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Parthiv Patel guides Gujarat to lass Ranji Trophy title
- Updated: January 14, 2017
Skipper Parthiv Patel led from a front with a shining 143 as Gujarat kick fortifying champions Mumbai by 5 wickets to lift their lass Ranji Trophy. Pic/PTI
Indore: Gujarat clinched their lass Ranji Trophy pretension as they rode on captain Parthiv Patel’s miraculous 143 to kick record champions Mumbai by 5 wickets on a final day here on Saturday.
It was a second time that Gujarat had finished a final of the prestigious domestic contest and initial in 66 years.
They have shown light alleviation as a team, carrying won the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy final deteriorate and T20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in a preceding year.
On one side, it was a 41-time champions, who have the pedigree though on a other hand, Gujarat had dual international players in Patel and R P Singh, whose knowledge proved invaluable for a group via a tournament.
Pint-sized Patel showed since his 168 First-Class matches couldn’t have been taken lightly. More so since his 90 in the initial innings was a reason Gujarat got a 100-run lead.
His 25th century was all courage that eventually brought the excellence when Chirag Gandhi slashed Shardul Thakur past point boundary.
The oldest member with usually 7 weeks brief of his 32nd birthday, Parthiv was celebrating like a child, so was their professional partisan RP Singh and a harmed Axar Patel.
The match-winning century in a final will also increase worry for authority of selectors MSK Prasad as first-choice Test screw Wriddhiman Saha is fit though Parthiv has been in blazing form with a bat of late. It will be engaging as to who keeps opposite Bangladesh as both are approaching to play in Irani Trophy.
Chasing a severe 312-run target, second time finalists Gujarat were in difficulty during 89-3 though a 116-run mount between Parthiv and Manprit Juneja (54) helped them stay in a clever position on a fifth day of a 83rd Ranji Trophy final.
Left-hander Parthiv, who available his 25th century in initial category cricket, afterwards stitched a 94-run mount for a fifth wicket with Rujul Bhat (27 not out) to assistance Gujarat renovate a aim set by Mumbai, who were behest to extend their record transport of 41 Ranji Trophy titles.
Resuming a day during 47-0, Gujarat had a catastrophic start as center pacer Balwinder Singh Sandhu struck early, stealing opener Priyank Kirit Panchal (34) and Bhargav Merai (2). While Panchal unsuccessful to measure in a morning as he offering a locate to Suryakumar Yadav during second slip, Merai had his stumps dismantled, withdrawal Gujarat in a mark of worry during 51-2.
Left-hander Parthiv afterwards assimilated overnight opener Samit Gohel (21) in a center and a captain looked dynamic from a commencement to make it a ancestral day for Gujarat, who had played their Ranji Trophy final in a 1950-51 season. He batted with a certain vigilant and put a vigour behind on Sandhu and associate pacer Shardul Thakur.
However, his partnership with Gohel didn’t final prolonged with a latter circumference it to wicket-keeper Aditya Tare off a center pacer Abhishek Nayar delivery, with Gujarat during difficulty during 89-3.
Then Juneja assimilated hands with Patel and a twin approached a follow with positivity. Parthiv and Juneja had uneasy Mumbai in a initial innings as good with scores of 90 and 77 respectively and a twin continued to husk a bowlers.
Parthiv, generally continued to play his shots and he also had his share of fitness as he warranted several fours by inside and outward edges. But he was confidant and dynamic as he raced divided to his fifty in 71 deliveries.
His pacy innings helped Juneja to settle early and a latter too dazzled, anticipating range shots regularly. And a left and right multiple ensured that a Mumbai bowlers struggled to find a good line and length as they leaked runs.
Both of them brought all a cricketing shots to a table, rising to all a hurdles as they not usually bailed a group out of difficulty though also put Gujarat in a clever position.
When Juneja was held behind by Tare off a smoothness from Akhil Herwadkar, he had posted his 15th fifty in initial category cricket and Gujarat were 205-4, still 107 runs behind a target.
Then Parthiv, who was during 85, was assimilated by Bhat in a center and a twin went about their jobs smoothly.
Parthiv afterwards showed how it is finished as he picked adult 3 fours off Sandhu in a over after Juneja’s wicket. He fast scored his 100 off usually 148 deliveries.
At 217-4, Mumbai authorised Gujarat to breathe easy as wicket-keeper Tare forsaken an easy locate of Bhat. With Mumbai pier on a pressure, they engrossed a vigour and Bhat showed a lot of patience, permitting a partnership to flourish.
Their 94-run mount was damaged by Thakur who took a locate off his possess bowling to boot Parthiv for 143. But Parthiv had finished his job, withdrawal Gujarat hardly 13 runs behind a target.
Bhat and Chirag Gandhi (11 not out) afterwards finished a formalities as they won by 5 wickets, triggering furious celebrations in a Gujarat camp.
Brief scores: Mumbai 228 and 411 all out. Gujarat initial innings 328 all out and 313-5 (Parthiv Patel 143, Manprit Juneja 54, Rujul Bhat 27 not out; Balwinder Singh Sandhu 2-101, Abhishek Nayar 1-31) on Day 5.