A gritty unbeaten century by Prateek Yadav led Mumbai’s fightback against Rajasthan on the penultimate day of the U-23 Col CK Nayudu Trophy match at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana Ground, Kandivali, in Mumbai on Thursday.In reply to Rajasthan’s big total of 491, Mumbai survived a middle-order collapse to finish Day 3 at 307 for 7 in 129 overs.Mumbai are still trailing by 184 runs and they still need 35 more runs to avoid follow-on with 3 wickets remaining.At stumps, Prateek was batting on 117 (247b, 11×4, 1×6), while giving him company was Umar Khan on 10.Wicketkeeper-batter Prateek was involved in a big partnership with Abhay Patel to rescue Mumbai. At one stage, the hosts were tottering at 161 for 6, after resuming at their overnight score of 96 for 1.Prateek added 109 runs for the seventh wicket with Abhay (17) and stitched together an undefeated 85 for the eighth wicket with Umar Khan.Rajasthan skipper Himanshu Nehra was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 124, while Parth Yadav, Rahul Choudhary and Ayush Ameriya claimed a wicket each.BRIEF SCORESRajasthan (first innings) 491 vs Mumbai (1st innings) 307/7 in 129 overs (Pratik Yadav 117*, Pranay Kapadia 53, Aadit Degaonkar 31, Manan Bhatt 21; Himanshu Nehra 4-124, Parth Yadav 1-15, Rahul Choudhary 1-41, Ayush Ameriya 1-45).
