Suresh Raina scored an unbeaten 51 as Uttar Pradesh scored 106 for the loss of two wickets on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' match against Services at the K D Singh Babu stadium in Lucknow on Saturday.
Raina's 51 came in 98 balls and included five hits to the fence.
Replying to Services' first innings of 321, Uttar Pradesh lost opener Joyti Yadav (2) with just six runs on the board. Rohit Prakash (16) soon joined him in the pavilion.
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Suresh Raina and Rizwan Shamshad then took control of the hosts' innings, adding 69 unbeaten run for the third wicket.
Raina (51) and Rijwan (26) were on the crease when bad light forced end of the play.
Fazil Mohd. and Arun Sharma took a wicket each for the visitors.
Earlier, resuming at the overnight score of 207 for 5, Services' Sarabjit Singh scored 67 and was involved in two crucial stands, of 72-run with A. K. Mohanty (30) for the sixth wicket, and 65-run partnership with Amrinder Singh (33) for the seventh.
Leg spinner Piyush Chawla was the most successful bowler for Uttar Pradesh, bagging 5 for 95 while Avinash Yadav took 2 for 87.
Scorecard
Services (1st innings):
Narender Singh lbw b Zaidi 14
M Reddy c Amir Khan b Kumar 3
S Tomar c Yadav b Piyush Chawla 43
Yashpal Singh b Piyush Chawla 65
Jasvir Singh b Piyush Chawla 33
Sarabjit Singh c Prakash b Piyush Chawla 67
A Mohanty c Piyush Chawla b Avinash Yadav 30
Amrinder Singh run out (Kumar) 33
A Sharma b Piyush Chawla 1
F Mohammed c Prakash b Avinash Yadav 4
Pankaj Kumar not out 4.
Extras: (b 5, lb 5, w 5, nb 9) 24
Total: (all out, 133 overs, 533 mins) 321
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-24, 3-98, 4-162, 5-185, 6-257, 7-312, 8-312, 9-313, 10-321.
Bowling: Zaidi 27-5-65-1 (1nb, 1w), Kumar 23-8-42-1 (6nb), Piyush Chawla 42-6-106-5, Avinash Yadav 36-8-87-2 (2nb), Raina 3-0-5-0, Yadav 2-0-6-0.
Uttar Pradesh (1st innings):
R Prakash lbw b Sharma 16
Jyoti P Yadav c Sarabjit Singh b Mohammed 2
S K Raina not out 51
R Shamshad not out 26
Extras: (b 2, lb 3, w 3, nb 3) 11
Total: (for 2 wickets, 37.3 overs) 106
To bat: GK Pandey, Ravikant Shukla, Piyush Chawla, P Kumar, Amir Khan, AW Zaidi, Avinash Yadav.
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-37.
Bowling: Mohammed 10.3-2-32-1 (3w), Pankaj Kumar 8-3-18-0, Mohanty 8-2-9-0, Sharma 8-3-27-1 (3nb), Amrinder Singh 3-0-15-0.
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