Off-spinner Ajit Bhoite justified his inclusion in the team with a four-wicket haul which helped Baroda bowl out Haryana for 171 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite division Group 'A' match at Motibag ground in Vadodara on Monday.

• Ranji Trophy 2006-07

At close of the day's play, the hosts were 41 for the loss of two wickets. Connor Williams (20) and Rajesh Pawar (0) were at the crease.

Bhoite was included in the team as a replacement for out-of-form Yusuf Pathan, elder brother of Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan.

Earlier, Haryana skipper Joginder Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first. However, his team lost 6 wickets for 97 runs at lunch and another two before tea at the score of 163.

Sandeep Singh top scored for Haryana while Baroda bowling spearhead Rakesh Patel claimed three wickets conceding 41 runs.

Scorecard:

Haryana (first innings):
Sumit Sharam  b R Patel                     00
Ankit Rawat c Dishant Mehta b R Pawar       27
Sunny Singh c S Gaekwed b K Panchal         01
Joon c J Martin b A Bhoite                  23
Sachin Rana run out                         18
Mahesh Rawat c Shatrunjay Gaekwad b Bhoite  16
Sandeep Singh c Sathrunjay Gaekwad b Bhoite 30
Joginder Sharma b R Patel                   22
Amit Mishra c Dishant Mehta b Bhoite        17
Gaurav Vashsht  not out                     01
Sanjay Bbudhwar b R Patel                   01
Extra  (LB 2, NB 12, W 1 )                  15
Total  (all out in 79.2 overs )             171

Fall of wickets: 1/00, 2/03, 3/49, 4/59, 5/90, 6/97, 7/128, 8/161, 9/170, 10/171

Bowling: Rakesh Patel 17.2-3-48-3, Ketan Panchal 5-4-02-1, Rajesh Pawar 21-7-40-1,  Ajit Bhoite 27-8-61-4, Dishant Mehta 9-2-18-0

Baroda (first innings):
Connor Williams   batting           20
Satyajit Parab lbw J Sharma         13
Rakesh Solanki lbw Sharma            4
Rajesh Pawar Batting                 0
Extra   (LB 1, NB 1, W 2 )           4
Total   (for 2 wickets in 11 overs) 41

Fall of wickets:  1/20, 2/41

Bowling: Joginder Sharma 5-2-20-2, Sanjay Budhwar 3-0-11-0, Sachin Rana 1-0-09-0, Gaurav Vashshist 2-2-00-0