Baroda notch up massive victory
Taking advantage of a fine first-innings batting effort, Baroda won their Ranji Trophy league match against Saurashtra at Rajkot by an innings and 184 runs inside three days
Staff Reporter
10-Dec-2001
Taking advantage of a fine first-innings batting effort, Baroda won
their Ranji Trophy league match against Saurashtra at Rajkot by an
innings and 184 runs inside three days.
Skipper Tushar Arothe's century was superseded by a patient 164 from
Nayan Mongia. Batting for 453 minutes and 281 balls, Mongia struck 15
fours in his knock and was the ninth wicket to fall, with the score on
exactly 500. He received good support from the lower order, with Ajit
Bhoite making 51 and Rakesh Patel a quickfire 41.
In the face of a total of 509, Saurashtra's batting wilted in their
first innings. Zaheer Khan, bowling to catch the national selectors'
eye again, returned figures of 20-11-25-5. Saurashtra could only make
115 in their first innings, with the top score being skipper Shitanshu
Kotak's 28 off 141 balls.
Following on, Saurashtra did only marginally better in their second
essay, making 210. Opener Sujith Somasunder top-scored with 57, but
none of the other batsmen could even get to 50. Bhoite took 4-31 in
the second innings, and Baroda went on to collect eight points by
virtue of their comprehensive outright win.