Uttar Pradesh sniff victory

Uttar Pradesh medium pacers R P Singh and Ashish Winston Zaidi bowled a tight line to skittle out Maharashtra for a paltry 119 runs in the second innings on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Elite group 'B' match played in Kolhapur on Friday.

Uttar Pradesh, who need 232 runs for an outright win, were 59 for one when stumps were drawn for the day.

The hosts, who gained a vital first innings lead of 112 runs, could not capitalise on the advantage and displayed a pathetic batting in the second essay on the penultimate day.

Only Kashinath Khadkikar (27) tried to put some resistence but lacked support from the other end.

While Singh claimed five wickets for 33 runs, Zaidi chipped in with three wickets for 42 runs.

Scorecard

Maharashtra 1st Innings: 394.

Uttar Pradesh 1st Innings (Overnight 234 for 8):
R Prakash c Jadhav b  Khirid 10
J P Yadav c S Satbhai b Khirid 12
S Raina c Satbhai b Sanklecha 67
R Shamshad lbw Sanklecha 60
G Pande c Aphale b Khadkikar 31
S Shukla lbw Khirid 8
Md Amir Khan b Khirid 17
P Gupta not out 36
R Singh c Satbhai b Khirid 0
A W Zaidi b Khirid 9
S Srivastava b Sanklecha 5

Extras (lb 7, nb 20) 27

Total: (All out in 75.3 overs) 282

Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-30, 3-155, 4-182, 5-196, 6-213, 7-222, 8-222, 9-242.

Bowling: Iqbal Siddiqui 13-0-56-0, R Khirid 20-3-51-6, Kiran Adhav 7-1-40-0, Kashinath Khadkikar 18-3-75-1, Anupam Sanklecha 17.3-1-53-3.

Maharashtra 2nd Innings:
D Jadhav lbw Zaidi 12
K Marathe c&b Zaidi 14
H Kanitkar c Prakash b R P Singh  6
K Aphale lbw Zaidi 0
D Mohan c R P Singh b Srivastava 12
S Satbhai c Raina b R P Singh 2
R Khirid c A Khan b R P Singh 10
K Khadkikar c A Khan b R P Singh 27
I Siddiqui c Raina b Gupta 5
K Adhav not out 10
A Sanklecha c A Khan b R P Singh 4

Extras: (b 2, lb 9, nb 2, w 4) 17

Total: (All out in 50 overs) 119

Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-33, 3-33, 4-37, 5-45, 6-65, 7-74, 8-84, 9-111.

Bowling: A W Zaidi 14-3-42-3, R P Singh 18-4-33-5, S Srivastava 4-1-14-1, P Gupta 12-5-15-1, S Raina 2-0-4-0.