Published: Dec 01, 2015, 08:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 04:56 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Day one of Group B match of Ranji Trphy 2015-16 between Uttar Pradesh and Baroda at Sports Complex Ground, Noida. While Uttar Pradesh have registered two wins, one loss and four draws from the seven matches they have played so far, Baroda have also won just two games but they have three losses already with just one draw from their seven matches. The hosts are on the fourth spot with 18 points on the Group B’s table, meanwhile Baroda are in the seventh position with two points less that of Uttar Pradesh’s. FULL COVERAGE: Ranji Trophy 2015-16 here
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Baroda 242/5 | Overs 83 | BATTING: Ambati Rayudu 70(184), Irfan Pathan 18(25) | Ambati Rayudu is batting well, but Deepak Hooda and Yusuf Pathan both got dismissed. Irfan Pathan is still out there, though. Baroda are in a spot of bother now. OUT! Deepak Hooda 30(78) c Almas Shaukat b Piyush Chawla, Yusuf Pathan 31(41) b Kuldeep Yadav
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Baroda 162/3 | Overs 62 | BATTING: Ambati Rayudu 42(126), Deepak Hooda 29(74) | Deepak Hooda showing impressive perseverance. He may have been known for his big hitting in the IPL, but here he is proving he has it in him to play the long hand as well. Ambati Rayudu going strong at the other end as well.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Baroda 138/3 | Overs 49 | BATTING: Ambati Rayudu 29(87), Deepak Hooda 18(36) | Baroda are digging in with Ambati Rayudu and Deepak Hooda scoring the runs at a decent clip. Uttar Pradesh need to break this partnership and look for another couple of quick wickets.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Baroda 122/3 | Overs 41 | BATTING: Ambati Rayudu 26(54), Deepak Hooda 6(21) | Aditya Waghmode has been dismissed for a well-compiled 55. Baroda still have a lot of batting firepower in their line-up. They will need at least one of their power-players to score big. OUT! Aditya Waghmode 55(113) LBW Praveen Kumar
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Baroda 105/2 | Overs 33 | BATTING: Aditya Waghmode 55(106), Ambati Rayudu 19(34) | Baroda are off to a steady start. They sent in Hardik Pandya early but he was unable to do anything substantial. Aditya Waghmode has been steady. Ambati Rayudu looking settled as well. OUT! Hardik Pandya 31(53) LBW Saurabh Kumar
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Baroda 0/1 | Overs 1 | BATTING: Hardik Pandya 0(0), Aditya Waghmode 0(0) | Praveen Kumar knocks Kedar Devdhar in the very first over of the day. Hardik Pandya has been in good form this season. Aditya Waghmode will look to make a good partnership and get Baroda to a good enough score. OUT! Kedar Devdhar 0(5) LBW Praveen Kumar
Toss: Baroda wins the toss elect to bat first
Squads:
Uttar Pradesh: Almas Shaukat, Himanshu Asnora, Umang Sharma, Suresh Raina (c), AD Nath, Eklavya Dwivedi (wk), Piyus Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Saurabh Kumar, Imtiaz Ahmed, Ankit Rajpoot
Baroda: Kedar Devdhar, Aditya Waghmode, Ambati Rayudu (c), Hardik Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Pinal Shah (wk), Gagandeep Singh, Munaf Patel
Baroda’s last match in the ongoing edition of Ranji Trophy was against Punjab in Round 7 and they did not play in the previous round. Baroda had thrashed the visitors by an innings and 116 runs, thereby taking crucial seven points. Batting first, Baroda had posted a massive total of 475 runs in 130.5 overs. In reply to that, Punjab were bowled out for 212 runs in 65.5 overs with Uday Kaul top-scoring for them with 58 runs from 147 deliveries. Baroda then enforced follow-on, where Irfan Pathan and Muaf Patel shared six wickets between them, leading Baroda to a superb victory at home.
Meanwhile, even Uttar Pradesh’s last match was against Punjab, which ended in a draw. Batting first, Punjab posted a first innings total of 272 before bundling out their opponents for 226. That gave Punjab a first innings lead of 46 runs. That was followed by Punjab declaring at 295 and set a target of 342 runs for Uttar Pradesh. However, Punjab failed to bowl them out so they had to settle for three points which they had earned on the first innings lead after the match had ended in a draw.
