Holding the fort at one end, Rajasthan opener Vineet Saxena with anunbeaten century helped his team to end the first day at 287 for 7against Vidarbha in their Central Zone Ranji Trophy match at theVidarbha Cricket Association ground in Nagpur on
Staff Reporter18-Jan-2001Holding the fort at one end, Rajasthan opener Vineet Saxena with anunbeaten century helped his team to end the first day at 287 for 7against Vidarbha in their Central Zone Ranji Trophy match at theVidarbha Cricket Association ground in Nagpur on Thursday.Opting to bat, Rajasthan started on the wrong foot losing Nikhil Doru(1) off the first ball of the 8th over of the day. Doru was caught byKhare off Atram. Then AS Jain (37) joined Saxena and took the score to63. Jain could not hang around for long and fell for a catch to RSJadhav off Atram. RJ Kanwat (32) also did not last long and with thetotal reading 75, he fell to Piprode.The Rajasthan skipper Gagan Khoda (32) then forged a 61 run fourthwicket stand with Saxena. In the meantime, Saxena reached his halfcentury in a sedate manner off 153 balls. Khoda then departed afteroffering a return catch to Khare. PK Krishnakumar (36) then joinedSaxena and helped the score along to 201 before he was runout in the63rd over. Saxena with the help of Sanjeev Sharma put on 47 runs forthe seventh wicket. Saxena then reached a well deserved century aftera 371 minute stay at the crease.Rajasthan went into stumps with Saxena unbeaten on 103 along with RBJhalani (14) giving him ample company late in the day.






