Mohanish Mishra helps Madhya Pradesh to 215

A sedate 85 by Mohanish Mishra helped Madhya Pradesh to score 215 in their first innings against Rajasthan on the first day of their Central Zone Cooch Behar Trophy Tournament match at the KL Saini Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday.

Put into bat Madhya Pradesh lost opener N Ojha (8), when he offered a return catch to Ankush Singh in the fifth over of the day. Then, S Dholpure (28) and Mohanish Mishra brought up the fifty for Madhya Pradesh. With the score at 58 Dholpure departed, caught by D Yagnik off N Gehlot. Mukesh Panjwani (40) joined Mohanish and forged a 72-run third wicket partnership in 30 overs.

Panjwani was the next to be dismissed when he offered a catch to Yagnik off Dalpat Singh. Maninder singh (7) did not last long and in the 60th over of the innings, he fell leg before to Dalpat Singh. Nine runs later, Nitin Menon (7) was caught by N Gehlot off Shashi Ranjan.

Mishra kept scoring at the other end even though he kept losing his partners. He was the eight batsman to be dismissed at the score of 196 in the 82nd over - caught by Ankush Singh off Ranjan. During a 267 minute stay at the crease, Mishra faced 221 balls and hit nine boundaries. Shashi Ranjan was the most successful bowler for Rajasthan finishing with figures of 5 for 70 in 29.2 overs.