Rajasthan middle-order salvage draw against Vidarbha

Opener Vineet Saxena (52) and Robin Bist (54) played responsible half-century knocks as Rajasthan managed to draw their Ranji Trophy Group B cricket match against Vidarbha, here today.
Rajasthan saved the match, ending the final day at 236 for seven in their second innings in a chase of 405.
Saxena and Bist resumed the hosts innings and added 106 runs for the second wicket. Both of them were scalped by left-arm Ravikumar Thakur, who had them caught behind.
Saxena faced 182 balls and hit nine boundaries in his patient knock while Bist's innings came off 139 balls with nine shots to the fence.

There was no big partnership for Rajasthan after that but middle-order batsmen Ashok Menaria (32), Rajesh Bishnoi (27) and Arjit Gupta (29) batted for enough time to slavage a draw for their side.
Thakur (3/54) was the most successful bowler for Vidarbha with three wickets while Swapnil Bandiwar (2/31) and Rakesh Dhruv (2/81) took two wickets apiece.

Brief Scores:
Vidarbha: 296 and 296 for 4 declared
Rajasthan: 188 and 236 for seven in 102 overs.(V Saxena 52, R Bist 54; R Thakur 3/54, S Bandiwar 2/31).