Baroda have Mumbai on the mat
Baroda had Mumbai on the back foot, coasting to 376/4 in 115 overs in their first innings with a lead of 205 runs in their Ranji Trophy Group C match at the Wankhede on Friday. The visitors have almost batted Mumbai out of the match after bowling them out for paltry 171 on Thursday.
Opener Aditya Waghmode scored a sedate hundred 138 (309b) while skipper Deepak Hooda, Swapnil Singh and Vishnu Solanki posted aggressive half centuries to make the home side toil in their historic 500th Ranji game. Solanki (54), who was overnight unbeaten on 32, defied Mumbai bowlers in the morning along with Waghmode who continued to remain in the shell.
Mumbai had an early setback after left-arm seamer Roystan Dias walked back to the pavilion during the day’s second over after twisting his ankle. Shardul Thakur dismissed Solanki after an hour of play to give some lift to the side but the hosts were pushed to the back foot again by Hooda’s 113-ball 75.
The middle-order batsman went after the bowlers, especially leftarm spinner Vijay Gohil and notched up five sixes and three boundaries in his knock. Hooda eventually fell to Gohil in second session to give some respite to home team.
KARNATAKA POST 649
AGAINST DELHI PTI adds, all-rounder Stuart Binny scored a scintillating century while Shreyas Gopal hit a splendid 92 as Karnataka put on a massive 649 in their first innings against Delhi at Alur.
At the close of play, Delhi were 20/0 in five overs with openers Unmukt Chand and skipper Gautam Gambhir batting on 8 and 12, respectively in the Group A game.
Karnataka resumed the day on 348/4 with Binny, starting at his overnight score of 14, hammered 72 runs in only boundaries during his brilliant knock of 118 runs off 155 deliveries.
But another overnight batsman Mayank Agarwal was run out after adding just seven runs to his last night’s score of 169. He departed for a well-made 176 off 250 balls, including 24 fours and three sixes.
After Agarwal’s departure, Binny adopted an aggressive approach and scored quickly in the company of wicketkeeper-batsman C.M. Gautam, who chipped in with 46 off 81 balls with eight boundaries.