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Innings win for Baroda

Principal Correspondent

VADODARA: Baroda defeated Andhra by an innings and 60 runs with a day to spare in the Ranji super league Elite Group ‘B’ match at Motibaug Stadium here on Saturday.

With this emphatic victory Baroda garnered six points (including one bonus point) to finish with 15 points, while Andhra finished at the bottom of the table with three points thus being relegated to Plate division.

Barring all-rounder M. Suresh (54, 132b, 5x4) and Prabhu Kiran (65, 66b, 5x4, 3x6), the Andhra batsmen failed to learn lessons from their mistakes they committed on Friday and got out to indiscreet strokes.

Resuming at six for no loss, Andhra, trailing by 323 runs, saw both its openers return to the pavilion before lunch. Watekar failed to negotiate a sharp in-swinging delivery off Veragi, while L.N. Prasad Reddy poked at an away-going delivery, only to b snapped up splendidly by the diving wicket-keeper Pinal Shah. Andhra was 94 for two in 35 overs at lunch.

Suresh fights hard

All-rounder M. Suresh, showing fine temperament and determination, played an innings of patience entwined with brilliant stroke play to notch up the third fifty of the season.

However, diminutive left-arm spinner Rajesh Pawar broke the 73-run third wicket partnership between Suresh and Sumanth trapping the former in front.

Soon Sumanth and skipper Gnaneswara Rao were out going for for extravagant strokes. A mix-up between Prabhu Kiran and Manoj Sai saw the exit of the latter.

Prabhu Kiran found an able partner in medium pacer Atchutha Rao and both went hammer and tongs at Baroda bowlers, especially Yusuf Pathan, smacking them all over the park.

Middle order batsman A.G. Pradeep, who dislocated his shoulder while fielding, did not bat in the second innings too. Yusuf Pathan emerged as top wicket taker for Baroda with four for 72.

The scores: Baroda — 1st innings: 400.

Andhra — 1st innings: 77 for nine.

Andhra — 2nd innings: H.H. Watekar c Yusuf Pathan b Saleem Veragi 10, L.N. Prasad Reddy c Pinal Shah b Ajit Argal 27, M. Suresh lbw Rajesh Pawar 54, B. Sumanth c (sub) Utrash Patel b Yusuf Pathan 34, Y. Gnaneswara Rao b Irfan Pathan 24, Prabhu Kiran (not out) 65, Manoj Sai (run out) 6, T. Atchutha Rao c Irfan Pathan b. Yusuf Pathan 28, Kalyan Krishna lbw Yusuf Pathan 0, P. Vijay Kumar c (sub) Utrash Patel b Yusuf Pathan 4, Extras (w-3, lb-6, b-2): 11. Total (in 82.5 overs for nine wtks) 263.

Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-50, 3-123, 4-160, 5-160, 6-171, 7-231, 8-239, 9-263.

Baroda bowling: Irfan Pathan 20-3-60-1, Saleem Veragi 14-3-33-1, Ajit Argal 7-2-23-1, Yusuf Pathan 22.5-5-72-4, Rajesh Pawar 19-2-67-1.

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