New Delhi: Captain Yuvraj Singh notched up a fine double century as Punjab surpassed Baroda's huge first-innings total with ease to collect three points from their Group A Ranji Trophy match here on Sunday.
Punjab secured three points, as against Baroda's one, on the basis of taking the first-innings lead at the Kotla on the fourth and final day of the high-scoring game. Owing to Yuvraj's career-best 260, his second century of the season, and opener Manan Vohra's 224, Punjab piled up a mammoth 670 before being bowled out.
Even as the match headed for a draw, Baroda batted a second time and scored 37 for no loss in 14 overs before it was called off.
For Baroda, left-arm spinner Swapnil Singh picked up 4/169 bowling 51 overs, while off-spinner Vishnu Solanki took 3/151, including the wicket of Yuvraj.
During their stay in the middle, Yuvraj and Vohra added 343 runs for the third wicket at nearly fours runs an over. The left-handed Yuvraj then quickly put on 116 runs for the fourth wicket with Gurkeerat Singh (55) to help Punjab go past Baroda's first-innings total of 529 all out and pave the way for securing three points. Yuvraj slammed 26 boundaries and four sixes during his fluent knock that came off 370 balls.
SUMMARISED SCORES
GROUP A
In Cuttack: Tamil Nadu 555/7 decl. MP 273 & 222/5 (f/o). Match drawn.
In Delhi: Baroda 529 & 37/0. Punjab 670 (Y.Singh 260, M. Vohra 224). Match drawn.
In Delhi: Gujarat 347 & 201. UP 241 & 175. Gujarat won by 132 runs.
GROUP B
In Hyderabad: Maharashtra 461 & 145 . Rajasthan 330 & 4/0. Match drawn.
In Mohali: Odisha 237 & 274/8. Delhi 495/8 decl. Match drawn.
In Wayanad: Vidarbha 105 & 444 (A. Kumar 4/89). Jharkhand 362/8 decl. & 75/4 (S. Wagh 3/36). Match drawn.
GROUP C
In Guwahati: HP 36 & 301 (R. Bist 84 not out). Hyderabad 126 & 200/6. Match drawn.
In Jaipur: Services 477. Jammu & Kashmir 612/8 (S. Beigh 109 not out). Match drawn.
In Jamshedpur: Kerala 207 & 307/2 decl. Chhattisgarh 187 & 249/6 (S. Gupta 123 not out). Match drawn.
In Mumbai: Andhra 253 & 220. Haryana 103 & 293 (S. Rohilla 113; Siva Kumar 4/71). Andhra won by 77 runs.
