Beat Baroda in opening zonal one- day match by 4wickets

Mumbai

Hosts Mumbai kicked off their campaign in the West Zone Vijay Hazare Trophy one- day tournament by defeating Baroda by four wickets in a low- scoring game at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.

Put in to bat on a slow track, Baroda struggled and were shot out for 183 in 49.3 overs to which Mumbai replied with 186 for 6 in 46 overs.

Ambati Rayudus 69 in 103 balls with 10 fours propped up the Baroda innings while the next best effort was from Yusuf Pathan who made a slow 30 in 54 balls with three fours.

The spoils were spread more or less evenly among left- arm slow bowler Ankit Chavan, who scalped three, new skipper Ajit Agarkar and fellow seamer Dhawal Kulkarni, who both grabbed two wickets.

Men- in- form Suryakumar Yadav and Abhishek Nayar contributed with identical scores of 38, with the former remaining unbeaten too, as Mumbai reached the target fairly comfortably.

Scores: Baroda 183 all out in 49.3 overs ( Ambati Rayudu 69, Yusuf Pathan 30; Ankit Chavan 3- 23, Ajit Agarkar 2- 23, Dhawal Kulkarni 2- 46) lost to Mumbai 186 for 6 in 46 overs ( Sushant Marathe 55, Suryakumar Yadav 38 not out, Abhishek Nayar 38) by 4 wickets.

Jadhav shines for Maharashtra MUMBAI: A hurricane century by Kedar Jadhav helped Maharashtra start their campaign on a winning note as they defeated Gujarat by 43 runs, in the West Zone leg Vijay Hazare Trophy, here on Wednesday.

Chasing a mammoth 331 in their 50 overs at the Mumbai Cricket Associations BKC Stadium here, Gujarat, despite the heroics of opener Priyank Panchal, who scored a brilliant 129 ( 117b, 4x17), were bowled out for 287 in the 46th over.

Brief scores: Maharashtra 330- 4 in 50 overs ( Kedar Jadhav 107 not out, Nikhil Paradkar 87 not out, Rohit Motwani 71, Ankit Bawne 52; Amit Singh 2- 60) beat Gujarat 287 all out in 45.2 overs ( Priyank Panchal 129, Niraj Patel 64; Samad Fallah 4- 48) by 43 runs.

Baroda batsman Ambati Rayudu on his way to 69 during the Vijay Hazare Trophy- West Zone match against Mumbai at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.