Madhya Pradesh were in a spot of bother at 103 for three in reply to Baroda's decent first innings total of 358 riding on half-centuries from Deepak Hooda (85) and Saurabh Wakaskar (94) in a group league match of the Ranji Trophy Cricket tournament.
For MP, new ball bowler Puneet Datey grabbed 5 for 101 in 30 overs, which incidentally is his second five-wiccket haul in first-class cricket.
At stumps, Baroda were in command as right-arm medium pacer Sagar Manglorkar removed openers Sanjay Mishra (9), Jalaj Saxena (26) and No 3 Mohnish Mishra (18) to reduce MP to 65 for three before veterans Naman Ojha (19 batting) and Devendra Bundela (22 batting) avoided further damage with an unbroken stand of 38 runs.
Brief Scores: MP 1st Innings 358 (Saurabh Wakaskar 94, Deepak Hoda 85, Puneet Datey 5/101)
MP 1st innings 103/3 (Jalaj saxena 26, Devendra Bundela 22 batting, Naman Ojha 19 batting, Sagar Manglorkar 3/46).
