Ranji Trophy

Count it: Nagwaswal was a penetrating with an old ball who was willing to reverse swing. , Photo Credit: File Photo: K. Murali Kumar

Gujarat scored 98 runs at Saurashtra by an innings in the Ranji Trophy semi-finals for the first time after the 2019-20 season and 98 runs at the Neerran Shah Stadium on Tuesday.

On the four pitch of one day, in which there was no monster for the batsmen, Saurashtra showed unconscious resistance to 197 in the second innings for a good defeat before tea. The batting unit also allowed the house team to fold for 216 in the first innings. On the contrary, Gujarat had killed 511 in its lonely knock with Uril Patel and Jaymeet Patel over centuries.

For the credit of the bowlers at the visiting camp, he also hunted as a pack on day four. While long medium-packer Priyajit Singh Jadeja claimed four for 32, left-commander Arzan Nagwaswalla appeared exclusively with an old ball who was interested in reverse swing.

Starting at 33 without any loss, Saurashtra took Nagwaswal with Harvik Desai to the right of a deep backward point for a border with Harvik Desai. Hartic exposed something else in his knock of 54. But once his early partner, Chirag Jani finished a bridge for a deep square leg against Priyajitsinth in the 28th over, a stand of 67 ended, it all became pear -shaped for Jaydev. Men of Unadkat.

Cheteshwar was a game to forget Pujara. He fell in the next over for two of Priyajitsingh, which took a half-wolf and leg stump to Nagwaswala in Square legs in the middle. When Chintan Gaza brought himself back to attack in the 36th over, he managed to motivate the outside of the heartic.

Leggy Ravi Bishnoi joined the wicket -taking act when Sheldon Jackson, who called time on his outstanding domestic career after the game, made a drive on his stump. Nagavashwal came on both sides of the lunch break, which used to take out Arpit Vaswara, Motivational Manakad and Dharmendrasinh Jadeja with a reverse-swinging ball.

Score: saurashtra – first innings: 216.

Gujarat – First innings: 511.

Saurashtra – second innings: Heartic Desai Sea (Sub) Hate B Gaza 54, Chirag Jani C Nagwaswalla B Priyajitinth 26, Cheteshwar Pujara C Nagavaswalla B Priyajit Singh 2, Sheldan Jackson B Bishnoi 27, Arpit Vasavad Labav Blajwala C (Sub) Hate B. Bishnoi 7, Dharmendrasin Jade Jade Jade Jadeji B Nagavaswala 19, Jaydev Unadkat B. Priyajit Singh 29, Yuvraj Singh Dodia (Not Out) 9, Hitan Kanby Sea Ion B Priyajitasinsinh 0; Extra (B -2, NB -3): 5; Total (in 62.1 overs): 197.

Fall of wickets: 1-67, 2-71, 3-98, 4-118, 5-132, 6-135, 7-149, 8-159, 9-197.

Gujarat bowling: Gaza 15-4-34-1, Nagwaswalla 14-1-54-3, Siddharth 6-0-23-0, Priyajit Singh 8.1-2-32-4, Jaiswal 2-1-6-0, Bishnoi 12-3- 3- 30-2, Jaymeet 5-2-16-0.