da betsul： On a rain curtailed second day’s play at the Gujarat State FertilizerCorporation Ground in Baroda, the host team were all out for 467 inthe Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final match against Bengal on Sunday
Staff Reporter11-Mar-2001On a rain curtailed second day’s play at the Gujarat State FertilizerCorporation Ground in Baroda, the host team were all out for 467 inthe Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final match against Bengal on Sunday.Resuming on 273/3, Baroda were soon in trouble losing Jacob Martin(103) without adding a run to his overnight score and TB Arothe (57)who made just two more runs. Baroda were reduced to 279/5 at thatstage.AP Bhoite (54) and M Maveda (62) added 79 runs for the sixth wicket,steadying the Baroda innings. Before being run out, Bhoite struckeight boundaries and a six. The heavy downpour stopped cricket for along while after lunch. The day’s play was extended for an hour tomake up for the lost time.Baroda kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Maveda was trapped infront by Shukla at 415, before being dismissed. Maveda hit nineboundaries. RB Patel (20), VN Buch (17), Irfan Pathan (13 not out) andIrfan Khan Pathan (8) contributed their might to the Baroda cause.Medium pacer Laxmi Ratan Shukla finished with 4/119 and veteran leftarm spinner Utpal Chaterjee (3/88) took the bowling honours. At closeof play Bengal had scored one run without any loss of just two ballsin their first innings, when play was called off due to bad light.