UP fail to capitalise on good start

Put in to bat, Uttar Pradesh failed to capitalise on an openingpartnership of 81 runs and dawled along to score 172 for five off 90overs at close of play on the first day of their Central Zone VijayMerchant Trophy (under-16) match against

11-Dec-1999Put in to bat, Uttar Pradesh failed to capitalise on an openingpartnership of 81 runs and dawled along to score 172 for five off 90overs at close of play on the first day of their Central Zone VijayMerchant Trophy (under-16) match against Rajasthan at Bhilwara onFriday.Openers Ashraf Ali (42) and SK Shukla (56) batted for 29.5 overs butthe batsmen who followed struggled for runs chiefly against P Singhand P Choudhury who took two wickets each.