In the match at the Motibaug Cricket Ground in Baroda, both Baroda and Saurashtra ran up tall scores and the match meandered into a tame draw. Put in to bat, Baroda amassed 441 thanks to a painstaking century by R Solanki (145). Coming in at the fall of the third wicket with the score on 73, Solanki was the backbone of the innings. He was the eighth batsman to be dismissed after helping the score to 356. During a 414-minute stay at the crease, Solanki faced 322 balls and hit 15 boundaries and a six. He was ably supported by opener R Salvi (61) with whom he added 58 runs for the fourth wicket. The score was then helped along by some lusty hitting by H Ali (78). In reply, Saurashtra played out the rest of the match by scoring 336. The innings was held together by two good knocks by opener K Vaghele (82) and H Jadav (81). The wickets were shared by Hitshu Bachani (5 for 60) and Pathan Junior (4 for 71).

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