Hosts Uttar Pradesh won the central zone Ranji trophy league match against Rajasthan by three-wickets on the fourth and final day on Tuesday.
Rajasthan raised hopes of an upset win in the morning when Rahul Kanwat and Lokesh Jain grabbed two quick wickets of Gyanendra Pandey and Nikhil Chopra with the addition of just six more runs to the total after up resumed at their overnight score of 96 for five needing 27 more to reach the target.
But the eighth wicket pair of Mohd. Saif (12 no) and Javed Anwar (10 no) hit the remaining 21 runs as up scampered home by three wickets to grab the full eight points with a outright win.
Brief scores: Rajasthan 250 and 153.
Uttar Pradesh 281 and 123 for 7.
Bureau Report