Ranji Trophy | Hyderabad and Rajasthan play out a colorless draw

All the promise and oscillating momentum over the primary three days of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group-D fixture between Hyderabad and Rajasthan anticlimactically led to a colorless draw on the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium right here.

The host stumbled in its quest to construct on the 293-run lead early on Tuesday. Tanay Thyagarajan was the primary to fall, skipper Mahipal Lomror sending his leg stump flying.

Rohit Rayudu was dawdling in the direction of a half-century when a miscued shot sailed into Salman Khan’s arms at fine-leg. With 46 runs added to its in a single day rating in 16 overs, the house aspect declared, setting Rajasthan a 340-run goal.

The guests started positively with Sachin Yadav and Salman intent on going for the jugular. They went into lunch with a bounce of their stride, after 69 runs have been chipped off Hyderabad’s lead in 15 overs.

The recreation, nonetheless, turned on its head thereafter. Batters slipped into defensive mode as Hyderabad’s bowlers managed to extract swing and switch from a beforehand cussed floor.

Sachin’s dismissal helped Hyderabad place a chokehold on the run move, with simply 37 runs added within the 15 overs after lunch. Salman and Lomror have been joyful to rotate strike and keep within the contest reasonably than attempting one thing rash, their resistance breaking Hyderabad’s dying hopes of pulling off an outright win.

Lomror later revealed that the crew was extra centered on serving to Salman get to a deserved century. But that was to not be, because the opener fell after tea, in need of the mark by 21 runs.

Rajasthan wanted 133 runs from 15 overs with seven wickets in hand and little over an hour of play left. With the competition crawling in the direction of a draw, each groups have been more than pleased to shake arms, giving Hyderabad three factors, courtesy a first-innings lead, and its opponent one.

The scores: Hyderabad – 1st innings: 364.

Rajasthan — 1st innings: 269.

Hyderabad – 2nd innings: Tanmay Agarwal c Kunal b Ajay 12, Abhirath Reddy c Kunal b Ashok 14, Rahul Singh Gahlaut run out 59, Okay. Himateja b Ashok 41, Varun Goud c Kunal b Akash 29, Rahul Radesh b Lomror 7, Rohit Rayudu c Salman b Lomror 42, C.V. Milind lbw b Lomror 10, Tanay Thyagarajan b Lomror 4, Aniketh Reddy (not out) 21, B. Punnaiah (not out) 0; Extras (nb-2, lb-3): 5; Total (for 9 wkts. decl. in 78 overs): 244.

Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-54, 3-98, 4-159, 5-159, 6-170, 7-194, 8-206, 9-237.

Rajasthan bowling: Aniket 13-3-38-0, Akash 12-2-30-1, Ajay 24-1-69-1, Lomror 20-4-51-4, Ashok 6-0-33-2, Rahul 3-0-20-0.

Rajasthan — 2nd innings: Sachin Yadav c Radesh b Tanay 44, Salman Khan lbw b Tanay 79, Mahipal Lomror c (sub) Nitish b Aniketh 40, Kunal Singh Rathore (not out) 14, Deepak Hooda (not out) 18; Extras (b-9, lb-3): 12; Total (for 3 wkts. in 57 overs): 207.

Fall of wickets: 1-79, 2-173, 3-175.

Hyderabad bowling: Punnaiah 5-0-20-0, Milind 2-0-12-0, Tanay 23-2-72-2, Aniketh 20-2-67-1, Rayudu 7-0-24-0.