Maharashtra fail to close out match
Maharashtra just failed to get an outright victory in their West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Gujarat at Ahmedabad on Sunday
21-Dec-1999
Maharashtra just failed to get an outright victory in their West Zone
Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Gujarat at Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Chasing a victory target of 63, they limped to 36-5 in the ten overs
available with Swapnil Patel taking all five wickets in a five over
spell. It was a day on which 18 wickets fell as Maharashtra (overnight
242-7) were all out for 295 to take a lead of 89. Timil Patel finished
with the figures of 7-95 from 37 overs. Gujarat then collapsed from
113-3 to 151 all out in their second innings with the visiting captain
Kiran Adhav taking 5-42. For Gujarat one-drop Varun Dave top scored
with 74 (147 balls, 9 4's). Maharashtra then floundered in their
runchase losing two wickets each in the 2nd and 4th overs of the
innings (bowled by Swapnil) and settled for a draw. They took five
points on account of their first innings lead while Gujarat had to be
content with three.