Kale, Sugwekar flog Gujarat

AHMEDABAD, JANUARY 10: An unbeaten third-wicket partnership of 237 runs between captain Abhijit Kale and Shantanu Sugwekar put Maharashtra in the driving seat on the opening day of the four-day Ranji Trophy cricket match against Gujarat at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera, on Monday.

Kale was batting on 134 (17 fours) while Sugwekar was unbeaten on 110 (11 fours). Maharashtra needed to win the match outright to qualify for the next stage.

Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-51

Bowling: Hitesh Majmudar 16-3-56-0, Lalit Patel 17-3-69-2, Mihir Sheth 7-1-19-0, Bhavin Mehta 24-6-45-0, Kevin Desai 14-2-50-0, Tejas Varsani 7-2-12-0, Amrish Kotecha 3-0-17-0, K Damani 2-0-10-0

Saurashtra 245-3

RAJKOT: Vice-captain Prakash Bhatt's unbeaten 66 and opener Vasanth Kumar's 84 runs helped Saurashtra score 245 for three against Vadodara on the first day of the four-day West Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Municipal Corporation Ground here onMonday.

SCOREBORD

Saurashtra (1st innings): Vasant Kumar lbw Swaroop 84, Altaf Merchant lbw Zahir Khan 23, Sitanshu Kotak c Bedade b Arothe 42, Prakash Bhatt batting 66, Bimal Jadeja batting 19. Extras (b<\!q>1, lb<\!q>2, nb<\!q>8): 11. Total (for 3 wickets, in 90 overs): 245

Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-149, 3-177

Bowling: Zahir Khan 21-7-59-1, Kadri 13-2-42-0, Buch 16-4-41-0, Bhoite 17-2-45-0, Swaroop 17-8-34-1, Arothe 6-0-21-1

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