Ranji Trophy 2014-15, Round 7: Vidarbha take slender lead against Gujarat

Vidarbha take a 27-run lead at the end of Day two.

Jan 22, 2015

Off-spinner Akshay Wakhare took six wickets but Gujarat managed to sneak a 12-run first-innings lead over Vidarbha on the second day of their Ranji Trophy match. Gujarat were 71 for one at one stage but Wakhare took five successive wickets to reduce the home side to 158 for seven before Manpreet Juneja made 75 to push the total to just short of 250.

Juneja struck 12 fours and was last man out, becoming Rakesh Dhurv’s third victim. He and Rush Kalaria (32) added 65 for the eighth wicket. Wakhare finished with superb figures of 6 for 92. In their second innings, Vidarbha were 39 for 1 from 11 overs. Vidarbha lost Sachin Katariya early before Faiz Fazal (20 batting) and Ganesh Satish (11 batting) took them to 39 for 1 at the draw of stumps.

Vidarbha now lead by 27 runs with nine second innings wickets in hand.

Brief Scores:

Vidarbha: 236 (Ganesh Satish 34, Shalabh Shrivastava 95 not out; Ramesh Powar 5 for 87)  and 39 for one  lead Gujarat: 248 (Manpreet Juneja 75; Wakhare 6/92) by 27 runs