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Gujarat on top against Andhra
Staff Reporter - 27 January 2002
Andhra batsmen frittered away good starts as the visitors lost their
way while pursuing Gujarat's first-innings score of 499. When stumps
were drawn at the end of the third day's play at the Sardar Patel
Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, Andhra were 251 for six. Former India
wicketkeeper MSK Prasad, batting on 33, and the late-order batsmen
were left with the herculean task of adding another 249 runs to secure
the first-innings lead that would help Andhra continue their fairytale
run this season.
In the morning, Mohammad Faiq, who made 71, was the only Andhra
batsman to notch up a fifty. GN Shrinivas (34) and Y Venugopal Rao
(37) might have been among the runs but they could not convert it into
a innings of substance. Just when Andhra seeemed down and out, the
Prasads - MSK and RVC - put together a 63-run partnership to give
their team a glimmer of hope. RVC on 29 was keeping MSK company when
stumps were drawn. For Gujarat, Kalpesh Patel returned figures of five
for 48 off 25 overs.
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