Saurashtra and Maharashtra played out a draw on Friday in a Cooch
Behar Trophy contest in the West Zone league, with the latter gaining
five points by virtue of their first innings lead
Sankhya Krishnan11-Nov-2000Saurashtra and Maharashtra played out a draw on Friday in a Cooch
Behar Trophy contest in the West Zone league, with the latter gaining
five points by virtue of their first innings lead.At Rajkot’s Municipal Stadium, Maharashtra won the toss and were
bowled out for 273 late on the opening day. The top ten batters all
reached double figures, AS Bhosale top scoring with 58. Saurashtra’s
skipper Uday Karavadra, a National Cricket Academy graduate, picked up
5/73 with his off spinners.Saurashtra fell away to 200 all out, notwithstanding opener and wicket
keeper AK Dawda’s 75. Maharashta’s own offie, Kashinath Khadkikar
bested Karavadra’s figures with a haul of 6/69. The visitors showed
no inclination to force an outright result, batting out the third day
to finish on 289/7.






