Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Arun Karthik	c Desai b Gaja	20	29	38	4	0	68.96
Ponnan Rahul	c Merai b Desai	6	26	46	1	0	23.07
Rohan Prem	c Merai b Gaja	19	64	90	2	0	29.68
Sanju Samson	c Bhatt b Chawla	51	83	135	6	2	61.44
Sachin Baby (c)	b Chawla	49	80	100	6	0	61.25
Jalaj Saxena	not out	30	76	107	4	0	39.47
Mohammed Azharuddeen †	c Juneja b Desai	11	10	12	1	1	110.00
Akshay Chandran	c Gohel b Desai	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Sijomon Joseph	c Gohel b Chawla	1	3	5	0	0	33.33
MD Nidheesh	c Gohel b Chawla	9	18	18	2	0	50.00
Sandeep Warrier	c Bhatt b Chawla	0	14	14	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 6)	12
Total	66.5 Ov (RR: 3.11, 290 Mins)	208
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Arun Karthik, 8.1 ov), 2-32 (Ponnan Rahul, 9.4 ov), 3-83 (Rohan Prem, 26.5 ov), 4-127 (Sanju Samson, 40.4 ov), 5-172 (Sachin Baby, 52.3 ov), 6-187 (Mohammed Azharuddeen, 55.6 ov), 7-189 (Akshay Chandran, 57.2 ov), 8-190 (Sijomon Joseph, 58.1 ov), 9-204 (MD Nidheesh, 62.5 ov), 10-208 (Sandeep Warrier, 66.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Mehul Patel	6	1	22	0	3.66	-	-	-	3
Chintan Gaja	10	5	13	2	1.30	-	-	-	0
Siddharth Desai	27	6	90	3	3.33	-	-	-	1
Piyush Chawla	19.5	3	69	5	3.47	-	-	-	1
Rujul Bhatt	4	0	8	0	2.00	-	-	-	1

Gujarat 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Samit Gohel	c Samson b Chandran	69	172	259	7	0	40.11
Priyank Panchal	c Sachin Baby b Nidheesh	18	21	35	3	0	85.71
Bhargav Merai	c Sachin Baby b Chandran	7	32	43	0	0	21.87
Chintan Gaja	lbw b Jalaj S Saxena	33	81	123	3	1	40.74
Parthiv Patel (c)†	lbw b Jalaj S Saxena	3	15	23	0	0	20.00
Manprit Juneja	c Sachin Baby b Joseph	19	46	58	2	0	41.30
Rujul Bhatt	b Jalaj S Saxena	44	97	163	3	1	45.36
Chirag Gandhi	lbw b Chandran	91	145	204	12	1	62.75
Piyush Chawla	lbw b Nidheesh	7	20	23	0	0	35.00
Mehul Patel	c Chandran b Nidheesh	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Siddharth Desai	not out	0	10	38	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 12, nb 4)	16
Total	106.3 Ov (RR: 2.88, 491 Mins)	307
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Priyank Panchal, 7.3 ov), 2-54 (Bhargav Merai, 16.6 ov), 3-123 (Chintan Gaja, 43.5 ov), 4-140 (Parthiv Patel, 49.2 ov), 5-151 (Samit Gohel, 57.2 ov), 6-164 (Manprit Juneja, 63.4 ov), 7-254 (Rujul Bhatt, 92.1 ov), 8-279 (Piyush Chawla, 97.2 ov), 9-279 (Mehul Patel, 97.6 ov), 10-307 (Chirag Gandhi, 106.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Sandeep Warrier	11	1	57	0	5.18	-	-	-	4
Akshay Chandran	24.3	6	52	3	2.12	-	-	-	0
MD Nidheesh	19	4	58	3	3.05	-	-	-	0
Sijomon Joseph	13	2	30	1	2.30	-	-	-	0
Jalaj Saxena	38	7	95	3	2.50	-	-	-	0
Rohan Prem	1	0	3	0	3.00	-	-	-	0

