Vadodara, Nov 10 (PTI) Baroda middle-order batter Shashwat Rawat struck a gritty century but could not stop table-toppers Jharkhand from taking a huge 215-run first-innings lead in their Ranji Tropy Group A match here on Monday.

Rawat, who was unbeaten on 20 overnight, dug in his heels on day three to score 106 off 230 deliveries and help Baroda reach 291 all out in reply to Jharkhand’s first-innings total of 506.

At stumps, Jharkhand were 10 for one, and ahead by 225 runs overall.

It wasn’t an appealing sight watching Rawat slug it out at a snail’s pace after Baroda had been reduced to 78 for 3 on Sunday.

Rawat’s entire innings produced five boundaries and a six, though his 123-run partnership for the fifth wicket with keeper-batter Mitesh Patel (61 off 147 balls) probably denied Jhar

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