Parthiv slams century - Gujarat take lead

Parthiv Patel (105) played a captain’s beating to advice Gujarat booty the aboriginal innings advance adjoin Hyderabad on the penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy cool alliance bout actuality on Thursday. Hyderabad resuming at 209 for seven, had been arranged out for 236 in its aboriginal innings.

In reply, Gujarat had denticulate 263 for four at abutting of play.

With the rains blockage away, Gujarat bare alone 13.3 overs to accomplishment off the Hyderabad innings. Medium-pacer Siddharth Trivedi took his claimed account to bristles wickets aback he had M.P. Arjun bent by Thaker at additional slip.

When Gujarat batted, Alfred Absolom beatific aback both openers afore Parthiv Patel and Niraj Patel put on a angle of 135 runs for the third wicket in 140 minutes. The affiliation was concluded aback Niraj Patel was trapped leg afore by Ojha afterwards scoring 58 with four boundaries off 131 balls.

Later, Parthiv accomplished a well-deserved aeon but was absolved anon after. He went for an accidental boost to a brawl pitched alfresco the off butt and concluded up spooning a bolt to Ravi Teja at point. His 105 independent eight boundaries and one six. But by that time he had ensured that Gujarat had overtaken the Hyderabad total.