
Ranji Trophy: Siddharth Desai Registers Best Bowling Figures For Gujarat To Dismantle UttarakhandSiddharth Desai picked up 9 wickets to help Gujarat dismantle Uttarakhand.
Young left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai’s the best bowling figures by a Gujarat player in first-class cricket, dismantled Uttarakhand on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match here on Thursday.
The previous best bowling figures for Gujarat was 8 for 21 by Jasubhai Patel in 1960-61.
Asked to bowl, Desai wreaked havoc with the new ball as he picked up wickets at will to destroy Uttarakhand.
Uttarakhand batters had no clue against Desai’s guile as he ran through through the visitors’ batting line-up, picking up wickets from the fifth over of the innings to bundle out the opposition for 111 in 30 overs.
Desai missed a perfect 10 as fellow left-arm orthodox bowler Vishal Jayswal picked up the last wicket of Harsh Patwal.
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