Maharashtra kept piling up the runs on the secondday of their West Zone Ranji Trophy league matchagainst Saurashtra at Rajkot on Sunday before theydeclared at 539 for six after the innings lasted168 overs

Partab Ramchand03-Dec-2000Maharashtra kept piling up the runs on the secondday of their West Zone Ranji Trophy league matchagainst Saurashtra at Rajkot on Sunday before theydeclared at 539 for six after the innings lasted168 overs. At stumps, Saurashtra starting theirlong haul, were 41 for no loss off 10 overs.Overnight not out batsmen Surendra Bhave andHrishikesh Kanitkar carried on from where theyleft off on Saturday. Their second wicketassociation was worth 313 runs off 99.5 oversbefore Kanitkar was bowled by Hitesh Parsana for190. Kanitkar batted 394 minutes, faced 304 ballsand hit 27 fours and three sixes. A little later,Bhave was finally out for 149 after having batted519 minutes. The veteran faced 384 balls and hit15 fours and a six. Abhijit Kale (55) and SagarShah (45 not out) then flogged the tiredSaurashtra attack before the declaration.Saurashtra openers Sudhir Tanna (23) and PrashantJoshi (12) batted confidently in the final overstill stumps were drawn. But it is a long, hardroad that Saurashtra still has to traverse.