Mumbai, Jan 23 (CRICKETNMORE): Rest of India needed another 113 runs to win the tie as they scored 266-4 in their second innings on the penultimate day of their Irani Cup match at the Brabourne Stadium here on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Cheteshwar Pujara (83) and Wridhiman Saha (123) were at the crease when the stumps were drawn for the day. Chasing a mammoth 379, Rest of India were 63-4 when Saha walked into a crisis and slammed his 11th first-class hundred. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Saha, along with skipper Pujara forged an unbeaten 203-run stand for the fifth wicket to bring Rest of India back into the match.In his 214-ball knock, Saha, who was struggling from cramps slammed 16 boundaries and three sixes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rest of India started the proceedings on a bad note as openers Akhil Herwadkar and Abhinav Mukund could only add 29 runs in 10 overs before Karan Patel sent back Herwadkar, who scored 20 runs in 49 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After seven overs, another opener Mukund (19) was also sent packing by Hardik Patel. He was caught by Dhruv Raval.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Middle-order batsmen Karun Nair (7) and Manoj Tiwary (7) also failed to step up to the occasion as both were dismissed cheaply by Hardik Patel and Mohit Thadani.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Incoming batsman Saha, who marked his return from injury with a gritty hundred then stabilised the innings with the skipper to put his team back into the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
For Gujarat, Hardik Patel scalped two wickets while Thadani and Patel chipped in with one wicket each.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, resuming the day at 227-8, overnight batsmen Chirag Gandhi (70) added 21 runs with Hardik Patel to get past the 250-run mark before pacer Sidharth Kaul wrapped up the Gujarat innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Brief scores:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gujarat 358 and 246 (Priyank Panchal 73, Chirag Gandhi 70, Shahbaz Nadeem 4-64) against Rest of India 226 and 266 for 4 (Wridhiman Saha 123 not out, Cheteshwar Pujara 83 not out; Hardik Patel 2-59) on day four.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wridhiman-saha1.jpg", "alt_img": "Rest of India 266-4, chasing 379 against Gujarat in Irani cup final", "alt_title": "Rest of India batsman Wriddhiman Saha", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Rest of India 266-4, chasing 379 against Gujarat in Irani cup final", "seo_desc": "Rest of India needed another 113 runs to win the tie as they scored 266-4 in their second innings on the penultimate day of their Irani Cup match ", "seo_keywords": "Rest of India, Irani cup, Wriddhiman Saha", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "rest-of-india-266-4-chasing-379-against-gujarat-in-irani-cup-final", "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": "2574", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2017-01-23 20:14:00", "updated": "2017-01-23 20:14:00", "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": "2017-01-23 20:14:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2017-01-23 20:14:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/rest-of-india-266-4-chasing-379-against-gujarat-in-irani-cup-final-23232" }