Mumbai, Jan 2: Rajasthan scored 220 for the loss of five wickets at the end of Day 1 of the quarterfinal match against Hyderabad after Hrishikesh Kanitkar won the toss and elected to bat at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal. Hyderabad struck in the first over to send back opener Vineet Saxena for a duck while skipper Kanitkar was the next to depart for just four runs. Veteran batsman Aakash Chopra then anchored the innings with an unbeaten 82 and was at the crease with Dishant Yagnik (60*) when play ended today.

The two teams had last faced each other in a Plate Group league encounter played in Rajasthan where Deepak Chahar had claimed eight wickets for 21 runs; Rajasthan had beaten Hyderabad on that occasion. Defending champions Rajasthan are, however, without the services of their swing bowler Chahar in this knockout game.

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MPCA v Mumbai: Mumbai, who went into the match without pacer Aavishkar Salvi and key all-rounder Abhishek Nayar, were trailing by 122 runs with five wickets in hand when play was called off at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. MP pacer TP Sudhindra, who was the second highest wicket-taker in the tournament during the league stage, claimed the wickets of openers Onkar Gurav and Praful Waghela early on Day 1. Amarjeet Singh then sent back Mumbai skipper Wasim Jaffer and Murtuza Ali and followed up with the wickets of Surya Kumar Yadav and Kshemal Waingankar.

Earlier, the pacers did the job for Mumbai as the visitors bowled out hosts Madhya Pradesh for 192; this after Jaffer won the toss and decided to bowl. Back in the side, Dhawal Kulkarni set the tone for his side with the wicket of opener Zafar Ali in the first over of the day. The Mumbai pacer claimed a five-for while Waingankar picked three and Balwinder Singh Sandhu (Jr.), who made his debut at Wankhede against Punjab in the last league match, took two.

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Karnataka v Haryana: Karnataka were scuttled for 151 after they opted to bat first at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Playing only his sixth first-class match, Harshal Patel was the chief architect of the host’s batting collapse with an eight-wicket haul while Mohit Sharma and Amit Mishra took one wicket apiece. At the end of day’s play, Haryana had scored 120 without losing a wicket with Nitin Saini (55*) and Rahul Dewan (63*) at the crease.

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Tamil Nadu v Maharashtra: Harshad Khadiwale top-scored with 61 runs as Maharashtra posted 204 for the loss of four wickets on Day 1 of the ongoing quarterfinal. This after Maharashtra won the toss and opted to bat at the Chepauk in Chennai.

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