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Baroda toils as Delhi takes control

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VADODARA: Delhi capitalised on Baroda’s predicament after new ball bowler Salim Veragi was called by the umpire for suspect action, thriving on fielding lapses to amass 300 for two at stumps on the first day of Ranji Trophy super league opener on Tuesday.

The right-arm pace bowler was no-balled twice by leg umpires. The first instance occured in Veragi’s eighth over and it was repeated in his ninth after surprisingly being brought back into the attack for a third spell.

Meanwhile, Shikhar Dhawan (122 batting, 247b, 379m, 12x4) took his chances, got four ‘lives’ at 11, 50, 70 and 93 to put on 137 for the second wicket with Gaurav Chabra (65 off 139 balls), then 133 for the third wicket with Rajat Bhatia (70 batting).

Already handicapped by Irfan Pathan’s absence, Baroda’s young pace attack struggled on a wicket displaying a tinge of red. Dropped catches also left them red-faced.

Aakash Chopra won the toss, but lost his wicket in the fifth over. The Delhi skipper struck three crackling cover drives, and then played on when a Veragi delivery nipped back.

Baroda brought in off-spinner Yusuf Pathan in the 13th over after seeing youngsters Ajitesh Argal and Murutza Vahore slog hard without success. The scores: Delhi — 1st innings: A. Chopra b Veragi 21, S. Dhawan (batting) 122, G. Chabra lbw b Vahora 65, R Bhatia (batting) 70, Extras (b-6, lb-9, nb-5, w-2) 22; Total (for two wickets in 90 overs) 300.

Fall of wkts: 1-30, 2-167.

Baroda bowling: Veragi 10-0-34-1, Argal 12-1-53-0, Vahora 17-5-50-1, Pathan 30-5-71-0, Pawar 21-0-77-0.

Other scores:

Super League: At Chandigarh: Punjab 242 for nine in 86 overs (Ravi Inder Singh 104, A. Agarkar four for 41) vs. Mumbai.

At Hyderabad: Hyderabad 237 for six in 90 overs (T. Suman 45, Abhinav Kumar 70 batting, S. Qadri 47) vs. Himachal Pradesh.

At Ranchi: Jharkhand 299 for five in 88 overs (S.S. Tiwary 136, Rajiv Kumar 75) vs. Tripura.

At Pune: Maharashtra 179 in 61.2 overs (S. Atitkar 44, A. Ansari 52, Ranadeb Bose five for 67) vs. Bengal 52 for two in 28 overs.

Plate: At Guwahati: Rajasthan 228 in 88.1 overs (G. Khoda 106, S. Bahutule four for 66, A. Konwar four for 46) vs. Assam one for no loss in one over.

At Indore: Haryana 308 for five in 90 overs (R. Dewan 71, Sunny Singh 146 batting, Sumeet Sharma 45) vs. Madhya Pradesh.

At Ahmedabad: Gujarat 237 for seven in 91 overs (Parthiv Patel 83, R. Bhatt 46, Dhiraj Singh four for 88) vs. Orissa.

At Thalassery: Andhra 215 for five in 90 overs (Y. Venugopala Rao 69, B. Sumanth 58 batting) vs. Kerala.

At Nagpur: Goa 286 for five in 90 overs (S. Sriram 50, R.J. Pinto 46, A. Ratra 84 batting) vs. Vidarbha.

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