da bwin： AP Bhoite (5 for 22) ripped through the Bengal lower order as Barodacrushed the visitors by 222 runs on the fifth and final day of the RanjiTrophy pre quarterfinal match at the Gujarat State Fertilizer CorporationGround in Baroda on Wednesday
Staff Reporter14-Mar-2001AP Bhoite (5 for 22) ripped through the Bengal lower order as Barodacrushed the visitors by 222 runs on the fifth and final day of the RanjiTrophy pre quarterfinal match at the Gujarat State Fertilizer CorporationGround in Baroda on Wednesday. Baroda meet last year’s semi finalists TamilNadu in the next stage of the tournament.Resuming at 93 for 3 in their quest of a victory target of 576, Bengal weredismissed for 353. Overnight batsmen Rohan Gavaskar (125 not out) and DeepDasgupta (40) had their hands full. Rohan responded to the team’s call infine style and added 106 valuable runs with Dasgupta for the fourth wicket.Then Devang Gandhi (62) joined Gavaskar and the two added 81 runs for thesixth wicket.However, after the departure of the Bengal skipper it was just a processionof batsmen as Bhoite ran through the side. The innings folded up in the92nd over. But Gavaskar remained unbeaten till the end after having battedfor 346 minutes. He faced 217 balls and hit 14 fours and a six.