The speedsters did the trick for Andhra Pradesh in a seven-wicket victory over Baroda on the penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy Elite 'A' cricket match in Vadodara on Monday.
Pacemen Shabuddin, Kalyan Krishna and M S K Prasad captured three wickets each today as the hosts were bundled out for 105 in their second innings in 40.1 overs.
Needing 92 runs for victory, Andhra reached the target losing three wickets. Amit Pathak, K A Faiyazahmed and Venuggopal Rao were the batsmen out.
Andhra captain Prasad, ignored for the India team to play at home against Sri Lanka 'A', put behind the disappointment to lead his team to victory and retain its position behind Mumbai and Delhi in the Elite 'A' group.
This is Andhra's first victory in the Ranji Trophy this season and gives them four points.
Scoreboard:
Baroda (1st innings): 216
Andhra (1st innings): 230
Baroda (2nd innings):
S Parab b Shabuddin 6
C Williams c Venugopalarao b Shankararao 17
N Mongia c MSK Prasad b Kalayanakrishna 0
J Martin c Pathak b Shabuddin 0
T Arothe C Shankararao b Kalyanakrishna 12
S Gaekwad c Fiaz Ahmed b R V Ch Prasad 14
A Bhoite b Kalyanakrishna 0
R Pawar c and b Shabuddin 13
I Pathan Jr LBW b R V Ch Prasad 12
R Patel c Venugopalarao b R V Ch Prasad 0
S Joshi not out 13
Extras: (b-14, lb-1, nb-1, w-2) 18
Total: (all out in 41 overs) 105
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-34, 3-34, 4-38, 5-49, 6-49, 7-73, 8-74, 9-74.
Bowling: K S Shabuddin 19-11-31-3, Kalayanakrishna 15-5-32-3, R V Ch Prasad 5-2-19-3, M N Vikram Verma 1-0-8-0, G Shankararao 1-0-0-1.
Andhra (2nd innings):
A Pathak lbw Patel 0
M Suresh not out 32
Fiaz Ahmed c Mongia b Patel 4
Y Venugopalarao lbw I Pathan Jr 11
M S K Prasad not out 26
Extras: (b-14, lb-5) 19
Total: (for three wickets in 27.3 overs) 92
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-18, 3-43
Bowling: Rakesh Patel 9-4-23-2, Irfan Pathan jr 13-3-33-1, Shekhar Joshi 4-0-12-0, Rajesh Pawar 3.3-0-5-0.
