A spirited performance by Baroda earned them two points on the final day of the Elite Group B Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra which ended in a draw in Pune on Friday.

Resuming at the overnight 328 for four, Maharashtra lost their remaining six wickets for just 59 runs.

Dhruv Mohan, who was batting on 87, went on to score a fabulous 101 though wickets fell around him. First to go was Ranjit Khirid (6), out lbw after adding just five more runs.

The wrecker-in-chief for Baroda was Rajesh Pawar, who claimed five wickets for 79 runs in 37 overs.

After taking the vital first innings lead of 59 runs, Baroda began the second innings on a more authoritative note, slamming 189 for one in 48 overs.

Opener S Parab crafted a well-made century, studded with 12 fours off 136 balls in 207 minutes. At stumps, Parab and K Powar were undefeated on 100 and 64 runs respectively.

Scoreboard

Baroda (1^st innings): 446

Maharashtra (1^st innings): 387
Niranjan Godbole c N Mongia b S joshi 53
Kunal Marathe b R Pawar 110
Hrishikesh Kanitkar c N Mongia b R Patel 28
Kaushik Aphale c K Powar b R Pawar 10
Dhruv Mohan st N Mongia b R Pawar 101
Ranjit Khirid lbw R Pawar 6
Kashinath Khadkikar b R Pawar 24
Satyajit Satbhai c N Mongia b R Pawar 2
Iqbal Siddiqui c N Mongia b R Pawar 8
Kiran Adhav c J Martin b R Patel 0
Anupam Sanklecha not out 0

Extras: (lb-16, nb-29) 45

Total: (all out in 148.3 overs) 387

Fall of wickets: 1-112, 2-161, 3-188, 4-323, 5-342, 6-359, 7-361, 8-385, 9-387.

Bowling: Rakesh Patel 39.3-7-104-3, Irfan Pathan (Sr) 28-7-79-0, Shekhar Joshi 27-9-59-1, Rajesh Pawar 37-6-79-5, Yousuf Pathan 17-1-50-1.

Baroda (2^nd innings):
C Williams c D Mohan b K Adhav 16
S Parab not out 100
K Powar not out 64

Extras: (b-1, lb-3, nb-3, wb-2) 9

Total: (for one wicket in 48 overs) 189

Fall of wickets: 1-46

Bowling: I Siddiqui 8-1-31-0, K Adhav 6-1-14-1, A Sanklecha 10-2-24-0, R Khirid 11-0-58-0, K Khadkikar 13-1-58-0.