Jaipur, Oct 3: Rajasthan trail Rest of India (ROI) by 356 runs in the first innings of the Irani Cup with four wickets in hand at the end of Day 3 of the match in progress; ROI had posted 663 in their first innings.

Having lost three wickets yesterday in 22.2 overs and 53 runs on board, the Ranji Trophy champions came back to add 254 runs on the third day here at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

Robin Bist, who was yet to open his account when play ended yesterday, scored 93 runs while Rashmi Parida added 85 runs to the Rajasthan total. The two added 158 runs for the fourth wicket until Parida edged Vinay Kumar to Manish Pandey in the slips. A few overs later, Bist’s long stay at the crease was ended by Pragyan Ojha. The 23-year-old was unfortunate to have missed out on his century.

The Rajasthan batsmen put up a valiant effort to stay in the match and avoid an outright loss to ROI, losing only three more wickets – Parida, Bist and Rohit Jhalani – during the course of the third day. Jhalani was bowled by Vinay Kumar for one run.

When play was called off, Ashok Menaria was batting on 59 runs with Deepak Chahar at the other end.

Brief scores (At the end of Day 3): ROI 1st innings 663 all out in 153.4 overs (S Dhawan 177, A Rahane 152, A Choudhary 4/125, S Mathur 3/129) Rajasthan 1st innings 307/6 in 111 overs (R Bist 93, R Parida 85, A Menaria 59*, D Chahar 1*, PP Ojha 2/58)