Padia, Varsani shine

SURAT, DEC 27: Gujarat made the Mumbai bowlers slog hard for wickets on a track cut out for batting as they compiled a respectable 260 for...

SURAT, DEC 27: Gujarat made the Mumbai bowlers slog hard for wickets on a track cut out for batting as they compiled a respectable 260 for 6 on the first day of the West Zone Ranji Trophy match at Lalbhai Contractor Stadium here on Monday. Put into bat, Keyur Padia 75: 220b, 282m, 11215;4, Tejas Varsani 53: 108b, 93m, 8215;4, 1215;6 and a responsible 41 75b, 115m, 6215;4 by opener Amrish Kotecha aided Gujarat8217;s position of comfort.

Scoreboard
Gujarat 1st innings: Amrish Kotecha run out 41, Nilesh Modi lbw Kuruvilla 16, Keyur Padia c Dighe b Mhambray 75, Kirat Damani c Muzumdar b Pawar 6, Tejas Varsani c Jaffer b Kulkarni 53, Mihir Sheth c Dighe b Mhambrey 8, Pathik Patel batting 38, Bhavin Mehta batting 3; Extras: lb5, w2, nb13 20. Total: for six wickets in 90 overs 260
Fall of wickets: 1-37 Modi, 2-69 Kotecha, 3-75 Damani, 4-162 Tejas, 5-179 Sheth, 6-249 Padia.
Bowling: Mhambray 15-5-50-2, Saxena 19-8-34-0, Kuruvilla 17-1-52-1, Kulkarni 22-5-65-1, Pawar 17-3-54-1.

Siddiquiclaims eight
PUNE: Medium-pacer Iqbal Siddiqui bowled with fire to capture career-best haul of 8 for 72 as hosts Maharashtra shot out Saurashtra for a modest 217 on the opening day of their four-day West Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Nehru Stadium here on Monday.
Scoreboard
Saurashtra 1st innings: Sudhir Tanna c sub Niranjan Godbole b Nair 2, Vasant Kumar c Sane b Siddiqui 19, Sitanshu Kotak c Kondhalkar b Siddiqui 36, Prakash Bhatt c Bhave b Siddiqui 46, Bimal Jadeja c Kondhalkar b Siddiqui 8, Hitesh Parsana retired hurt 58, Manoj Parmar lbw Siddiqui 4, Yusuf Bambania c Bhave b Siddiqui 25, Narendra Rana c Kondhalkar b Siddiqui 4, Rajesh Garsondia c Kondhalkar b Siddiqui 2, Kamal Chawda not out 0; Extras: 1b, 6lb 3nb 1w 13. Total: for 9 wkts in 64.1 overs; 300 mins 217
Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-27, 3-74, 4-112, 5-128, 6-139, 7-213, 8-216, 9-217Bowling: Siddiqui 24.1-8-72-8 3nb, Nair 12-3-47-1 1w, Kulkarni 15-3-50-0 2nb, Lande 5-2-14-0, Sugvekar 3-0-16-0 1nb,Sane 2-0-11-0, Bhave 3-2-1-0
Maharashtra 1st innings: Surendra Bhave c Parmar b Chawda 30, Dhiraj Jadhav batting 14, Mandar Sane batting 0; Extras: nb1, w1 2. Total for one wkt in 22 overs; 106 mins 46
Fall of wicket: 1-46Bowling: Rana 7-2-12-0, Garsondia 7-2-11-0 1nb, Chawda 7-2-23-1 1w, Bambania 1-1-0-0