Mumbai, Jan 21 (CRICKETNMORE): Gujarat's Chintan Gaja and Hardik Patel shared six wickets between them to reduce the Rest of India (ROI) side to 206\/9 after the second day's play at the ongoing Irani Cup ended at the Brabourne Stadium here on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tailenders Pankaj Singh (7 not out) and Mohammed Siraj (8 not out) were at the crease when the stumps were drawn for the day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Barring skipper Cheteshwar Pujara (86) and Maharashtra opener Akhil Herwadkar (48), the ROI batting failed drastically in their pursuit of overhauling Gujarat's first innings score of 358.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Medium pacer Gaja and left-arm spinner Hardik Pacer took three wickets each to trigger the opposition's collapse, which saw five of their batsmen, including regular India wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha (0), back with single digit scores.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Also Read: Ponting backs Aaron Finch as T20I skipper for Lanka series<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n Opening the batting with Herwadkar, Tamil Nadu's Abhinav Mukund (8) only managed to put 21 runs on the board before Gaja got him caught by Samit Gohel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Herwadkar and Pujara then stabilised the innings with a 68-run second wicket stand to take ROI to 89 before Patel dismissed the Maharashtra batsman.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Karnataka's Karun Nair (28) then joined Pujara for a 47-run third wicket stand before Gaja packed back the right-hander to initiate the batting collapse.<\/p>\r\n\r\n