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Rajasthan make promising start December 01, 2007 20:30 IST Riding on fine half centuries by opener Manish Sharma (68), Robin Bisht (62 batting) and Rohit Jalani (60 batting), Rajasthan made a promising start by scoring 266 for four against Karnataka on the opening day of the Elite Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match in Mysore on Saturday. Manish and Vinith, who began on a cautious note, provided a perfect start for the visitors adding 120 runs in 30.5 overs before Joshi struck, trapping the former leg before. Two more wickets fell in at the same score of 126, but Robin who was joined by Rajesh Bishnoi (11) took the score to 159 before Rajesh fell to off spinner C Raghu. Robin then took the Rajasthan team to safety in the company of Rohit. It was a good turnaround for Rajasthan which had drawn a blank after losing all the three matches they have played so far. Rajasthan first innings: Manish Sharma lbw b Sunil Joshi 68 Vinth Saxena c Uthappa b Aiyappa 42 Nikhil Doru b Sunil Joshi 4 Robin Bisht batting 62 Rajesh Bishnol c Shinde b C Raghu 11 Rohit Jalani batting 60 Extras (lb16, b3) 19 Total (four wickets in 94 overs) 266 Fall of wickets: 1/120, 2/126. 3/126, 4/159 Bowling: Vinyakumar 20-8-64-0, N C Aiyappa 14-4-35-1, B Akhil 09-4-18-0, Sunil Joshi 30-8-61-2, K P Appanna 18-3-54-0, C Raghu 03-0-15-1
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