da spicy bet： The in form opening batsman RC Vasanth Kumar once again performed thestar turn for Saurashtra on the opening day of their West Zone RanjiTrophy league match against Baroda at the Municipal stadium in Rajkoton Monday
11-Jan-2000The in form opening batsman RC Vasanth Kumar once again performed thestar turn for Saurashtra on the opening day of their West Zone RanjiTrophy league match against Baroda at the Municipal stadium in Rajkoton Monday. Having hit a bright 67 in the limited overs game the daybefore, Vasanth Kumar, who previously played for Tamil Nadu butswitched to Saurashtra this season, scored a well compiled 84 to helpSaurashtra to compile 245 for three at stumps.The home team, winning the toss, were given a fair start with VasanthKumar and AA Merchant (23) putting on 35 runs off 12.2 overs. ThenVasanth and skipper Sitanshu Kotak (42) consolidated with a secondwicket stand of 114 runs in a shade over three hours off 44.5overs. The left handed Kotak batted patiently. He faced 150 balls andhit four of them to the ropes. Vasanth who had dominated thepartnership was finally out at 177 in the 68th over. It was atypically neat and compat innings by the young opening batsman, whobatted 278 minutes. He faced 179 balls and hit 14 fours.PJ Bhatt (66) and BM Jadeja (19) then carried on the good work byadding 68 runs off 22.4 overs in an unbeaten fourth wicketpartnership. Bhatt who was the dominant partner faced 101 balls andhit eleven fours and a six.