Hyderabad completed a 71 run out-right victory against Baroda in theRanji Trophy Super League Group B match at the Gymkhana Ground inSecunderabad on Wednesday
15-Mar-2000Hyderabad completed a 71 run out-right victory against Baroda in theRanji Trophy Super League Group B match at the Gymkhana Ground inSecunderabad on Wednesday. Hyderabad, by virtue of this win, collectedthe necessary 8 points to qualify for the knock-out stage of thetournament. Thus, Hyderabad and Baroda ended their Super leagueengagements with 21 points and 18 points respectively.Earlier, Baroda resuming at 24 for 2, were allout for 163. There wereonly three significant partnerships. First, Jacob Martin (30 runs of94 balls) with Tushar Arothe (10 runs of 41 balls) added 40 runs of16.4 overs for the fourth wicket. Then Atul Bedade (22 runs of 45balls) and Nayan Mongia (34 runs of 123 balls) put on 32 runs in 14.5overs for the sixth wicket. But after that Baroda lost three morewickets with only 33 runs being added to the total. Baroda prolongedthe inevitable thanks to a last wicket stand between Valmik Buck andZaheer Khan who added 28 runs in 8.4 overs.Hyderabad saw some disciplined bowling by their spinners VenkatapathyRaju and Kanwaljit Singh as they picked up three wickets each. But theman of the moment for Hyderabad was Satwalkar (4 for 41) as hedismissed three of Baroda’s top order batsmen in the morning to setHyderabad on the course to victory.