Baroda amassed 318 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their first innings on Day One of the Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow on Saturday.

Baroda had a bad start as medium pacer Praveen Kumar drew first blood in the form of skipper Connor Williams's wicket. But they rallied thereafter through a second wicket stand of 119 runs between Satyajit Parab (71) and Azhar Bilakhia (48).

Yusuf Pathan (37) and Irfan Pathan [Images] (57) later came up with entertaining knocks to swell Baroda's total.

For the hosts team, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla and Suresh Raina claimed three wickets each.

Scorecard

Baroda (1st innings):
 C Williams c TM Srivastava b Kumar 1
 S Parab c Amir Khan b Piyush Chawla 71
 A Bilakhia c Ravikant Shukla b Kumar 48
 R Solanki c Kaif b Raina 57
 P Shah b Kumar 3
 Y Pathan c Kaif b Piyush Chawla 37
 I Pathan b Raina 57
 A Chauhan c Ravikant Shukla b Piyush Chawla 12
 K Panchal c Kaif b Raina 0
 R Pawar not out 13
 Sumit Singh not out 7.
 Extras: (b 3, lb 6, w 3) 12     
Total (for 9 wickets; 91 overs): 318

Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-123, 3-139, 4-142, 5-208, 6-259, 7-292, 8-298, 9-300.

Bowling: P Kumar 24-6-76-3; S Tyagi 11-5-29-0 (1w); RP Srivastava 5-0-21-0 (2w), Piyush Chawla 23-5-94-3; P Gupta 12-0-49-0; S Raina 16-1-40-3.

Uttar Pradesh: M Kaif, S Raina, R Srivastava, T Srivastava, Ravikant Shukla, Amir Khan, P Kumar, Piyush Chawla, S Tyagi, T Abbas, P Gupta