Identical scores of 79 by skipper Ashok Menaria and Mahipal Lomror enabled Rajasthan set Andhra a stiff goal of 368 of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group E match right here on Saturday.
Andhra misplaced 4 wickets together with that of captain KS Bharat to be 100 for 4 at stumps on the third day.
Resuming at 97 for two on the third day, Rajasthan batters Lomror and Garhwal (38) may add solely 18 runs earlier than the latter fell to Manish. Menaria who got here in on the fall of Rajesh Bishnoi (0) placed on 41 runs with Lomror.
Menaria hit six fours and three sixes as he saved the scoreboard ticking and helped swell the Rajasthan lead. He was dismissed by Y Sandep to go away the crew at 272 for 8.
No.11 batter Aniket Choudhary smashed 4 boundaries in his 18-ball 23 so as to add to the woes of the Andhra bowlers.
Chasing 368 for a win, Andhra had been dealt an early blow as Uppara Girinath fell for 1 to Aniket Chouhary (2/31).
Andhra misplaced three extra wickets together with that of skipper and star batter Ok S Bharat (6) and was 100 for 4 at stumps, needing one other 268 runs to safe victory.
Brief scores:
Stumps – Day 3: Services 176 all out in 78.4 overs and 204 all out in 83.5 overs (Hardik Sethi 56, Anshul Gupta 41, Dikshanshu Negi 3 for 22) vs Uttarakhand 248 all out in 79.2 overs (Kamal Singh 82, Dikshanshu Negi 69, Mayank Mishra 38, Arjun Sharma 3 for 31, Nitin Yadav 3 for 46) and 94 for 1 in 20 overs (Jay Bista 54 batting).
Rajasthan 275 all out in 59.2 overs and 316 all out in 92.2 overs (Mahipal Lomror 79, Ashok Menaria 79, Aditya Garhwal 38, Ok V Sasikanth 3/75) vs Andhra 224 all out in 86.2 overs (U M S Girinath 71, Sasikanth 34, Yara Sandeep 25, Aniket Choudhary 4 for 40, Shubham Sharma 3 for 69) and 100 for 4 in 28 overs (Ricky Bhui 31 batting).
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