da betobet： Prashant Joshi and Sairaj Bahutule shared the honours on the secondday of the West Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Mumbai andSaurashtra at Gandhidham on Saturday
Partab Ramchand09-Dec-2000Prashant Joshi and Sairaj Bahutule shared the honours on the secondday of the West Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Mumbai andSaurashtra at Gandhidham on Saturday. While the Saurashtra openerscored a patient 113, the Mumbai leg spinner finished with six wicketsfor 104 runs from 50 overs.Joshi, who had sustained the Saurashtra innings on the opening daywith an unbeaten 84 out of a total of 158 for three, was leg before toBahutule. He occupied the crease for 500 minutes, faced 391 balls andhit 15 fours. He was fourth out at 233 in the 122nd over.The other overnight batsman Birju Pathak scored 47 in a stay of fourhours. He faced 174 balls and hit four of them to the ropes. He wasalso leg before to Bahutule. Valuable knocks by late order batsmenRakesh Dhuru (30), Niraj Odedara (23) and Kamal Chavada (26) pushedthe score along, which was also inflated by 47 extras. Saurashtraultimately totalled 354 which was compiled off 162.3 overs and aftereleven hours occupation of the crease.Mumbai openers Vinayak Mane (14) and Wasim Jaffar (46) battedconfidently till stumps as the visitors were 63 for no loss off 16overs. Jaffar, much the dominant partner, has so far faced 41 ballsand hit seven of them to the fence.