Even though Services managed to take the first innings in round two of Ranji Trophy 2018-19 against Rajasthan at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Wednesday, Rajasthan managed to end the day on a high, with openers AV Gautam and Chetan Bist putting on 95 runs in 45 overs in chase of 357 to win.
Services, resuming the day at 127/4, rode on Rahul Singh s 107 and VU Yadav s 51 to post 264 in their second innings. After tottering at 87/4, Singh added 59 runs for the fourth wicket with Vikas Hathwala (22) and them compiled a 99-run stand with Yadav, before falling to Rahul Chahar.
Services then had a mini collapse that saw the team lose their last five wickets for just 19 runs. For Rajasthan, Aniket Choudhary took 2/48 while TM Haq returned 2/81. Nathu Singh and Rahul Chahar picked 3/76 and 3/45 respectively.
In reply, chasing 357, Bist and Gautam dropped anchor and played out a slow innings scoring at a strike-rate of just over 30.
Brief Scores: Rajasthan 95/0 (Chetan Bist 39*, AV Gautam 53*) & 136 trail Services 228 & 264 (Rahul Singh 107, VU Yadav 51; Rahul Chahar 3/45) by 262 runs.