Madhya Pradesh needed just two deliveries to dismiss the last Baroda batsman and wrap up an easy 232-run victory on the fourth and final day of their Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match here on Friday.
Sagar Mangalorkar was bowled by pacer Chandrakant Sakure, who completed his five-wicket haul, in the second ball he faced without adding any run to his overnight individual score of eight as well as to the team total of 114.
The other overnight batsman Babashafi Pathan remained not out on 10 as he did not face any ball today as Baroda were all out for 114 in 35.2 overs while chasing an improbable 347 for a win at the HPCA Stadium.
Madhya Pradesh, who had earned a 53-run first innings lead, collected all the six points from the win while Baroda got none.
On Thursday, Baroda suffered a batting collapse in their second innings as, barring an opening stand of 32 and a third-wicket partnership of 24, they failed to put up any resistance and were reduced to 95 for nine in 30 overs.
Thanks to an unbroken last-wicket stand between Mangalorkar and Pathan, Baroda reached 114 for 9 at the close of play on Thursday.
Opener Kedar Devdhar top-scored for Baroda in their run chase with 18.
Jharkhand beat Assam
VIZIANAGARAM: Jharkhand dished out a disciplined all-round performance to notch up a five-wicket win over Assam on the fourth and final day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match here on Friday.
Jharkhand thus grabbed six points from their fourth win out of seven games to jump to the top of the group B table with a total of 32 points, while Assam languished at the bottom after their fifth loss.
Rahul Shukla (3/74) and Ashish Kumar (2/49) produced sensational spell of seam bowling to pick up the remaining five wickets as Assam ended their second innings at 299 after resuming at an overnight score of 269-5 in 98.2 overs.
With Assam adding just 30 runs to their overnight score, Jharkhand were left with a victory target of 110 runs at Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex.
Opener Anand Singh (30) and I R Jaggi (34) then emerged as the top-scorers as Jharkhand piled up the runs in 20.2 overs, losing half of their side.
Delhi secures 3 points
CHENNAI: Former champions Delhi secured three points by virtue of first innings lead against Vidarbha after rains forced early closure to the four and final day's play of the Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match, here on Friday.
After complete wash out of the third day's play yesterday, the match resumed their morning following half hour loss due to wet ground conditions.
But the skies opened up once again just before the lunch break, forcing the umpires to finally call off the match at 2.45pm.
A total of 19 overs play was possible today during which Vidharba scored runs 37 for the loss of three wickets in their second innings.
Delhi had ealier declared their first innings at 250 for 8 in 81 overs on Thursday in reply to Vidharba first innings total of 183 all out in 52.3 overs.
While Delhi got three points, Vidharba took away one point from the drawn encounter.