da bet vitoria： Gujarat batted themselves into a strong position at the end of theopening day of their match against Andhra at the Sardar Patel Stadium,Motera, Ahmedabad
Staff Reporter24-Jan-2002Gujarat batted themselves into a strong position at the end of theopening day of their match against Andhra at the Sardar Patel Stadium,Motera, Ahmedabad.After winning the toss, H Joshipura and ND Modi got the home team offto the best possible start. The duo piled on 224 runs for the firstwicket before Modi was dismissed just eight short of what would havebeen a deserved century. Joshipura, who followed almost immediately,though had the satisfaction of notching 113 well-made and patient runsagainst his name. When stumps were drawn, NK Patel and skipper MukundParmar were batting on 11 and 7 respectively.