Maharashtra were 72 for the loss of opener Dhiraj Jadhav's wicket in reply to Gujarat's first innings total of 369, on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group B match in Nashik on Wednesday.

When stumps were drawn, stylish southpaw Hrishikesh Kanitkar was on 39, off 71 balls, including five hits to the fence, with opener Harshad Khadiwale (20) for company.

Earlier, resuming at their overnight score of 200 for two, Gujarat were bundled out just before tea for 369 in 144.1 overs, with not out batsman Niraj Patel completing a century.

Patel scored 112, which included 18 boundaries.

The other overnight batsman, captain Parthiv Patel, could add only 10 runs to his score of 5.

For the visitors, Kirit Damani scored a stylish half-century (52).

Bowling spearhead of the host team Anupam Sanklecha captured five wickets, giving away 128 runs in his 37.1 overs.

Meanwhile, Gujarat's Hitesh Majumdar sustained a cut on his hand after four balls of his first over for which he needed stitches.

Scorecard

Gujarat (1st innings): (overnight 200 for two)
Nilesh Modi (runout Shriram) 57
Azhar Bilakhia lbw Sairaj Bahutule 36
Niraj Patel c Dhiraj Jadhav b A Sanklecha 112
Parthiv Patel c & b A Sanklecha 15
Bhavik Thakker b Burkul 19
Anant Bramhbhatt lbw Bahutule 8
Kirit Damani c Khadiwale b R Jadhav 52
Timil Patel lbw B Sanklecha 13
Sahil Patel c Satbhai b Sanklecha 14
Hitesh Majumdar c Satbhai b Sanklecha 23
Ashraf Makdad notout 7
Extras: (lb-5, nb-6,w-1,b-1) 13
Total: (all out in 114.1 overs) 369

Fall of wickets: 1/62, 2/181, 3/230, 4/231, 5/257, 6/265, 7/289, 8/330, 9/342, 10/369.

Bowling: Anupam Sanklecha 37.1-7-128-5, Suyash Burkul 30.4-9-72-01, Sairaj Bahutle 37.2-13-82-02, Rohit Jadhav 27-8-48-01, S Shriram 8-1-19-0, Harshad Khadiwale 4-1-14-0.

Maharashtra (1st innings):
Harshad Khadiwale not out 20
Dheeraj Jadhav c Parthiv Patel b Damani 8
Hrishikesh Kanitkar not out 39
Extras: (lb-5) 5
Total: (for one wickets in 33 overs) 72

Fall of wickets: 1-20.

Bowling: Ashraf Makda 10-2-33-0, Hitesh Majumdar 4-0-0-0, Azhar Bilakhia 4.2-1-7-0, Kirit Damani 11-5-11-01, Sahil Patel 5-1-15-0, Timil Patel 2-1-1-0.