Rest of India 206 for 9 (Pujara 86, Gaja 3-46, Hardik Patel 3-73) trail Gujarat 358 (Gandhi 169, Kaul 5-86, Pankaj 4-104) by 152 runs
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File photo – Cheteshwar Pujara helped form a solid platform but the rest of his team collapsed around him on the second day © AFP
Gujarat’s unrelenting discipline with the ball was only matched by Rest of India’s flaccid batting, as they slumped to 206 for 9 on a largely good batting surface at the Brabourne Stadium. Except for a typically sturdy 86 from captain Cheteshwar Pujara, there were few contributions of substance from a powerful batting line-up, as Rest of India fell from 136 for 2 to 192 for 9.
On the other hand, Gujarat’s seamers – strongly backed up by left-arm spinner Hardik Patel, who bowled 25 overs on the trot – deprived the batsmen of run-scoring opportunities and ultimately garroted them. The bowlers, marshalled by Chirag Gandhi (169), did their bit with the bat as well. Even as they pushed the team’s total past 350 in over an hour of batting during the first session, they were helped in no small measure by Rest of India’s ordinary fielding on the second day as well.
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Arun Venugopal is a correspondent at ESPNcricinfo. @scarletrun
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