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Rujul Bhatt helps himself to runs as match meanders on

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— PHOTO: K. RAMESH BABU

PILING IT ON: Rujul Bhatt benefited from Gujarat’s decision to bat on despite securing the first innings lead.

HYDERABAD: Twenty-three-year-old Rujul Bhatt scored 186 on the last day of the Ranji Trophy Super League match between Gujarat and Hyderabad which ended in a tame draw at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium here on Friday.

Resuming on 263 for four, Gujarat decided to go in for some batting practice instead of declaring and trying to force an outright victory. As a result, the proceedings lost significance, especially since the first innings lead had already been secured.

Eventually, Gujarat ended up with a huge total of 536 — a first innings lead of 300 runs. But, by that stage it was clear that the only result possible was a draw. Hence, after Hyderabad had batted only two overs in its second innings, the match was called off.

Gujarat’s first innings had three notable partnerships. For the eighth wicket Bhatt and Ashraf Makda put on 128 runs in 159 minutes. After Makda departed, Bhatt and Siddharth Trivedi added 55 for the ninth wicket before Trivedi was trapped leg before by M.P. Arjun. Bhatt then put on 48 for the last wicket with Mehul Patel.

The last to be dismissed was Bhatt himself — caught by Khader at mid-wicket off Ojha — after having hit fifteen boundaries off the 250 deliveries that he faced in a stay of 311 minutes at the crease.

From this match, Gujarat got three points and Hyderabad one.

The scores:

Super League: At Mumbai: Mumbai 162 and 335 for seven decl. bt Himachal Pradesh 246 and 166 in 67 overs. Points: Mumbai 5, HP 0.

At Amritsar: Punjab 228 and 248 in 76.2 overs (P. Dharmani 56, R. Ashwin five for 116) lost to Tamil Nadu 521 for nine decl. Tamil Nadu 6, Punjab 0.

At Hyderabad: Hyderabad 236 and two for no loss in two overs drew with Gujarat 536 in 166.3 overs (Niraj Patel 58, Parthiv Patel 105, Bhavik Thaker 54, Rujul Bhatt 186, A. Makda 53). Gujarat 3, Hyderabad 1.

At Mysore: Bengal 324 and 213 for six in 86 overs (Deep Dasgupta 55, Manoj Tiwary 65 not out) drew with Karnataka 523 for nine decl. in 159 overs (K.B. Pawan 134, Amit Verma 157, C.M. Gautam 108 not out, Sunil Joshi 42). Karnataka 3, Bengal 1.

At Bhubaneswar: Railways 307 for eight decl. in 125 overs (V. Cheluvaraj 88) drew with Orissa 132 for four in 79 overs (Shiv Sunder Das 41). Orissa 1, Railways 1.

At Rajkot: Saurashtra 544 for three decl. drew with Maharashtra 289 in 134.1 overs (Rohan Bhosale 82, Ganesh Gaikwad 45, S. Jobanputra four for 55) and 162 for five in 69 overs (Kedar Jadhav 111 not out). Saurashtra 3, Maharashtra 1.

At Ghaziabad: Baroda 234 and 331 in 104.5 overs (Connor Williams 96, Rakesh Solanki 42, Yusuf Pathan 78, Praveen Gupta four for 83) drew with Uttar Pradesh 240 and eight for one in five overs. UP 3, Baroda 1.

Plate division: Madhya Pradesh 308 for five decl. in 117 overs (H. Kanitkar 68, D. Bundela 84, S. Abbas Ali 57 not out) drew with Andhra 145 for six in 82.2 overs (B. Sumanth 51 not out). Andhra 1, MP 1.

At Guwahati: Jharkhand 261 and 247 in 84.2 overs (Saurabh Tiwary 121, Rajiv Kumar 42, S.P. Gautam 40, Dhiraj Goswami four for 37) drew with Assam 298 and 99 for nine in 46 overs (Parvez Aziz 46). Assam 3, Jharkhand 1.

At Margao: Goa 338 and 212 for nine in 65 overs (S. Asnodkar 47, Robin D’Souza 40 not out, Gajendra Singh four for 46) drew with Rajasthan 225. Goa 3, Rajasthan 1.

At Nagpur: Vidarbha 222 and 217 for six decl. in 66 overs (Alind Naidu 76, Shalabh Shrivastava 49 not out) drew with Tripura 151 and 73 for four in 40 overs. Vidarbha 3, Tripura 1 .

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