Vidarbha bowlers produced a clinical display to bowl Rajasthan out for a paltry 140 on the opening day of their Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match here today.
Put into bat, Rajasthan could last just 41.1 overs in their first innings to hand Vidarbha the early advantage in the match.
Left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate was the most successful Vidarbha bowler with figures of 3 for 22. Pacers Shrikant Wagh, Rajneesh Gurbani and Lalit Yadav took two wickets apiece while off-spinner Akshay Wakhare got one.
Rajasthan opening pair of Amitkumar Gautam (18) and Manender Singh (27) put on 42 runs together but once their stand was broken, their side suffered a batting collapse. They were reduced to 47 for 4 in the 16th over.
A 43-run stand between Rajat Bhatia (26) and Siddharth Dobal (19) for the fifth wicket was the highest partnership for Rajasthan but both were out before their side touched the 100-run mark.
Captain Pankaj Singh remained not out on 10 off four balls to see his side fold at 140.
Opener Manender top-scored with a 49-ball 27 which had five boundaries in it.
In their reply, Vidarbha were 14 for no loss from 4 overs at stumps with Sanjay Ramaswamy and captain Faiz Fazal batting on 4 and 9 respectively.
Brief Scores:
Rajasthan 1st Innings: 140 all out in 41.1 overs (Manender Singh 27; Aditya Sarwate 3/22).
Vidarbha 1st Innings: 14 for 0 in 4 overs.
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