Waseem Raza and skipper Parvez Rasool were pick of the bowlers as J&K kept Rajasthan to 218 runs in allotted 50 overs in their match of Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament at SSN College Ground, Chennai on October 3.
Irfan Pathan gave brilliant start to J&K by getting rid-off Rajasthan opener in very first over. After that A Tomar and MN Singh formed a 66 run stand to stabilise the inning. With the introduction of spin in attack, J&K were able to break stand as Waseem Raza got the wicket of Abhijeet Tomar in 17th over. Then SF Khan joined MN Singh in the middle and duo started to form a good stand and were able to thwart J&K bowlers. A run out of MN Singh by Fazil Rashid who scored 50 pushed game back again in JK favour. After that wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Debutant Rasikh Salam gave J&K fourth wicket by getting MK Lomar. Waseem Raza then got his second wicket in his last ove to reduce Rajasthan to 170 runs. After that Parvez Rasool who was economical throughout the game joined act by getting three back to back wickets for J&K. He removed SF Khan on 60 and also missed his hattrick. Then bowling last over he got his third wicket of inning. Rajasthan finished their inning on 218 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. SF Khan scored 60 while as MN Singh scored 50.
For J&K Parvez Rasool took three wickets while as Waseem Raza took two. Irfan Pathan and Rasikh Salam took one each.
It would be nice to see how J&K approaches this target as it has been their batting that has been problem throughout the tournament.
