Rajasthan pacer Aniket Choudhary grabbed his second five-wicket haul as the hosts recorded an emphatic innings and 43-run win against Assam in their Elite Group C match here on Saturday.
28-year-old left-arm pacer Choudhary, who had picked up a five-wicket haul in the first innings, shone in the second innings too to return with exceptional figures of 5-40 as Rajasthan bundled out Assam for 174.
Choudhary ended the match with excellent figures of 10-78 (5-38 and 5-40).
This is Rajasthan's fourth win of the season.
After bundling out Assam for 108 in their first essay at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here, Rajasthan had posted 325 in their first essay to take a healthy 217-run first innings lead, with skipper Mahipal Lomror hitting a stroke-filled 133.
Assam, who began the penultimate day at 109 for 3, slumped to 174 all out in their second essay, as Choudhary and other pacers T M Haq (2-44) and Nathu Singh (2-28) wreaked havoc.
For Assam, only Gokul Sharma (77) and wicket-keeper Kunal Saikia (49) delayed the inevitable.
But after the duo fell, it was smooth sailing for the visitors.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh defeated Jammu and Kashmir by 6 wickets in Jammu as experienced Suresh Raina played a crucial knock of 66 not out in the second innings.
At Agartala, hosts Tripura needed another 58 runs for an outright win against Haryana with only three wickets in hand.
At Ranchi, Odisha have a task at hand as they need another 179 runs to win with seven wickets in hand against hosts Jharkhand.
Brief Scores: At Jaipur: Rajasthan 325 beat Assam 108 and 174 (Gokul Sharma 77, Kunal Saikia 49, Aniket Choudhary 5-40) by an innings and 43 runs.
Rajasthan 7 points, Assam 0 points At Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir 290 and 111 (Ahmad Omar Banday 19, Saurabh Kumar 5-28, Yash Dayal 4-26) lost to Uttar Pradesh 188 and 218/4 (Suresh Raina 66 not out, Rinku Singh 42 not out, Parvez Rasool 2-63 by 6 wickets.
Uttar Pradesh 6 points, J&K 0 points At Agartala: Tripura 250 and 104/7 (Pratyush Singh 23 not out, A R Rana 4-37) versus Haryana 292 and 119 (H J Rana 64, A S Sarkar 3-15).
At Porvorim: Services 184 and 277/5 (Rajat Paliwal 94, Rahul Singh Gahlaut 81 not out, Amit Verma 2-21) versus Goa 259 (Darshan Misal 101, Lakshay Garg 50, Diwesh Gurudev Pathania 5-74).
At Ranchi: Jharkhand 172 and 288 (Saurabh Tiwari 132 not out, Ishank Jaggi 35, Rajesh Mohanty 4-87) versus Odisha 201 and 81/3 (Anurag Sarangi 41, Rahul Shukla 2-12).
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