da prosport bet: Offspinner Ramesh Powar spun a magical web around the Gujarat lineupscalping five for 77 to give Mumbai the first innings lead in the WestZone Ranji Trophy match at Wankhede stadium on Monday
Waleed Hussain04-Dec-2000Offspinner Ramesh Powar spun a magical web around the Gujarat lineupscalping five for 77 to give Mumbai the first innings lead in the WestZone Ranji Trophy match at Wankhede stadium on Monday.Gujarat began the day on 124 for three but were soon bundled out for274 in 87.4 overs. Mukund Parmar (61), Tejas Varsani (41) and BhavinMehta (50 not out) played fighting knocks but could not prevent thedownfall. Paceman Santosh Saxena and Sairaj Bahutule picked up twowickets each for 34 and 47 runs respectively.Gujarat followed on with 247 runs behind and did well to hold out theMumbai attack in their second innings. Openers Nilesh Modi (53) andVivek Gandhi (53) scoring an unbeaten 111 run partnership in 44 overs.Nilesh hit seven boundaries and Vivek had four hits to the fence.