09/03Result
Final, Ranji Trophy at Rajkot, Mar 9-13 2020
Match drawn (Saurashtra won on 1st inns)
Player of the Match
Arpit VasavadaSaurashtra
09/03Result
Final, Ranji Trophy at Rajkot, Mar 9-13 2020
Match drawn (Saurashtra won on 1st inns)
Player of the Match
Arpit VasavadaSaurashtra

Shahbaz Ahmed comes in and finishes the Saurashtra innings straightaway with Jaydev Unadkat's wicket, but the 38 runs the last-wicket pair added could come back to bite Bengal. In any case, on what is a very tricky pitch, Saurashtra's 425 makes it a steep task for Bengal in what should be a first-innings-lead game.

He's not playing but we just spotted Shreevats Goswami sitting there reading an Ayn Rand book - didn't catch the name of the book, but the cover looks like it's The Fountainhead, but I can't be sure.
Anyway, Shashank caught up with Shreevats while in Rajkot, and here's a beautiful story of a man who once looked set for great things, but never quite got there.

171.5
W
Shahbaz Ahmed to Unadkat, OUT, and here's the last wicket....came round the wicket. A flatter length ball on middle, slight turn there. Goes past the outside edge and hits the off stump..

JD Unadkat b Shahbaz Ahmed 20 (35b 3x4 0x6) SR: 57.14

171.4
0
Shahbaz Ahmed to Unadkat, no run, nicely onto the front foot as he blocks that to covers
171.3
0
Shahbaz Ahmed to Unadkat, no run, played an uppish drive towards the backward point, fall short
171.2
0
Shahbaz Ahmed to Unadkat, no run, flatter length ball on leg, defends it off the front foot
171.1
0
Shahbaz Ahmed to Unadkat, no run, tossed up delivery on off, mistimes the drive back to the bowler

Time for spin now, Shahbaz to bowl

END OF OVER:
171 | 9 Runs | SAU: 425/9

  • Jaydev Unadkat20 (30b)
  • Dharmendrasinh Jadeja33 (52b)
  • Mukesh Kumar44-9-103-2
  • Akash Deep35-9-98-4
170.6
1
Mukesh Kumar to Unadkat, 1 run, full and wide, driven to sweeper cover off the front foot
170.5
1
Mukesh Kumar to DA Jadeja, 1 run, back of a length, clipped away to wide of midwicket
170.4
2
Mukesh Kumar to DA Jadeja, 2 runs, alters the length, fullish this time, on middle and leg. Jadeja flicks it away through midwicket
170.3
4
Mukesh Kumar to DA Jadeja, FOUR, short and way outside off, cuts it off the back foot and gets it through backward point for a boundary
170.2
0
Mukesh Kumar to DA Jadeja, no run, length ball, outside off, drops it infront of covers
170.1
1
Mukesh Kumar to Unadkat, 1 run, length ball on the pads, clips to midwicket

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Saurashtra 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st38AA BarotHM Desai
2nd27AA BarotVM Jadeja
3rd17AV VasavadaAA Barot
4th23SP JacksonAA Barot