Bengaluru, Jan. 12 -- Sameer Rizvi and Abhishek Goswami played crucial knocks to guide Uttar Pradesh to a competitive total of 310/8 in their allotted 50 overs against Saurashtra in the second quarter-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Bengaluru on Monday.

After winning the toss, Saurashtra opted to bowl first and made early inroads into the Uttar Pradesh batting line-up. Left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya struck in the very beginning by dismissing opener Aryan Juyal for a duck. Sakariya soon added another wicket to his tally, removing Rituraj Sharma for 12 to put Uttar Pradesh under pressure.

Following the early setbacks, Abhishek Goswami steadied the innings with Priyam Garg, with the pair adding 57. Garg played a fluent knock of 35 off ...