AHMEDABAD: Trying to revive their Test careeers with Ranji Trophy performances, batters Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara were dismissed cheaply on Thursday.
Rahane was dismissed for a duck for Mumbai against Goa while Saurashtra's Pujara was dismissed for 8 against Odisha.
Rahane's stay at the crease lasted only three balls as the Mumbai lad was dismissed by medium-pacer Lakshay Garg for a duck. When Rahane walked in to bat Mumbai were already struggling at 30 for 2 and his dismissal reduced his side to 30 for 3 in the Elite Group D match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Rahane had scored a century in his previous Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra but failed to deliver in the first innings against Goa.
For Pujara too it was not a good day at the office as the Saurashtra lad could only last for six balls for his domestic side after being dismissed by Odisha medium-pacer Debabrata Pradhan for 8 in Elite Group D match at the Sardar Patel Stadium B in Ahmedabad.
In his short stay at the crease, Pujara hit two boundaries.
In his previous Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai, Pujara scored a four-ball duck in the first innings and 91 off 83 balls in the second innings.
