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Baroda: Railways fought their heart out but Baroda qualified for the Ranji Trophy semifinals on the basis of their first innings lead as their quarterfinal clash ended in a draw on Monday.
The average first effort, both in batting and bowling, cost Railways dear as they were always doing the catch up job after that, though their performance improved as the match progressed.
Railways resumed the final day at 220 for four and declared their second innings at 366 for eight to set a 199-run victory target.
Overnight batsman Prashant Awasthi completed his century before being run out at 125.
Apart from Awasthi, Dhiran Salvi (40) and Yere Goud (28 not out) played good hands down the order to give Railways bowlers one last chance to make it a fight.
However, Baroda were as dominant as they were at the start of match, ending the day at a solid 136 for three to walk out with a draw and a semifinal berth.
Connor Williams was unbeaten on 52 while first innings centurion Kedar Devdhar put up another good show of batting with his 55, which had nine boundaries.
Devdhar was bowled by Karan Sharma. Opener Jaikishan Kolsawala made 18 runs before being trapped by Jai Prakash Yadav.
The third Baroda wicket fell in form of run out of Rakesh Solanki (1).
Brief scores
Railways 248 and 366 for 8 decl (Awasthi 125)
Baroda 416 (Devdhar 122, Jai P Yadav 3-63) and 136 for 3
Result Match drawn
Status Baroda reach in Semi-final
