da casino： Maharashtra crushed Gujarat by eight wickets while Baroda andSaurashtra settled for a draw in a high scoring encounter in the WestZone Under-22 league matches which concluded on Saturday
Staff Reporter25-Feb-2001Maharashtra crushed Gujarat by eight wickets while Baroda andSaurashtra settled for a draw in a high scoring encounter in the WestZone Under-22 league matches which concluded on Saturday.At the Bhosala Military School Ground in Nasik, Maharashtra opted tobat first and amassed 393 runs. The highlight was the batting ofskipper D Jadhav (84) and S Aradhye (96) who shared a second wicketstand of 134 runs. Thereafter K Aphale (73) with the help of someuseful partnerships took the score past 300. N Rana was the mostsuccessful bowler with 5 for 78. In response, Gujarat were all out for203, conceding a lead of 190 runs. Stumper P Vora was the top scorerwith 46 as Ardhav (4 for 40) and Burkul (4 for 45) ran through theGujarat line up. Following on, Gujarat fared no better and were bowledout for 232, giving Maharashtra a token target of 43 for a win. OpenerS Bhatt was the top scorer with 51. The wickets were shared all round.Adhav was the best bowler in the match returning figures of 7 for 97.Maharashtra hit up the required runs off 9.1 overs while losing justthe one wicket that of opener Sathyajit Satbhai (24).