da heads bet： Baroda facing Gujarat in the Ranji One-Day West Zone League at theAlembic ground won the toss and elected to bowl first
Waleed Hussain20-Nov-2000Baroda facing Gujarat in the Ranji One-Day West Zone League at theAlembic ground won the toss and elected to bowl first. Baroda bowlersH Ali (4/33) and Rakesh Patel (3/21) made merry of the conditionssending Gujarat batsmen packing for 117 in 38.2 overs. Skipper PathikPatel (36) returned unbeaten.Bhavin Mehta gave Gujarat a hint of an upset victory when he hadopeners Connor Williams (16) and Atul Bedade (16) stumped bywicketkeeper Pallav Vora. Jacob Martin ( 2) followed soon, holing outto skipper Pathik Patel off Bhavin. Baroda were 84 for four at onestage but veteran Tushar Arothe (40 not out) stuck to his task andguided Baroda to a comfortable six wicket victory in the 28th over. Hehit six boundaries in his patient innings.