Vanshaj, Vishal, Basit sparkle on day-1
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JAMMU: J&K’s bowling trio of left-arm spinners Vanshaj Sharma, Vishal Kumar and left-arm medium pacer Basit Bashir showed extraordinary bowling skills to restrict Baroda to a modest score of 197/8 in 71 overs after a first day’s washout at stumps on day-2 on Monday at Jammu University Ground, here.
Earlier, winning the toss and batting first, Baroda though began cautiously but lost two wickets in quick succession in the form of opener Bhavishya Bhavesh Patel and Utsavraj Chudasma at 29 runs in 15.5 overs before another opening batter Nitya J Pandya and skipper P Patidar consolidated the innings and took the score to 90 runs in 31.5 overs when Patidar was dismissed at his individual score 35 runs off 52 balls, studded with 5 fours and one six.
Then, Nitya’s another good partnership of 78 runs with wicketkeeper batter Dhruv Patel took the score finally to 197 runs. Nitya J Pandya top scored with 78 runs off 163 balls studded with 9 boundaries, while Dhruv contributed 60 runs off 112 balls with 7 fours and one six. Apart from Nitya, Dhruv and Patidar, none of the other batters crossed the double figure mark.
For J&K, Vanshaj Sharma was the wrecker-in-chief, who took 4 wickets by conceding 52 runs in his 20 overs, while Basit Bashir bagged 2 wickets by giving away 30 runs in 10 overs and Vishal Kumar claimed 2 wickets by conceding 41 runs in his 17 overs.
