Jaipur, Dec 26 (CRICKETNMORE) Riding on opener Samit Gohel's unbeaten 261, Gujarat ended the penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy cricket quarter-final tie against Odisha at 514\/8, to take a mammoth 578-run lead at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
At stumps, Gohel was batting on 261 from 555 deliveries with tail-ender Hardik Patel giving him company on an undefeated individual score of 11.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Resuming at the overnight score of 246\/3 with Gohel unbeaten on 110 and Manpreet Juneja on 6, the Gujarat duo added another 31 runs before being separated by pacer Suryakant Pradhan, who trapped Juneja (24) in front.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The fall of Juneja, brought in skipper Parthiv Patel (40), who added 78 runs for the fifth wicket with Gohel to take Gujarat to 355.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The India keeper-batsman, who was in great form with the willow in the recently concluded Test rubber against England, consumed 75 balls for his knock, laced with three hits to the fence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Thereafter, Gohel guided the lower order batsmen -- Chirag Gandhi (6), Rush Kalaria (11) and Mehul Patel (16) -- to chip in with small partnerships and take the side to 453\/8.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Despite having a massive lead, Gujarat continued to bat through the day as the 26-year-old Gohel brought up his career's maiden first class double ton and then continued to go past the 250-run mark with 33 hits to the fence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Odisha, playing their first quarter-final in 15 years, toiled hard for the wickets with left-arm spinner Dhiraj Singh finishing with figures of 5\/139 while Pradhan, Basant Mohanty and Govinda Poddar chipping in with one wicket apiece.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Brief Scores: Gujarat 263, 514\/8 (Samit Gohel 261 not out, Priyank Panchal 81, Parthiv Patel 40, Dhiraj Singh 5\/139) vs Odisha 199.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ranji-trophy25.jpg", "alt_img": "Ranji quarters: Gohel's double ton swells Gujarat's lead against Odisha", "alt_title": "Ranji quarters: Gohel's double ton swells Gujarat's lead against Odisha", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Ranji quarters: Gohel's double ton swells Gujarat's lead against Odisha", "seo_desc": "Riding on opener Samit Gohel's unbeaten 261, Gujarat ended the penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy cricket quarter-final tie against Odisha", "seo_keywords": "Samit Gohel, Ranji Trophy", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "ranji-quarters-gohel-s-double-ton-swells-gujarat-s-lead-against-odisha", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "2181", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2016-12-26 23:14:00", "updated": "2016-12-26 23:14:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2016-12-26 23:14:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2016-12-26 23:14:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/ranji-quarters-gohel-s-double-ton-swells-gujarat-s-lead-against-odisha-22398" }