White ball dashers Rinku Singh (71 batting) and Dhruv Jurel (54 batting) curbed their natural flamboyance and morphed into red ball grinders to carry Uttar Pradesh out of the woods on day one of their Ranji Trophy cricket match against Kerala at the SD College ground here on Friday.
Their unbroken 120-run sixth-wicket stand stalled Kerala’s hopes of wrapping the innings quickly after it had reduced Uttar Pradesh to 124 for five. The visitors ended the day in a position of comfort, reaching 244 for five, when play was called off for bad light.
