Goud keeps Railways on track

Railways finished with 153/7 on the opening day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy encounter against Uttar Pradesh at Meerut. Yere Goud's fighting half century propped up an innings which never recovered from the loss of early wickets. UP's pace attack of Ashish Winston Zaidi and Shalabh Srivastava struck the early blows but Railways recovered from 65/4 thanks to a 63 run stand between Goud and Prahlad Rawat.

All the good work was undone later in the day as three wickets fell to the spinners in the space of 12 runs. Mohd. Kaif took two wickets in one over with his off breaks, plunging the visitors to 141/7. At stumps, Goud was still unbeaten on 75 (211 balls, 8 fours). The match had started 60 minutes late due to a wet pitch, only 80.4 overs being bowled during the day.