Rain washes out final day's play

The Central Zone under-22 match between Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan at Indore ended in a tame draw on Sunday. There was some engrossing cricket over the first two days but rain washed out play on the final day.

Opting to bat on Friday, MP were all out for 189 early on the second day. They failed to build upon a good start given by openers S Tomar (35) and N Ojha (40) who put on 70 runs. At one stage, the home team were 151 for three but then ensued a sharp collapse which saw seven wickets falling for 38 runs. The visitors replied with 217 for five at stumps on the penultimate day. Skipper AS Jain who opened the batting scored a patient 44 off 102 balls. V Saxena who came in at No 3 got a valuable 57 which was compiled off 133 balls with seven hits to the ropes. S Bhatia batted more aggressively in scoring an unbeaten 67 off 116 balls. He hit five fours and a six. Rajasthan got five points and MP three.