da winzada777： Maharshtra by virtue of their first innings lead picked up five pointsin their Under-16 Vijay Merchant trophy match against Baroda at theMotibaug Palace Ground on Monday.The hosts had to be content withthree points as the match ended in a draw
Waleed Hussain18-Dec-2000Maharshtra by virtue of their first innings lead picked up five pointsin their Under-16 Vijay Merchant trophy match against Baroda at theMotibaug Palace Ground on Monday.The hosts had to be content withthree points as the match ended in a draw.Earlier, Baroda won the toss and decided to bat first. The openersgave a decent start scoring 56 runs off 12 overs. Most of the batsmenmade good starts but failed to convert it into long innings. R Solankiwas the top scorer with 84 off 141 balls laced with 14 hits to thefence. Baroda were bowled out for 263 in 90.1 overs. S Agarkar pickedup five for 80. Aditya Sharma picked up two for 21.In reply, Maharashtra batted cautiously. Openers S Puranik (38) andAditya Sharma (16) put on 62 runs off 35.2 overs. C Suryavanshi and SGaikwad added a 102 run partnership for the third wicket off 29 overs.Suryavanshi topscored with 68 off 126 balls, with eight boundaries. SChavan chipped in with a useful 58 off 116 balls, hitting nine to thefence. A Bochare, Y Pathan and J Naikwade picked up three wickets eachfor 50, 68 and 73 runs respectively. Maharashtra were bowled out for308 in 118.3 overs.In the second innings, Baroda declared at 238 for two off 64 overssetting Maharashtra a target of 283. R Solanki continued his good formscoring an unbeaten 114 off 197 balls, hitting 18 boundaries. YusufPathan was unbeaten on 50 off 48 balls with eight hits to the fence.Opener R Patel chipped in with 63 off 134 balls. Maharshtra battedthe day for 33 overs ending the day at 92 for two.