da 888casino： In the latest round of Vijay Merchant (under-16) West Zone Leagueplayed at Shri Shivaji Stadium, Kolhapur, Maharashtra took on Gujarat
Santhosh S07-Dec-2000In the latest round of Vijay Merchant (under-16) West Zone Leagueplayed at Shri Shivaji Stadium, Kolhapur, Maharashtra took on Gujarat.Gujarat wicket keeper – batsman P Patel was the hero of the match withcenturies in both innings.Patel showed admirable qualities that mighttake him to the highestlevel in a few years. Incredible as it is, he scored 302 runs of the493 Gujarat made in the whole match, not to forget the two catches hetook standing behind the stumps.Parag More of Maharashtra had abrilliant all round display too but was outshone by Patel.The matchcame to a draw on Thursday with Maharashtra taking five points andGujarat three.On Tuesday Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat and 364/6. Afifth wicket partnership of 254 between Sandeep Gaikwad and Parag Morewas the highlight of the first day’s game. Gaikwad made a brilliant142 with 19 fours and More made 109 with 16 fours, but lost both thecenturions by the end of the first day.Maharashtra were all out for 431 on the second day. Opening bowlerKunjan Fadia with 5/102 was exceptional amongst Gujarat bowlers.Gujarat had an uphill task of scoring 432 to get the first inningslead P Patel made a classy 101 as Gujarat were bowled out for 196 in63.3 overs. Parag More who had a great time with the bat was the toastof Maharashtra bowling with an awesome bowling figures of 12-2-23-6.Asked to follow on Gujarat owed much of its second innings to P Patelwho opened the innings and went on to score an unbeaten double centuryof 201 in 288 balls which included 27 fours and a six. At the end ofthe match Gujarat were 297/5 in 81 overs. This was a match that youngPatel would remember for a long time.In the other match of the Vijay Merchant (under-16) West Zone Leaguematch played at Motibaug Ground, Baroda, between Saurashtra andBaroda, a draw was the only possible result. On Tuesday Saurashtra wonthe toss and elcted to bat. Saurashtra declared their innings at 354/8in the 111th over on Wednesday. Rahul Parmar powered his way to aninnings of 125 which included 18 boundaries.Opener Jayesh Yadav contributed a patient 74 to the Saurashtra cause.For Baroda A Bochare did the bulk of bowling and finished with thefigures of 43-17-72-3. Baroda got off to a good start and made 79 forthe first wicket. Opener Robin Patel made 61. Saurashtra captainNikhil Rathod (5/65) ripped through the Baroda middle order, but alate charge by Yusuf Pathan who made 50 in 61 balls with 4 boundariesand a six helped Baroda to finish at 193 in their first innings.Asked to follow on Baroda showed more character in the second inningsand thanks to a brilliant partnership of 139 for the third wicketbetween Rakesh Solonki 90 (11 fours) and Sanjay Soni 82 (17fours).Yusuf Pathan again came good with the bat scoring an unbeaten 56 in 66balls (6 fours and 2 sixes) as Baroda declared their second innings at300/6 in 87 overs.Saurashtra went on a leather hunt in their second innings and were99/3 in 13 overs. Opener B Chauhan completed his fifty in 36 balls andremained unbeaten on 55 in 42 balls (7 fours and 1 six) to liven upthe final proceedings on Thursday. Saurashtra took home five pointsand Baroda were to be satisfied with three.