Vinod Kambli went on to complete an unbeatendouble century as Mumbai played themselves into aposition of considerable strength at stumps on thesecond day of their West Zone Ranji Trophy leaguematch against Gujarat at the Wankhede stadium on
Partab Ramchand03-Dec-2000Vinod Kambli went on to complete an unbeatendouble century as Mumbai played themselves into aposition of considerable strength at stumps on thesecond day of their West Zone Ranji Trophy leaguematch against Gujarat at the Wankhede stadium onSunday.Resuming at 340 for four, Mumbai went on todeclare their innings at 521 for five off 138overs. The left handed Kambli, who was on 104 whenplay commenced, went on to remain unbeaten with203. The 28-yearold former Indian batsman batted338 minutes, faced 241 balls and hit 23 fours.With skipper Sameer Dighe (87), he added 234 runsfor the fifth wicket off 59.3 overs. Dighe batted220 minutes, faced 168 balls and hit 14 of them tothe ropes. Kambli and Sairaj Bahutule (24 not out)then belted the tired Gujarat attack during anunbroken sixth wicket partnership of 85 runs off18.2 overs before Dighe declared the inningsclosed.Gujarat were rocked early in their reply whenopeners Nilesh Modi (7) and Vivek Gandhi (0) leftwith only 34 runs on the board. But Niraj Patel(54) and Mukund Parmar (33 not out) added 44 runsfor the third wicket. Patel’s bright knock wascompiled off just 64 balls and he hit tenboundaries. The recovery process was continuedwith Mukund Parmar and Tejas Varsani (27) adding46 runs during an unbroken fourth wicketassociation which has so far lasted 14.4 overs.But Gujarat, at 124 for three, still have a lot ofwork ahead of them over the next two days.