Kerala 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mohammed Azharuddeen †	c †PA Patel b Desai	0	8	14	0	0	0.00
Jalaj Saxena	lbw b Chawla	15	55	73	2	0	27.27
Rohan Prem	b Bhatt	9	39	55	1	0	23.07
Sanju Samson	lbw b Chawla	28	32	41	0	3	87.50
Sachin Baby (c)	c Panchal b Desai	59	118	157	8	0	50.00
Arun Karthik	c Desai b Chawla	69	148	189	6	1	46.62
Ponnan Rahul	c Merai b Desai	6	23	20	1	0	26.08
Akshay Chandran	c Gohel b Desai	1	13	8	0	0	7.69
Sijomon Joseph	lbw b Desai	6	17	37	1	0	35.29
MD Nidheesh	b Desai	6	3	11	0	1	200.00
Sandeep Warrier	not out	0	4	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 1)	4
Total	76.3 Ov (RR: 2.65, 311 Mins)	203
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Mohammed Azharuddeen, 3.2 ov), 2-24 (Rohan Prem, 16.5 ov), 3-24 (Jalaj Saxena, 17.1 ov), 4-59 (Sanju Samson, 27.3 ov), 5-158 (Sachin Baby, 56.2 ov), 6-167 (Ponnan Rahul, 62.3 ov), 7-169 (Akshay Chandran, 63.6 ov), 8-197 (Sijomon Joseph, 74.6 ov), 9-197 (Arun Karthik, 75.2 ov), 10-203 (MD Nidheesh, 76.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chintan Gaja	3	2	5	0	1.66	-	-	-	0
Siddharth Desai	26.3	7	80	6	3.01	-	-	-	0
Mehul Patel	8	1	13	0	1.62	-	-	-	0
Rujul Bhatt	18	6	36	1	2.00	-	-	-	1
Piyush Chawla	21	2	66	3	3.14	-	-	-	0

Gujarat 2nd Innings (T: 105 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Samit Gohel	c Sachin Baby b Chandran	9	31	37	1	0	29.03
Priyank Panchal	run out (†Mohammed Azharuddeen)	30	77	116	5	0	38.96
Chintan Gaja	c Samson b Chandran	4	20	25	0	0	20.00
Bhargav Merai	c sub (Vishnu Vinod) b Jalaj S Saxena	21	61	95	3	0	34.42
Manprit Juneja	c †Mohammed Azharuddeen b Jalaj S Saxena	9	25	37	1	0	36.00
Parthiv Patel (c)†	not out	18	22	34	2	0	81.81
Rujul Bhatt	b Sachin Baby	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Chirag Gandhi	not out	11	16	25	1	0	68.75
Extras	(lb 6)	6
Total	42.3 Ov (RR: 2.54, 189 Mins)	108/6
Did not bat: Mehul Patel, Piyush Chawla, Siddharth Desai
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Samit Gohel, 9.4 ov), 2-31 (Chintan Gaja, 15.4 ov), 3-55 (Priyank Panchal, 27.1 ov), 4-75 (Manprit Juneja, 35.2 ov), 5-80 (Bhargav Merai, 35.6 ov), 6-81 (Rujul Bhatt, 36.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
MD Nidheesh	3	0	7	0	2.33	-	-	-
Akshay Chandran	14.3	2	37	2	2.55	-	-	-
Jalaj Saxena	14	3	16	2	1.14	-	-	-
Sandeep Warrier	5	1	15	0	3.00	-	-	-
Sijomon Joseph	4	1	16	0	4.00	-	-	-
Sachin Baby	2	0	11	1	5.50	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 14 Oct - day 1 - Gujarat 1st innings 60/2 (Samit Gohel 26*, Chintan Gaja 2*, 20 ov)

Sun, 15 Oct - day 2 - Gujarat 1st innings 307/9 (Chirag Gandhi 91*, Siddharth Desai 0*, 106 ov)

Mon, 16 Oct - day 3 - Gujarat 2nd innings 22/1 (Priyank Panchal 13*, Chintan Gaja 0*, 13 ov)

Tue, 17 Oct - day 4 - Gujarat 2nd innings 108/6 (42.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

GS Patel Stadium, Nadiad
Toss	Kerala, elected to bat first
Series	Ranji Trophy
Season	2017/18
Player Of The Match	Siddharth Desai
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days	14,15.16,17 October 2017 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Sijomon Joseph Siddharth Desai
Umpires	Krishnamachari Bharatan Subrat Das
Match Referee	Shakti Singh
Points	Gujarat 6, Kerala 0

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Gujarat Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MD Nidheesh	3	0	7	0	2.33
AR Chandran	14.3	2	37	2	2.55
Jalaj S Saxena	14	3	16	2	1.14
S Sandeep Warrier	5	1	15	0	3
S Joseph	4	1	16	0	4
Sachin Baby	2	0	11	1	5.5

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