da fazobetai： Opening bowlers Hitesh Majumdar and Lalit Patel gave Gujarat a winningchance at stumps on the third day of their West Zone Ranji Trophyleague match against Saurashtra at Surat on Sunday
Partab Ramchand25-Dec-2000Opening bowlers Hitesh Majumdar and Lalit Patel gave Gujarat a winningchance at stumps on the third day of their West Zone Ranji Trophyleague match against Saurashtra at Surat on Sunday. After gaining alead of 54 runs on the first innings, Gujarat grabbed nine Saurashtrawickets for 244 runs at close. Saurashtra are now 190 ahead with onewicket in hand.In the morning, Gujarat resuming at 243 for five were all out for 276runs. Hitesh Parsana did the most to restrict their lead, taking threeof the wickets to fall to finish with four for 56. Niraj Odedra tookthree for 49.When Saurashtra batted a second time, Majumder and Patel got among thewickets quickly. Saurashtra were down in the dumps at 97 for sixbefore a seventh wicket partnership of 87 runs between Hitesh Parsanaand Manoj Parmar saw them leap to a better position. Parasana,following his fine bowling performance, hit 53 in a stay of 2-1/2hours. He faced 122 balls and hit six fours and a six. Parmar, who topscored with 65 also batted 2-1/2 hours. He faced 110 balls and hiteight fours. Majumdar registered his career best figures while endingthe day with six wickets for 67. Patel took three for 64, the twosharing all the wickets that fell.