Haryana: Rituraj’s bowling helped Rajasthan defeat Haryana in the Ranji Trophy semi-finals. Rituraj bagged 12 wickets in the match (both innings) and because of his effort, Rajasthan is into their second successive final.

Haryana had to score 185 runs to win the match but they only managed 120 runs. Rituraj who is from the MRF pace foundation, was drafted in the Rajasthan’s side after Deepak Chahar pulled out of the team because of some health problems.

Brief Scores:

Rajasthan 89 & 192 bt Haryana 97 & 120 (Sachin Rana 25; Rituraj Singh 5-37, Pankaj Singh 4-48)

In another semi-final Mumbai is set to lose to Tamil Nadu after conceding a lead of 422 runs on the third day at the Wankhede stadium on Thursday.

Murali Vijay scored an unbeaten 103 and Abhinav Mukund scored 42 runs before getting out.

Tamil Nadu 359 & 220/4 (Vijay batting 103, Mukund 42; Waingankar 2-43)
Mumbai 157 (Suryakumar Yadav 52; Balaji 4-28, Yo Mahesh 3-63)

By Indian Sports News Network