da brwin： Opener Satyajit Parab, with a patient 110, sustained the Barodainnings on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal againstTamil Nadu at the Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation ground inBaroda on Thursday
Staff Reporter22-Mar-2001Opener Satyajit Parab, with a patient 110, sustained the Barodainnings on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal againstTamil Nadu at the Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation ground inBaroda on Thursday. Thanks chiefly to the 25-year-old’s determination,the hosts scored 285 for eight wickets at stumps.Winning the toss, Baroda were given a good start with openers Paraband Connor Williams (25) putting on 41 runs off 12 overs. HR Jadhavfaced 19 balls in scoring just one run and was second out at 51.Skipper Jacob Martin (34) and Parab then added 54 runs for the thirdwicket off 13 overs to bring the Baroda score into the realm ofrespectibility. Martin faced 42 balls and hit six of them to theropes.Former Indian off spinner Aashish Kapoor, who had Martin leg before,struck again in his next over when he had Tushar Arothe caught bywicketkeeper Reuben Paul for four runs. Baroda were in a spot ofbother at 111 for four. However Parab and Indian stumper Nayan Mongiathen came together and set the innings back on track by adding 102runs for the fifth wicket off 39.2 overs. Parab dominated thepartnership, racing to his hundred in the process. Mongia, who wascontent to play second fiddle, faced 132 balls for his 28 and hit onlytwo boundaries before he was leg before to MR Shrinivas giving thebowler his second wicket. The medium pacer, playing only his secondRanji Trophy match, had a third wicket in his next over when he bowledParab. In a stay of 325 minutes, Parab faced 219 balls and hit 14boundaries before he was sixth out at 218 in the 74th over.Ajit Bhoite then kept the innings going till stumps. First, hedominated a seventh wicket stand of 35 runs off 7.2 overs with IrfanPathan who scored just one run off 21 balls. Shrinivas then bowledPathan to take his fourth wicket. In the next over, Rakesh Patel (0)gave medium pacer Sadagopan Mahesh a return catch. However Valmik Buch(9) stayed with Bhoite till stumps with the two figuring in anunbroken ninth wicket partnership of 31 runs off 7.5 overs. By stumps,Aroithe was batting on 50 off 47 balls with eight hits to the fence.Shrinivas was easily the most successful bowler with four wickets for58 runs.