The long -awaited return of KL Rahul to Ranji trophy lasted only 37 balls when the first game of India was fired by 26, leaving Karnataka in 267/5 against Haryana on the day one of his match of the group C of Bengaluru on Thursday. Making his first appearance in the Ranji trophy since February 2020, the local hero Rahul entered the number 3 for a warm reception of the semi-stated stadium of M. Chinnaswamy, with songs of ‘Rahul, Rahul’ that echoed the stands of the stands . The elegant right was seen with a good touch from the beginning, hitting four clear boundaries in a fluid position of 54 races with Karnataka Mayank Captain Agarwal for the second Wickt.
However, just when it seemed to settle, Rahul fell in the session after lunch to the pacemaker in the form of Anshul Kamboj.
The main wickt carrier for Haryana this season produced a peach of a delivery that forced the batter of India experienced at an advantage, with the Wicketkeeper Rohit Sharma making any mistake behind the stumps.
The Rhythm spearhead of Haryana was once again the selection of the bowling player when he fired the opener KV Avneesh (17) before lunch after the visiting side chose to play.
Rahul had last appeared in a Ranji trophy match almost four years ago, against Bengal in the quarterfinals of Eden Gardens, where he had 26 and 0 scores in the defeat of 174 Karnataka races.
This season, his participation was delayed by an injury in the elbow, which ruled it out of Karnataka’s previous game against Punjab.
His most recent first -class departure before this reached the DUEEP trophy in September last year, where he represented India in a loser effort.
On a day when everyone wanted Rahul to make it big, it was the discarded from India and the Karnataka agarwal pattern that shone with a variety of shots while milking the field, hitting three six and nine limits in its fluid half century.
Agarwal, however, was lost his first class for only nine races, falling to the sailor Haryana Anuj Thakral, who returned with 2/74 of his 18 overs.
The talented young Devdutt Padikkal also looked at Nick well while running 43 of 93 balls with four limits in an association entertaining with Agarwal.
But Padikkal could not turn his beginning and became the second victim of Thakral in the session after tea.
On a flat track, the Nishant Sindhu Spin duo and the experienced Jayant Yadav managed to hinder racing flow in the final session.
Sindhu seemed ordered in its 1/45 of 19 overs and took the Wicket from R Smaran (35) since none of the karnataka batters could make it great.
Placed third in Group C, the former champions are in a precarious position ahead of the knockouts and will need to win directly against Haryana to keep their qualification hopes alive.
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