Baroda beat Bihar by 10 wickets in their Ranji Trophy match at Reliance Stadium, Vadodara, needing only 1.1 overs to finish the job in their second innings.
Bihar won the toss and elected to bat, but were bowled out for 166 in 53 overs. BK Saurabh top-scored with 58 off 93 balls, including seven fours and two sixes, before he was bowled by Bhatt. Aditya Raj made 26 and MK Mahrour 19. Raj Limbani led the Baroda attack with 4 for 32 from 13 overs, and Bhargav Bhatt took 2 for 17 from 5.
Baroda replied with 416 in 114.1 overs. PS Moliya anchored the innings with 132 off 233 balls, hitting 19 fours, while DJ Hooda made 70 off 85 and MV Pithiya 61 off 143. Limbani added 44 off 52 balls before he was run out to end the innings at 416/10. For Bihar, Amod Yadav took 5 for 139 from 29 overs and Suraj Kashyap 2 for 62 from 29.1.
Bihar's second innings centred on Mahrour, who scored 138 off 200 balls with 17 fours and three sixes. He and AA Loharuka, who made 49 off 112, took Bihar to 203/3 before Loharuka fell. Bihar then lost their last seven wickets, Mahrour's among them at 226/6, and were all out for 251 in 76.2 overs.
Bhatt was the pick of the Baroda bowlers with 6 for 53 from 29 overs, including two wickets in two balls to remove Aditya Raj and Amod Yadav at 234. Mahesh Pithiya finished with 3 for 40 from 18.2 overs.
Baroda reached 4/0 in 1.1 overs to seal the win, with SS Sharma hitting a four off the only ball he faced and Moliya unbeaten on 0.