Jaipur: It’s all but over for Rajasthan U-23 cricket team as far as Col CK Nayudu U-23 Trophy campaign is concerned.At the end of the penultimate day’s play in the quarter-final, Chhattisgarh consolidated their position by reaching 154 for 5 in their second innings at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Monday.Chhattisgarh now lead by 259 runs with half of their side still remaining. With just a day left, Chhattisgarh are all set to enter the semis.Mayank Verma, who scored 81 in the first innings, was going strong on 82 not out, while skipper Deepak Yadav was giving him company on an unbeaten 51. Together they have added 108 for the unfinished sixth wicket partnership to frustrate the visitors.The hosts were reeling at 46 for 5 in their second innings as the Rajasthan pace duo of Chetan Sharma and Ganesh Suthar ripped apart their top-order batting line-up but Mayank-Deepak pair foiled their comeback bid.Earlier in the morning, Rajasthan added 14 runs to be bundled out for 181 in their first innings.Brief ScoresChhattisgarh 286 and 154/5 in 56 overs (Mayank Verma 82*, Deepak Yadav 51*, Ayush Pandey 13; Chetan Sharma 3-31, Ganesh Suthar 2-37) vs Rajasthan 181 in 75.5 overs (Sachin Yadav 75, Sumit Godara 28, Raj Sharma 24, Darshan Jain 19, Ganesh Suthar 13; Varun Bhuie 6-44).
