da betsul： Jaipur: Rajasthan were well placed at stumps on the first day of theirCentral Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Vidarbha here onThursday
12-Nov-1999Jaipur: Rajasthan were well placed at stumps on the first day of theirCentral Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Vidarbha here onThursday.Rajasthan, after putting Vidarbha in to bat dismissed them for 163runs in under 50 overs with former Indian seam bowler Sanjeev Sharmabeing the most successful bowler with four for 56. Sharma who had along career with Delhi is turning out for Rajasthan as a professionalthis season. He played the last of his two Tests for India in Englandin 1990. Vidarbha in fact faltered after a first wicket partnership of81 runs in 17 overs between PH Sutane (54) and AV Deshpande (29). Byclose of play Rajasthan were well on their way to taking a big leadwith a score of 114 for two. After two wickets fell for 36 runs, ASJain (72) and Ajay Mehra (27) shared an unbroken third wicketpartnership of 78 runs in 31 overs.Vidarbha 163 in 49.4 overs (PH Sutane 54, Sanjeev Sharma 4 for56). Rajasthan 114 for 2 in 40 overs (AS Jain 72 not out)