After Jacob Martin's unbeaten 251, Baroda trio of Rajesh Pawar (3/39), Irfan Pathan Sr (3/48) and Rakesh Patel(3/62) ran through the Uttar Pradesh line up to help Baroda win their Ranji Trophy Elite Goup B match by an innings and 93 runs in Ghaziabad on Sunday.
Resuming their innings at 562 for seven, the visitors declared at 605 for nine with Martin still there in the crease. He spent more than 10 hours in the middle, facing 492 deliveries and his stellar knock included 29 hits to the fence besides a six.
With a mountain to climb, Uttar Pradesh lost their opener Rohit Prakash with the score reading just 14 and lost wickets at regular intervals as the Pawar-Pathan-Patel trio ran havoc.
Neither veterans Jyoti Yadav (2) or Gyanendra Pandey (12) could arrest the slide and after Pathan castled Suresh Raina (23), the writing on the wall was clear.
Wicketkeeper Amir Khan (38) waged a grim battle trying to delay the inevitable but that was clearly not enough in the end.
Scorecard
Uttar Pradesh 1st innings 346
Baroda 1st innings (Overnight 562 for 7)
I Sindhi lbw b Zaidi 9
C Williams c Amir Khan b Zaidi 138
R Solanki c Amir Khan b Kumar 16
J Martin not out 251
K Powar c Kumar b Piyush Chawla 51
Y Pathan c & b Piyush Chawla 21
A Bhoite lbw b Piyush Chawla 41
R Pawar b Piyush Chawla 1
P Shah b Piyush Chawla 31
R Patel run out 0 Sumit Singh not out 3
Extras (B-13, LB-9, W-13, NB-8) 43
Total (For nine wickets declared in 174 overs) 605
Fall of Wickets: 1/12 2/40 3/301 4/395 5/431 6/487 7/495 8/584 9/589
Bowling: AW Zaidi 29-5-87-2, P Kumar 39-6-112-1, Suresh Raina 1-0-9-0, Piyush Chawla 50-3-202-5, Praveen Gupta 48-9-141-0, Jyoti Yadav 6-0-23-0, Gyanendra Pandey 1-0-9-0
Uttar Pradesh 2nd innings:
Rohit Prakash c Bhoite b Pawar 12
Jyoti Yadav c Pathan b Patel 2
Suresh Raina b Pathan 23
R Shamshad lbw b Patel 2
G Pandey run out 12
Ravikant Shukla c Williams b Pawar 29
Amir Khan c Williams b Pathan 38
Piyush Chawla c Shah b Patel 1
P Kumar c Sindhi b Pathan 13
P Gupta c Shah b Pawar 6
A Zaidi not out 6
Extras (B-9, LB-8, W-1, NB-4) 22
Total (All out in 67.1 overs) 166
Fall of Wickets: 1/14 2/30 3/42 4/59 5/68 6/116 7/123 8/151 9-154
Bowling: Patel 22-7-62-3, Sumit Singh 4-4-0-0, Pathan 23-5-48-3, Pawar 18.1-4-39-3
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