Gujarat stuck in Sane web
ROHIT JOSHI

AHMEDABAD, JAN 12: Leg-spinner Mandar Sane weaved a web of deceit around the Gujarat batsmen to slice through the innings as the hosts ended the day on the brink of a follow-on in the West Zone league tie at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera, on Wednesday.

The onus of saving Gujarat the ignominy of a follow-on now rests on the young shoulders of Kevin Desai, making his debut in the match and unbeaten on 29, and Lalit Patel, batting on 30. They have added 61 invaluable runs for the ninth wicket, but they need to add another 65 to make Maharashtra bat again.

Scoreboard

Maharashtra (1st innings): 501-7 decl
Gujarat (1st innings, overnight 64-0): Amrish Kotecha lbw Kulkarni 35 (169m, 122b, 3x4), Mihir Sheth lbw Sane 48 (215m, 159b, 6x4), Keyur Padia c Sugwekar b Sane 13 (53m, 36b, 2x4), Vijay Patel c Bhave b Sane 5 (18m, 13b, 1x4), Tejas Varsani c Sahane b Siddiqui 26 (138m, 110b, 3x4), Kirat Damani lbw Sane 58 (166m, 146b, 10x4, 1x6), Pathik Patel lbw Kulkarni 12 (35m, 26b, 3x4), Bhavin Mehta c Sahane b Sane 14 (16m, 11b, 3x4), Kevin Desai batting 29 (86m, 54b, 5x4), Lalit Patel batting 30 (72m, 61b, 5x4). Extras (b7, lb9, w1): 17
Total: 287 for 8 in 123 overs.
Bowling: Iqbal Siddiqui 34-12-106-1, Milind Kulkarni 22-6-62-2, Satyen Lande 23-15-24-0, Mandar Sane 37-19-70-5, Sagar Shah 6-2-9-0, Niranjan Godbole 1-1-0-0.

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