Jaipur: A rearguard action by lower-order batters Ankit Kumar (108) and Ayush Ameriya (98) failed to prevent defeat as Bengal overcame Rajasthan by six wickets in the U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy match at the Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground here on Thursday.Resuming at their overnight score of 250 for 7, Rajasthan added 112 runs before being all out for 362 in 112.4 overs.Ankit Kumar, who was batting on 50 on Day 3, went on to complete a fighting century (108: 224b, 16×4, 1×6), while Ayush (98: 181b, 13×4, 1×6) missed the landmark by just two runs. The pair of Ankit and Ayush stitched together a big partnership of 177 runs for the eighth wicket.
All-rounder Ankit Kumar slams a fighting 108 but failed to prevent defeat as Bengal overcame Rajasthan by six wickets in the U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy match at the Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground on Thursday
Chasing a target of 157, Bengal romped home losing just four wickets in the final session of the match.BRIEF SCORESRajasthan 152 and 362 in 112.4 overs (Ankit Kumar 108, Ayush Ameriya 98, Minaf Sheik 63, Parth Yadav 37, Karan Singh 24, Himanshu Nehra 17; Sukhmeet Singh 3-68, Sayed Irfan Aftab 3-89, Yudhajit Guha 2-64) lost to Bengal 358 and 157/4 in 35.4 overs (Chandranhas Das 67*, Yuvraj Yadav 35, Sumit Nag 16; Himanshu Nehra 2-46, Rahul Choudhary 1-21, Ayush Ameriya 1-22) by 6 wickets.
