Gujarat crushed Baroda by ten wickets in the Under-22 West Zone leaguematch at the Moti Bagh Stadium in Vadodara on Tuesday

Staff Reporter13-Feb-2001Gujarat crushed Baroda by ten wickets in the Under-22 West Zone leaguematch at the Moti Bagh Stadium in Vadodara on Tuesday. Opting to batfirst on the opening day, Baroda were all out for 217 before the endof the day’s play. But for opener D Salvi’s 130, Baroda could not haveeven neared the 200 run mark. Salvi was the eighth batsman to bedismissed. During a 266-minute stay at the crease, Salvi faced 165balls and hit 19 fours and one six.In reply, Gujarat were helped to a 80-run first innings lead thanks toa fine 122 by NK Patel. He shared a 142-run third wicket stand withskipper K Damani (57). Gujarat were finally all out for 297. Baroda intheir second innings were bundled out for just 164. Skipper RChandorkar was the top scorer with a fine 72. The wickets were sharedall round. With the target being just 85, it was only a matter of timebefore Gujarat closed the match in their favour. Openers A Sharma (12)and PP Vora (66) helped their team romp home in 18.1 overs.