RAJ 219/7 I Live Cricket Score Rajasthan vs Karnataka, Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Group A match, Day 2 at Jaipur; Stumps

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of the Group A match between defending champions of Ranji Trophy 2015-16, Karnataka, and Rajasthan. The match is being played at the scenic Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur and it is the home ground for the Rajasthan team. Both the teams have won the Ranji Trophy in recent years. Karnataka have won two in a row in 2013-14 and 2014-15, whereas Rajasthan had won consecutive trophies in 2010-11 and 2011-12. But, if their performances this season are anything to go by, then both the teams cannot be ranked very high. Both Rajasthan and Karnataka would look to bring their A game forward in an expectedly high-intensity clash. Also Read: KAR 270/8 I Live Cricket Score Rajasthan vs Karnataka, Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Group A match, Day 1 at Jaipur; Stumps

Rajasthan won the toss and invited Ranji champions Karnataka to bat first in this crucial Group A tie. The Karnataka team were severely depleted by the non-availability of KL Rahul, Karun Nair and Manish Pandey. The team lost Robin Uthappa and Abhishek Reddy quite early in the innings. But the ever reliable Mayank Agarwal played a handy knock along with Samarth R.

Both got fifties as Karnataka managed to reach to a total of 270 runs. Other notable contributions included 40 not out from Shreyas Gopal and 29 from captain Vinay Kumar lower down the order. The effort from the lower order took the team, which had lost its way in the middle of the innings, to a respectable total.

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For Rajasthan, AV Choudhary lead the bowling with three wickets. Deepak Chahar and AB Singh also took two wickets each. On Day 2, Karnataka would hope to stretch the score as much as it can, while Rajasthan would hope to wind up things quickly and post a solid reply.

Live cricket scores: Rajasthan 219/7 | Overs 82 | Batting: DL Chahar 13(14), AB Singh 6(5): Rajat Bhatia missed out on a well-deserved First-Class hundred, as Karnataka skipper Vinay Kumar trapped him in front of the wickets for 99. Bhatia had till then led a superb fightback for Rajasthan. Along with Yagnik, who was the sixth batsman to get out, Bhatia added 60 runs for the sixth wicket. Rajasthan still trail Karnataka by 62 runs and they have three wickets in hand. Day 3 will be interesting contest between bat and ball, as both teams would strive to end up in a better position than each other.

OUT! Rajat Bhatia lbw Vinay Kumar R 99(170)

OUT! DH Yagnik b David Mathias 21(77)

Live cricket scores: Rajasthan 166/5 | Overs 71 | Batting: Rajat Bhatia 73(128), DH Yagnik 18(68): Rajasthan are frustrating the Ranji champions now. The maverick team has now reached to a total of five for 166. Rajat Bhatia has played a superb knock of unbeaten 73 so far, and has kept the Karnataka bowlers at bay. Yagnik, who is known for his pyrotechnics for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) , is playing second fiddle to the veteran. Karnataka spinners have struggled so far as all the wickets have fallen to pace but one, that was a run-out.

Live cricket scores: Rajasthan 139/5 | Overs 60 | Batting: Rajat Bhatia 59(104), DH Yagnik 6(26): Domestic heavyweight Rajat Bhatia continues his march towards taking his team to a respectable total. He’s lost his partner meanwhile, as PR Yadav, who added 76 runs with the veteran for the fifth wicket, was finally dismissed by Stuart Binny. Yadav played a defiant knock of 28 before being caught by Samarth off Binny’s bowling. Wicket-keeper batsman DH Yagnik has replaced him and is playing a secondary role to Bhatia now.

OUT! PR Yadav ct Samarth R b Stuart Binny 28(94)

Live cricket scores: Rajasthan 114/4 | Overs 48 | Batting: Rajat Bhatia 45(70), PR Yadav 23(82): Rajat Bhatia has brought his experience into play as the senior cricketer is slowly and steadily leading the Rajasthan recovery. He’s got good support from  PR Yadav, who’s playing on 23. The duo has put on 66 runs for the fifth wicket. Both the batsmen are toiling it hard in the middle and their performance is no mean feat as it has come against a strong Karnataka bowling unit.

Live cricket scores: Rajasthan 101/4 | Overs 38| Batting: Rajat Bhatia 39(48), PR Yadav 16(44): Rajasthan are slowly making a comeback into the match after a disastrous start to its innings. They were left reeling at four for 48 at one stage. Veteran batsman Rajat Bhatia has led the fightback with his unbeaten 39. Giving him good company is PR Yadav on 16. Both have added 63 vital runs so far and would look to carry the momentum forward.

Live cricket scores: Rajasthan 60/4 | Overs 26| Batting: Rajat Bhatia 15(15), PR Yadav 0(4): Rajasthan are in all sorts of trouble, as they go for lunch rather precariously placed at 4 for 60. Its top-order has been rattled by some quality medium pace bowling from the champion side. The rebuilding task has now been left to the old domestic warhorse Rajat Bhatia, who has PR Yadav for his company. The two have the herculean task of getting the innings back on track in-front of them. Karnataka, on the other end, would look to continue with the momentum post-lunch.

OUT! Ashok Menaria ct C M Gautam b Vinay Kumar R 17(46)

OUT! VA Deshpande ct Samarth R b David Mathias 13(36) 

Live cricket scores: Rajasthan 39/2 | Overs 18| Batting: VA Deshpande 9(28), Ashok Menaria 16(32): Rajasthan have lost both their openers in quick succession. The first to go was PI Sharma, who was cleaned up by Sreenath Arvind for 11. Vineet Saxena was then dismissed on the same team score when he was caught short of his ground by a Stuart Binny direct hit. He scored only two runs. VA Deshpande and the elegant left-hander Ashok Menaria are now in the middle and have the daunting task of rebuilding ahead of them.

OUT! Vineet Saxena Run Out (Binny) 2(33)

OUT! PI Sharma b Arvind Sreenath 11(22)

Live cricket scores: Rajasthan 13/0 | Overs 8 | Batting: PI Sharma 11(20), Vineet Saxena 2(28): Rajasthan have started cautiously in pursuit of Karnataka’s 281. They have their task cut against a strong Karnataka attack, as they don’t boast of any huge name on paper. The defending champs would make life difficult for the Rajasthan batsmen.

Live cricket scores: Karnataka 281 | Overs 94| Arvind Sreenath 1(4): Rajasthan bowlers didn’t waste anytime this morning as they wrapped up the Karnataka tail early. The overnight pair of David Mathias and Shreyas Gopal couldn’t do much today as both fell to AV Choudhary, handing the bowler his five-wicket haul.

OUT! Shreyas Gopal b A V Choudhary 48(100)

OUT! David Mathias ct D H Yagnik b A V Choudhary 18(51)