da pinup bet: Unable to capitalise on being inserted by Baroda, Gujarat collapsed to212 all out on Day One of their Ranji Trophy league match at Vadodara

Staff Reporter23-Nov-2001Unable to capitalise on being inserted by Baroda, Gujarat collapsed to212 all out on Day One of their Ranji Trophy league match at Vadodara.Although the visitors started off well, none of the batsmen were ableto convert starts into big scores. Only skipper Mukund Parmar offeredany resistance, and he too fell, having made 46. Kirat Damani made aquickfire 43 lower down the order, but the runs failed to boostGujarat to a significant total.For Baroda, Tushar Arothe and Shekhar Joshi took three wickets apiece,hastening the end of the first innings. In their batting reply,current Ranji champions Baroda were 8 for no loss at stumps, with bothopeners unbeaten on four.