Madhya Pradesh v Rajasthan (Ranji Central Zone)

A brilliant innings of 143 by Amay Khurasia and his third wicket partnership of 228 runs with Bundela (86) helped Madhya Pradesh to rattle up 295/3 on the first day of the vital Central Zone Ranji fixture against Rajasthan. Khurasia scored his 12th century in Ranji Trophy (16th in First Class Cricket) today. Khurasia got his 100 in 114 balls 173 minutes (16x4, 2x6).

Bundela played the perfect foil. The pair added 228 (213 mins, 335 balls). Madhya Pradesh's progress was as follows, 69/2 at lunch, and 215/2 at tea. With Pandit Dwivedi and Raja Ali still to bat, Madhya Pradesh can hope to pile on the runs tomorrow.

Day 4 Report

A fighting eight wicket partnership between P KrishnaKumar (66*) and Devendrapal Singh (74) helped Rajasthan to hang on to draw and go through to the Super League from the Central Zone.

The four day match between Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan ended in a draw today. Madhya Pradesh got five points from the match and topped the Central Zone League table with 18 points followed by Railways with 17 and Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh (16 each). Rajasthan look likely to loss the match when they had lost 7 wickets for 107 after lunch. But Singh and Krishnakumar defied the Madhya Pradesh attack for more then two hours. for Madhya Pradesh Narendra Hirwani was the most sucessful bowler getting 5 wickets for 69 runs.