Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 27: Vidharbha were 58/2 against Jammu and Kashmir’s modest total of 191 runs in the ongoing Ranji Trophy at VCA Stadium, Civil Lines, Nagpur today.
Earlier, winning the toss and batting first, J&K lost their skipper and opener Shubham Khajuria on the very first ball of their innings. However, another opening batsman Suryansh Raina tried to consolidate the innings along with Henan Nazir, however, J&K lost second wicket at 43 runs in the form of Henan (17) in 16th over of the innings.
J&K lost wickets at regular intervals and bundled out for 191 runs in 68 overs. Musaif Ajaz top scored with 41 runs off 95 balls, studded with 7 fours and one six, while Suryansh Raina contributed 30 runs off 54 balls with 6 boundaries. Umar Nazir was very much impressive with the bat in the tail, scoring 21 runs off 21 balls, studded with 3 fours and one six. Sahil Lotra (18), Vivrant Sharma (15) and Fazil Rashid (14) fell cheaply.
For Vidharbha, Y R Thakur took 4 wickets by conceding 40 runs in 14 overs while AA Sarvate and Bhute bagged 3 wickets each.
In reply, Vidharbha were 58/2 in 21.1 overs at stumps on Day-1 today. Atharva Taide was at the crease on 24 runs while A Mokhade (18) and YS Fazal (12) were the two batsmen dismissed.
For J&K, Right-arm medium pacer Umar Nazir and left-arm spinner Abid Mushtaq claimed one wicket each.
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