Jaipur: Rajasthan’s Raj Sharma struck a brilliant unbeaten century against Odisha as the four-day Col CK Nayudu U-23 Trophy Elite match ended in a draw at the KL Saini Stadium here on Monday.At the close of play on the final day, Rajasthan finished with 232 for the loss of 5 wickets in their second innings, thanks to a brilliant hundred from Raj Sharma. Odisha bowler Soumya Ranjan took 2/31.
Raj remained unbeaten on 101 runs (158 balls, 10 fours and 2 sixes), while all-rounder Ganesh Suthar contributed 77 runs. Meanwhile, centurion Raj became the first batsman to score 2000 runs for Rajasthan in the U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy. Raj achieved this feat by scoring 8 centuries in his 25 matches. Rajasthan’s Karan Lamba 1569 (24 matches) and Sumit Godara 1460 (15 matches) are the other successful batsmen in the U-23 Trophy. Rajasthan’s next match will be against Vidarbha in Nagpur from February 6. Rajasthan U-23 squad announced for upcoming matches.Rajasthan U-23 team: Sumit Godara, Rajat Bhagel, Rohan Rajbhar, Karan Lamba, Raj Sharma, Minaf Sheikh, Anirudh Singh, Chetan Sharma, Ganesh Suthar, Deependra Singh, Nilesh Tank, Vishwajeet Singh Bhati, Darshan Jain, Kushagra Ojha, Ramesh Lal Gayari, Avyansh Singh, Mohit Changra.
