Kerala 206 for 4 (Baby 69*, Saxena 30, Bishnoi 1-33, Jadeja 1-33) vs Gujarat
Baby, who had by then reached his first half-century since the Ranji Trophy’s resumption for the second leg, buckled down further to grind the bowling in Mohammed Azharuddeen’s company as the pair saw off the last hour and a bit without further damage.
Gujarat won’t be too disappointed with their efforts on a day where the surface offered precious little for both fast bowlers and spinners. Bishnoi was comfortably the pick of the bowlers, his 15 overs bringing him 1 for 33, primarily because he was quicker through the air and was, at times, able to cause the batters to be indecisive in their footwork.
The rest of the bowlers, especially the faster ones, were largely accurate but didn’t have the pace to trouble the batters.
