Irfan Pathan [Images] shone with the ball, as visitors Baroda took the upper hand against hosts Hyderabad on the second day of the Super League Group B Ranji Trophy encounter at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium on Saturday.

Irfan took four wickets for 71 runs as the hosts were restricted to 261.

Baroda were comfortably placed at 191 for 2 at the end of the day's play.

Sumit Singh helped Pathan from the other end by grabbing three wickets as Hyderabad could add only 41 more to their overnight total of 220/4.

In reply, Connor Williams scored a gritty, unbeaten 91 and shared a crucial 132-run second-wicket partnership with Azharuddin Bilakhia (68) to wrest the advantage for the visitors.

Scorecard

Hyderabad (1st innings):
D Manohar c & b Pawar 71
D Ravi Teja [Images] c Shah b IK Pathan 72
S Pai c Shah b Sumit Singh 62
M Shakeer c Shah b Pawar 17
A Yadav c Shah b YK Pathan 6
A Shinde b IK Pathan 11
H Ahmed b IK Pathan 0
P Ojha not out 2
S Shoaib c IK Pathan b Sumit Singh 1
A Yadav lbw b IK Pathan 0
A Lalith Mohan b Sumit Singh 5
Extras: (lb 9, w 4, nb 1) 14     
Total: (all out; 103.2 overs) 261

Fall of wickets: 1-131, 2-180, 3-208, 4-217, 5-238, 6-246, 7-253, 8-255, 9-256, 10-261 
 
Bowling: I Pathan 25-4-71-4, S Singh 16.2-3-39-3, A Chauhan 5-1-17-0, R Pawar 27-8-55-2, Y Pathan 28-6-69-1, K Panchal 2-1-1-0 

Baroda (1st innings):
C Williams not out 91 
S Parab c Shinde b Ojha 24
A Bilakhia c Pai b Ojha 68
R Solanki not out 6
Extras: (lb 2) 2     
Total: (2 wickets; 75 overs) 191 

Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-178

Bowling: S Shoaib 8-3-21-0, A Yadav 12-2-40-0, A Lalith Mohan 22-5-59-0, P Ojha 26-7-49-2, A Shinde 7-2-20-0.