da pinup bet: Shutanshu Kotak and Prashant Joshi helped Saurashtra earn a drawagainst Maharashtra in the West Zone Ranji trophy match at MunicipalStadium, Rajkot on Tuesday
da doce: Waleed Hussain05-Dec-2000Shutanshu Kotak and Prashant Joshi helped Saurashtra earn a drawagainst Maharashtra in the West Zone Ranji trophy match at MunicipalStadium, Rajkot on Tuesday. Maharashtra took five points based ontheir lead and Saurashtra were content with three.Resuming on an overnight score of 285 for seven, Saurashtra weredismissed for 314 in 112 overs giving Maharashtra a lead of 225 runs.Iqbal Siddiqui bagged three for 76 and Sachin Aradhaye picked up fourfor 75. The second innings had a disasteruos start when Sumit Tannawas dismissed off the second ball of the innings with no runs on theboard.One drop Kotak (75) and Joshi (78) shared a 125 run partnership forthe second wicket off 45.4 overs. Kotak battled for 154 deliverieshitting ten boundaries and Joshi hung around for 137 balls with elevenboundaries. Saurashtra ended the day on 204 for three off 70 overs.






