Ranji Trophy 2019-20 | GUJ vs GOA - Goa in early trouble after Gujarat post 600-plus
Goa 𓃲were left struggling at 46 for two at stumps on day two, in pursuit of Gujarat’s 602 for eight (declared) in the first innings of the first 🎶quarter-final of the 2019-20 season. Roosh Kalaria hit a century for Gujarat, while Axar Patel and Chintan Gaja supported him ably with half-centuries.
Brief scores: Gujarat 602/8 decl. in 161.3 overs (Parthiv P💟atel 124; Roosh Kalaria 118*; Felix Alemao 3-86) vs Goa 46/2 in 16 overs (A🍌mit Verma 31*; Chintan Gaja 1-0).
After another dominant display at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium in Valsad, Gujarat have one foot in the semi-finals of the 2019-20 Ranji season. The early exchanges of the day, however, were positive for Gujarat, as they removed both overnight batsmen within the first six overs. Chirag Gandhi fe💜ll one short of his half-century while🅺 skipper Parthiv Patel was dismissed by Felix Alemao — the pick of the Goan bowlers — for 124.
Axar dominate✤d his 130-run stand with Kalaria, before falling for 80, while his partner carried on the momentum alongside Gaja and notched up his first ton ♎of the season, which included 14 fours and a six. Gujarat declared their innings Gaja was dismissed for 56.
Kalaria then backed up his showing with the bat by getting a wicket off the second ball of the innings, before his new-ball partner Gaja removed the other opener in his first over as well. At zero for two, Goa were forced to adapt a cautꦗious approach in t🌟he final hour of play.
Elsewhere, there was no p🍰lay between Jammu and Kashmir and Karnataka in the third quarter-final due to a wet ouꦐtfield. If the match is abandoned with the first innings incomplete, hosts J&K will advance to the semi-finals courtesy of having more outright wins in the group stage.
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