Lucknow: Left-arm spinner Om Singh’s six-wicket haul helped Railways bowl out Uttar Pradesh for 179 in 55.5 overs on the opening day of their U-23 Col CK Nayudu Trophy match at the Railway Cricket Ground, Rajkot on Tuesday. In reply, Railways reached 75/3 in 30 overs at stumps, trailing by 104 runs with seven wickets in hand.Railways began their innings after tea, with Deepanshu Chaudhary and Jayant Kaiwart opening the batting. Vipraj Nigam claimed two early wickets as Railways slipped to 39/2 in 13.2 overs.Abhishek Kaushal joined Dharwadkar, but the pair could add only 10 runs before right-arm medium pacer Ayush Choudhary dismissed Dharwadkar (12) to reduce Railways to 49/3 in 18.2 overs. Skipper Virat Jaiswal and Kaushal then steadied the innings with an unbeaten 26-run stand off 70 balls.Earlier, batting first, Uttar Pradesh openers Swastik Chikara and Kavya Teotia added 21 runs before Bhagwan Singh dismissed Teotia for 8 in the ninth over. Manav Sindhu then joined Swastik, and the pair put on 32 runs off 50 balls before Om Singh removed Sindhu at 53/2 in 16.3 overs. Om struck again in the same over, trapping Swastik Chikara lbw for 40 as Uttar Pradesh were reduced to 58/3. Skipper Aaradhya Yadav (5) and Sameer Rizvi (16) fell cheaply as UP slipped to 76/5. Deepak Rajput and Kartikaya Singh tried to rebuild the innings with a 38-run stand off 87 balls, but Om broke the partnership by dismissing Rajput at 114/6. Kartikaya and Vipraj Nigam then added 20 runs before Arpit Yadav removed Kartikaya at 134/7.Ayush Choudhary and debutant Vishal Nishad offered resistance lower down the order with a crucial 42-run partnership off 76 balls. Ayush remained unbeaten on 20, while Vishal contributed 18 before Uttar Pradesh were bowled out for 179.
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