Gujarat v Rajasthan – Ranji Trophy, 2012/13 (Group A) – Match Update - Gujarat win by 8 wickets
An incisive bowling performance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy, played from December 8 to 11 at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad.
Having chosen to bat first, Rajasthan were severely troubled by Dhurv (45-21-65-6), who was assisted in his efforts by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hrishikesh-Kanitkar-c1561 drove
the team’s innings with an unbeaten 100, while Sourabh Chouhan (42) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rashmi-Ranjan-Parida-c84108 (36) both chipped in with useful runs. These, coupled with minor contributions from the remainder of the batting order, got Rajasthan up to 294 before they were all out.
The Rajasthan team attempted to make amends with their bowling performance, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gajendra-Singh-c58318 (36-15-67-3), Aniket Choudhary (21.5-5-59-3), and Rituraj Singh (24.1-5-73-3) sharing the spoils between themselves. However, Gujarat put forth a solid performance.
The bulk of the team’s contributions came from the batsmen at the top, with wicketkeeper skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parthiv-Patel-c2159 (92), Samit Gohel (63), and Bhargav Merai (40) featuring as the main run-getters. Gujarat eventually finished at 312, all out.
Having gained a marginal lead, Gujarat’s position was further solidified by Dhurv (25.2-15-31-8), who led the charge once again, and single-handedly triggered a major batting order collapse. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahbubul-Alam-c73802 Bist’s 31, while captain Hrishikesh
Kanitkar (23) was the only other batsman who was able to pass 20. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-K-Singh-c83027 (18) all managed to get starts, but were unable to capitalise on them.
Top-order batsman Sourabh Chouhan scored 6, Parida in the middle order managed just 4, while lower-order batsmen Dishant Yagnik (2), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pankaj-Singh-c80701 (0) all surrendered to Dhurv without putting up a fight. Rajasthan were ultimately restricted
to 119, all out, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gujarat-c787 being set a 102-run target.
The chase posed no difficulties for the team, and after the dismissals of Smit Patel (47) and Samit Gohel (16), Bhargav Merai (28*) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rujul-Bhatt-c2379 (8*) teamed up to get Gujarat up to 105 comfortably, with 8 wickets still remaining.
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