The Ranji Trophy elite group tie between defending champion Vidarbha and Gujarat was evenly poised at Surat on Wednesday.
On the third day of the match, Gujarat ended the day 74 for 4, needing a further 105 runs for victory.Earlier Vidarbha began the day 89/4 and were bowled out for 247, setting Gujarat a target of 179. Akshay Wadkar’s 87 and Aditya Sarwate’s 53 provided late boost to Vidarbha’s innings.In reply, Aditya Thakare picked up all four wickets to fall to leave the match well poised. Manprit Juneja and Roosh Kalaria are in the middle.
Scoreboard
Vidarbha (1st Innings): 142.
Gujarat (1st Innings): 211.
VIdarbha (2nd Innings; overnight 89-4): Faiz Fazal lbw b Kalaria 45, Akshay Wadkar b Gaja 87, Akshay Wakhare c P Patel b Gaja 5, Aditya Sarvate run out (Gandhi) 53, Lalit Yadav lbw b Kalaria 27, Umesh Yadav c Gandhi b Nagwaswalla 8, Aditya Thakare not out 0.
Extras: (lb 10, nb 7) 17.
Total: (All out, 98.3 Overs) 247.
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-4, 3-17, 4-25, 5-89, 6-104, 7-186, 8-224, 9-247.
Bowling: Roosh Kalaria 29-13-62-4, Chintan Gaja 29-12-68-3, Arzan Nagwaswalla 22.3-5-59-2, Rujul Bhatt 2-1-1-0, Siddhartha Desai 16-3-47-0.
Gujarat (2nd Innings): Samit Gohel lbw b Thakare 3, Bhargav Merai lbw b Thakare 23, Rujul Bhatt c Choudhari b Thakare 12, Kshitij Patel lbw b Thakare 4, Manpreet Juneja batting 27, Roosh Kalaria batting 2.
Extras: (b 1, lb 2) 3.
Total: (4 wkts, 29 Overs) 74.
Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-26, 3-32, 4-65.
Bowling: Aditya Thakare 12-4-17-4, Lalit Yadav 6-0-20-0, Umesh Yadav 7-1-26-0, Aditya Sarwate 4-0-8-0.
