Deepak Hooda scores a century as Rajasthan is strong, sports

Jaipur: Rajasthan in a strong position in the Ranji Trophy cricket match once morest Kerala. When play was stopped on the first day, they scored 310 runs for the loss of five wickets. Deepak Hooda (133) scored a century, Salman Khan (62*) and Yosh Kothari (58) scored half-centuries for Rajasthan.

Kerala captain Sanju Samson won the toss and chose to field. Kerala initially had the upper hand following Rajasthan bowled the first four wickets for 105 runs, but Hooda-Salman added 191 runs for the fifth wicket to get the hosts out. Hooda was dismissed by Jalaj Saxena. The innings consists of 14 boundaries and one six.

Jalaj took two wickets for Kerala. Basil Thambi, Fazil Fanoos and Sijomon Joseph took one wicket each. Rohan Kunnummal and Vysakh Chandran, who were in the team that played once morest Jharkhand in the last match, were replaced by P. Rahul and MD. Kerala also included Nidhish.