Friday, November 12, 2010

Bowlers hand Saurashtra first innings lead against Gujarat

Fri, Nov 12 10 07:53 PM

Surat, Nov 12 (PTI) Saurashtra bowlers produced a fine display to bowl out Gujarat for 191 and clinch a vital 71-run first innings lead on the penultimate day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match played here today. At stumps, Saurashtra were 20 for two in their second essay with Bhushan Chauhan batting on 22 and Shitanshu Kotak on one. Chirag Pathak (35) and Sandip Maniar (0) were the two Saurashtra batsmen to fall in the second innings. Off-break bowler Mohnish Parmar scalped both the victims giving away 11 runs. Earlier in the day, Gujarat batsmen fumbled against the strong Saurashtra bowling attack led by Jaidev Undakat and Ravindra Jadeja, both scalping three wickets apiece, costing 46 and 49 runs respectively. Left-arm orthodox bowler Rakesh Dhruv picked up two crucial wickets of skipper Parthiv Patel (10) and Niraj Patel (18), while Maniar and Kotak also managed to bag one wicket each. Opener Priyank Panchal was the highest scorer for Gujarat with 40 followed by Prathmesh Parmar (36) and Bhavik Thaker (30). At stumps, Saurashtra were leading by 131 runs with eight wickets in hand.


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