Nagpur, Nov 18 (PTI) Pacer Darshan Nalkande (4/7) struck four times to rock the Baroda top-order and put Vidarbha in the driver’s seat on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match here on Tuesday.

Set a target of 276, Baroda were tottering at 73 for five in their second innings when the stumps were drawn on the third evening.

With half their side back in the dressing room, it could be an extremely difficult task for the visiting side Baroda to get the remaining 203 runs and claim an outright victory on a challenging fourth day pitch at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium.

Following up his first-innings 40 not out, middle-order batter Yash Rathod proved to be the fulcrum around which the Vidarbha second innings revolved.

The 25-year-old Rathod worked hard to play what could

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