start losingopener Ravishankar (0) bowled by Pradeep. Rajasthan were in deepertrouble when Pradeep bowled Ankit Agarwal (0) with only 5 on theboard. Then Atul Puri (14) and Sanjay Bharti (86) added 45 runs forthe third wicket. After Atul’s fall, Punit Yadav joined Sanjay to takethe score on to 132 when Punit fell to Bharat. Thereafter, Rajasthanlost four quick wicket before stumps were drawn on the final day.In their second innings, Uttar Pradesh openers AG Murtaza (122) and RPandey (23) added a quick 42 off 8.5 overs. Then D Issrani (54) joinedMurtaza to forge a 117 run second wicket partnership in 34.1 overs.Thereafter, Murtaza found company in RK Shukla (50 not out) to put on96 runs for the third wicket in 19.1 overs. The fall of Murtazaprompted the UP skipper to declare the innings.Earlier on the opening day, Uttar Pradesh won the toss and put up afighting 245 on the board. The chief architect being AN Alam with aneatly compiled 108 off 165 balls. During his 218 minute stay Alamheld the UP innings together even as wickets kept falling at the otherend. In reply Rajasthan were all out for 196 runs giving a 49 runlead to UP.