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Bhut was yet to open his account when Saurashtra lost their eighth wicket for 147 runs at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
Batting at number nine, bowler Parth Bhut shone with the bat to rescue Saurashtra from a century on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Punjab here.
Bhut was yet to open his account when Saurashtra lost their eighth wicket for 147 runs in Saurashtra. Cricket Association Stadium.
However, the 25-year-old left-arm spinner’s unbeaten 111 and his 95 not out with Yuvrajsinh Dodiya (17) helped the hosts take their total to 303 before being bowled out in three overs. remainder of the day.
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In reply, Punjab faced just one over and were three without loss when stumps were called on Tuesday.
Prabhsimran Singh (2) and Naman Dheer (1) were at the crease.
Overall, Bhut hit 11 fours and four sixes while scoring his runs at a very good strike-rate of 71.61.
Earlier, Saurashtra’s decision to elect to bat after winning the toss backfired as Punjab bowlers restricted the home side to 147 for eight.
Opener Snell Patel was the only specialist batsman to show any glimpse of resistance as he played a combative knock of 70 off 131 balls, hitting 11 fours in the process.
Even when Patel fought, others failed to mount the challenge. Wicketkeeper Harvik Desai was first caught by Naman Dheer off Baltej Singh. Desai was out even before Saurashtra’s account was opened.
Vishwaraj Jadeja (28) and Sheldon Jackson (18) made starts but failed to make headway, falling to Mayank Markande and Baltej respectively.
Leg-spinner Markande was the most successful bowler for the visitors, returning with figures of 4/84, while pacers Baltej (3/60) and Siddarth Kaul (2/81) had three and two wickets respectively.
Bhut added 61 runs for the ninth wicket with Chetan Sakaria (22) before Dodiya joined the former.
Brief scores: Saurashtra 1st innings: 303 in 87 overs (Parth Bhut 111 not out, Snell Patel 70; Mayank Markande 4/84, Baltej Singh 3/60) Punjab 1st innings: 3/0 in 1 over.
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