Lucknow: Left-arm spinner Om Singh’s six-wicket haul helped Railways bowl out Uttar Pradesh for 179 in 55.5 overs on the opening day of their U-23 Col CK Nayudu Trophy match at the Railway Cricket Ground, Rajkot on Tuesday. In reply, Railways reached 75/3 in 30 overs at stumps, trailing by 104 runs with seven wickets in hand.
Vipraj Nigam claimed two early wickets as Railways slipped to 39/2 in 13.2 overs. Abhishek Kaushal joined Dharwadkar, but the pair could add only 10 runs before right-arm medium pacer Ayush Choudhary dismissed Dharwadkar (12) to reduce Railways to 49/3 in 18.2 overs. Skipper Virat Jaiswal and Kaushal then steadied the innings with an unbeaten 26-run stand off 70 balls. Earlier, batting first, Uttar Pradesh openers Swastik Chikara and Kavya Teotia added 21 runs before Bhagwan Singh dismissed Teotia for 8 in the ninth over. Manav Sindhu then joined Swastik, and the pair put on 32 runs off 50 balls before Om Singh removed Sindhu at 53/2 in 16.3 overs. Om struck again in the same over, trapping Swastik Chikara lbw for 40 as Uttar Pradesh were reduced to 58/3. Skipper Aaradhya Yadav (5) and Sameer Rizvi (16) fell cheaply as UP slipped to 76/5. Deepak Rajput and Kartikaya Singh tried to rebuild the innings with a 38-run stand off 87 balls, but Om broke the partnership by dismissing Rajput at 114/6. Kartikaya and Vipraj Nigam then added 20 runs before Arpit Yadav removed Kartikaya at 134/7. Ayush Choudhary and debutant Vishal Nishad offered resistance lower down the order with a crucial 42-run partnership off 76 balls. Ayush remained unbeaten on 20, while Vishal contributed 18 before Uttar Pradesh were bowled out for 179.
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