VADODRA: Saurabh Wakaskar hit a fighting century hundred for Baroda but Jammu and Kashmir were better placed to take the crucial first innings lead on day three of the Ranji Trophy Group A match. In response to J&K’s 497, thanks to a wonderful ton by skipper Parvez Rasool. Baroda were 370 for seven by stumps on the penultimate day.
Wakaskar took the hosts closer to the J&K total with 172 off 286 balls. But the home team has a task at hand at getting another 127 runs to match J&K’s total.
Scoreboard
Shubham Khajuria st Pinal Shah b Swapnil Singh 41
Adil Reshi c Rayudu b Swapnil Singh 46
Bandeep Singh c Swapnil Singh b S Mangalorkar 37
Ian Dev Singh c Pinal Shah b S Mangalorkar 38
Parvez Rasool (c) b A Waghmode 136
Hardeep Singh b Swapnil Singh 22
Obaid Haroon (wk) lbw b Swapnil Singh 2
Samiullah Beigh c Pinal Shah b S Mangalorkar 1
Ram Dayal not out 124
Waseem Raza Paray c K Devdhar b Swapnil Singh 18
Umar Nazir Ahmed Mir b Swapnil Singh 8
Extras 24
Total 497
Bowler Baroda: Munaf Patel 25-6-75-0; Pratik Keshavlal Ghodadra 19-3-66-0; Sagar Mangalorkar 28-3-89-3; Swapnil Singh 42.4-7-152-6; Yusuf Pathan 13-2-39-0; Deepak Hooda 16-1-52-0; Aditya Waghmode 2-0-7-1.
Baroda 1st Innings
Saurabh Wakaskar lbw b P Rasool 172
Kedar Devdhar c S Khajuria b R Dayal 58
Aditya Waghmode (c) c O Haroon b S Beigh 40
Ambati Rayudu c O Haroon b Umar Nazir 22
Yusuf Pathan c A Reshi b S Beigh 9
Deepak Hooda c O Haroon b Umar Nazir 36
Pinal Shah (wk) batting 22
Swapnil Singh run out (S Beigh) 6
Sagar Mangalorkar batting 1
Extras 4
Total 370 /7
Bowler J&K: Samiullah Beigh 21-6-66-2; Ram Dayal 23-1-87-1; Umar Nazir Ahmed Mir 26-4-92-2; Adil Reshi 5-2-11-0; Parvez Rasool 22 -5-44-1; Waseem Raza Paray 21-3-55-0; Ian Dev Singh 1-0-8-0; Shubham Khajuria 1-0-5-0.
