Railways overcome Rajasthan

Railways earned two points from a six wicket victory over Rajasthan in the Ranji One-Day Central Zone League tournament at Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi on Wednesday.

Railways won the toss and put Rajasthan in to bat. Rajasthan had an early setback losing both openers for 18 runs. The batsmen never recovered from the blow and lost wickets at regular intervals before succumbing to 170 all out in 49.5 overs. RJ Kanwat (35), Gagan Khoda (33) and Sanjeev Sharma (33) hung around but could not hold the innings together. TP Singh and Zakir Hussian ran through the lineup picking up three wickets each for 23 and 36 runs respectively.

In reply, Opener Amit Pagnis made a fluent 80 off 84 deliveries, studded with seven hits to the fence. TP Singh made a quickfire 34 off 22 balls with five boundaries. Railways scored the 172 in 32.1 overs. RJ Kanwat bagged three wickets for 47.