Umesh Yadav hat-trick puts Vidarbha in command

Umesh Yadav, who was released from the India squad to play in the Ranji Trophy, returned figures of 4/45, including a hat-trick to dismantle the tail, as Rajasthan’s first innings came to a halt on 216 against Vidarbha in Nagpur. Yadav ended with figures of 4/45 in 17.5 overs with the other notable performance coming from Akshay Wakhare (3/78).

Puneet Yadav and Siddharth Dobal saved Rajasthan the blushes with a fighting 67 and 51 respectively. Rajasthan, who chose to bat, kept losing wickets at regular intervals to remain on the backfoot throughout the innings.

Meanwhile, pace duo of Krishna Das and Arup Das wreaked havoc with the new ball, sharing seven wickets between them to bundle out Delhi for 149 in their first innings on the opening day of a Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match, in Guwahati on Sunday

Krishna (4/38) and Arup (3/49) ran through Delhi’s line-up to bowl out the visitors in 59.4 overs.

SCORES Group A: Rajasthan 216 (P. Yadav 67, Umesh 4/45, Wakhare 3/78) vs Vidarbha. Delhi 149 (Manan 46*, Milind 45, K. Das 4/32, A. Das 3/49) vs Assam 69/3. Odisha 280/1 (N Behara 143*, R Singh 109*) vs Haryana. Bengal 239/3 (Easwaran 65, Mondal 58) vs Maharashtra. Group B: Railways 217 (Ghosh 65, Thakur 4/38) vs Mumbai 4/2. Uttar Pradesh 277/4 (Shaukat 88, Umang 73, Raina 52) vs Tamil Nadu. Baroda 344/3 (Devdhar 186, Waghmode 96) vs Punjab. Gujarat 252/6 (Juneja 61, Bhatt 51) vs Madhya Pradesh