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Parab, Pawar take Baroda to victory

HYDERABAD, DEC. 7. Hrishikesh Parab and southpaw Rajesh Pawar's unbroken partnership of 149 helped Baroda record a five-wicket win over Hyderabad in the Elite B Ranji Trophy fourth round match, virtually pushing the home team out of contention for a semifinal spot.

Resuming at 182 for five on the final day with 94 needed for victory, Pawar (95 not out) and Parab (93 not out) rarely found themselves in any trouble and while neither reached what would have been a well-deserved century, both were there till the end. Baroda thus managed to stay afloat with four points from this match.

Defending champion Mumbai beat Bengal by an innings and 132 runs to net five points (including a bonus) in the Elite A match in Kolkata.

Ajit Agarkar picked up four wickets as Bengal, following on, was bundled out for 181 in its second innings. Bengal captain Rohan Gavaskar made an unbeaten 70. Ramesh Powar returned with a 10-wicket match haul.

Karnataka won its first match of the season when it beat Andhra Pradesh by five wickets at Bangalore in an Elite A match.

Andhra was dismissed in the first session for 245 after its tail wagged a bit. Chasing 155 for victory, Karnataka encountered some anxious moments before first innings century-maker Thilak Naidu once again came to the rescue with an unbeaten 36. Karnataka has six points from four matches, while Andhra languishes on two.

Sathish's feat

At Guwahati, the Elite B match between Tamil Nadu and Assam meandered into a tame draw on the final day. Tamil Nadu export R. Sathish scored a superb unbeaten 204 for Assam, the first double hundred for the side in 12 years. Tamil Nadu, however, managed to secure the first innings lead and two points from the tie. Tamil Nadu, last year's finalist, now has nine points from three games.

The scores:

Elite A: At Bangalore: Andhra 237 & 245 (A.S.K. Varma 58, Y. Venugopala Rao 64, Sunil Joshi four for 63, N.C. Aiyappa four for 33) lost to Karnataka 328 & 158 for five (Y. Venugopala Rao four for 47). Points: Karnataka 4, Andhra 0.

At Kolkata: Mumbai 552 for seven decl. bt Bengal 239 & 181 (Rohan Gavaskar 70 not out, Ajit Agarkar four for 32). Mumbai 5, Bengal 0.

At Gujarat: Gujarat 384 & 227 for five (Nilesh Modi 68, Akash Christian 42, Mukund Parmar 61) drew with Railways 200. Gujarat 2, Railways 0.

At New Delhi: Delhi 239 for nine decl. & 227 (Shikhar Dhawan 88, Sanjay Pandey four for 61) drew with Madhya Pradesh 294 & 156 for eight (Amay Khurasiya 48). Madhya Pradesh 2, Delhi 0.

Elite B: At Hyderabad: Hyderabad 170 & 198 lost to Baroda 93 & 279 for five (S.S. Parab 41, H. Parab 93 not out, Rajesh Pawar 95 not out). Baroda 4, Hyderabad 0.

At Guwahati: Tamil Nadu 485 & 224 for four (Vikramkumar 81, S. Sriram 62) drew with Assam 396 (S.Z. Zufri 49, Vasanth Saravanan 50, R. Sathish 204 not out, M.R. Shrinivas six for 126). Tamil Nadu 2, Assam 0.

Plate matches (third round):

At New Delhi: Haryana 435 beat Services 185 and 231 (Jasvir Singh 50, P.M.S. Reddy 47, Yashpal Singh 40, Amit Mishra four for 50). Haryana 5, Services 0.

At Margao: Goa 371 & 211 (Swapnil Asnodkar 90, Sandeep Singh four for 59, Preetam Gandhe four for 75) beat Vidarbha 300 & 117. Goa 4, Vidarbha 0.

At Dharmasala: Himachal Pradesh 425 beat Orissa 80 & 302 (Rashmi Ranjan 60, P. Jayachandran 130, Vishal Bhatia four for 102, Ashok Thakur four 67).

At Rajkot: J & K 505 for nine decl. drew with Saurashtra 596 (S. Kotak 64, P. Bhatt 75, J. Shah 160 R. Dhruv 80, S. Jobanputra 82, S. Maniar 49). Saurashtra 2, J & K 0.

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