Odisha brightened their chances of taking first-innnings lead as they progressed 422 for five after resuming at the overnight score of 316 for five. But the opportunity went a-begging as the last five wickets fell for only 23 runs. The collapse of the lower-half of the innings stared with the dismissal of Senapati, who hit 22 boundaries in his majestic 395-ball knock. Before his exit, Senapati put on 150 runs for the sixth-wicket partnership with Dhuper. This was the second first-class century for the Keonjhar batsman, who was adjudged the player of the match.

Wicket-keeper Dhuper cemented his place in the team with a 179-ball 86, which included eight boundaries and three sixes. This was the second first-class fifty for Dhuper, following memorable 97 against Tamil Nadu at DRIEMS Ground, Tangi, Cuttack earlier this month.

Odisha started their firset-innings with a jolt as opener Natraj Behera got out without adding to his overnight score of 24. But Senapati and Shantanu Mishra steadied the innings with a 103-run partnership for the fourth wicket. After Misha was dismissed for 46, Senapati and Samantaray bolstered the innings, putting on 105 runs in their fifth-wicket stand. But after notching his 16th first-class fifty and third in a row, Samantaray was dismissed for 55.

Earlier, Baroda mustered the massive total thanks to Kedar Devdhar, Vishun Solanki and Ninad Rathwa hitting a century each. Solanki and Rathwa compiled 155 runs for the eighth wicket partnership to put home team in a commanding position.

Odisha vice-captain Basant Mohanty was most successful bowler for Odisha, bagging five wickets for 85 runs. This was the 17th five-wicket haul for senior pacer Mohanty in first-class cricket. Odisha will play their sixth and last league match against Madhya Pradesh at Indore from November 25.

SCOREBOARD

BARODA (1st innings): Kedar Devdhar c Mohanty b Samantaray 104, Aditya Waghmode c Dhuper b Mohanty 52, Vishnu Solanki c Poddar b Mohanty 109, Deepak Hooda b Poddar 51, Swapnil Singh c Samantaray b Pradhan 19, Mitesh Patel c Pattanaik b Mohanty 2, Atit Sheth c Pattanaik b Mohanty 2, Dhruv Patel c Rawat (sub) b Mohanty 16, Ninad Rathwa b Sahoo 115, Kartik Kakade c Rawat (sub) b Pradhan 16, Lukman Meriwala (not out) 1; Extras (b-5, lb-4, w-5, nb-2) 16
Total (All out; 137.4 overs) 503
Fall of wickets: 1-152 (Waghmode, 50.1 ov), 2-169 (Devdhar, 54.1), 3-239 (Hooda, 72.5), 4-285 (S Singh, 91.2), 5-292 (M Patel, 94.1), 6-298 (Sheth, 98.5), 7-316 (D Patel, 102.5), 8-471 (V Solanki, 129.5), 9-492 (Kakade, 136.2), 10-503 (Rathwa, 137.4)
Bowling: Suryakant Pradhan 24-5-95-2, Basant Mohanty 32-5-85-5, Alok Sahoo 23.4-3-108-1, Biplab Samantaray 17-4-41-1, Dhiraj Singh 21-1-81-0, Govinda Poddar 19-3-72-1, Shantanu Mishra 1-0-12-0.

ODISHA (1st innings): Sandeep Pattanaik c S Singh b Meriwala 13, Natraj Behera c M Patel b Solanki 24, Govinda Poddar c M Patel b Solanki 19, Subhransu Senapati c Sheth b S Singh 173, Shantanu Mishra c A Pathan (Sub) b Rathva 46, Biplab Samantaray lbw D Patel 55, Rajesh Dhuper c Meriwala b S Singh 86, Alok Sahoo c Rathwa b S Singh 0, Suryakant Pradhan c Waghmode b S Singh 2, Basant Mohanty (not out) 0, Dhiraj Singh c M Patel b S Singh 0; Extras (b-17, lb-3, nb-2, w-5) 27
Total (All out; 166 overs) 445
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Pattanaik, 11.3 ov), 2-57 (Poddar, 26.2), 3-64 (N Behera, 32.5), 4-167 (S Mishra, 72.2), 5-272 (Samantaray, 106.4), 6-422 (Senapati, 157.3), 7-440 (Sahoo, 161.4), 8-443 (Dhuper, 163.4), 9-445 (Pradhan, 165.4), 10-445 (D Singh, 165.6)
Bowling: A Sheth 33-5-86-0, L Meriwala 33-8-93-1, Dhruv Patel 18-0-63-1, V Solanki 15-5-48-2, N Rathwa 20-4-49-1, D Hooda 5-3-7-0, Swapnil Singh 31-12-50-5, K Kakade 11-2-29-0.

BARODA (2nd innings): A Waghmode (not out) 101, V Solanki c Poddar b D Singh 53, D Hooda (not out) 100; Extras (nb-1, w-4) 5
Total (1 wicket; 43.5 overs) 259
Fall of wicket: 1/86 (Solanki, 16.6 ov)
Bowling: S Pradhan 5-0-10-0, A Sahoo 8-0-51-0, D Singh 15-0-85-1, B Samantaray 5.5-1-53-0, S Mishra 1-0-10-0, G Poddar 9-0-50-0
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TOP: Odisha batsman Subhranshu Senapati poses after scoring an unbeaten century in their Ranji Trophy match against Baroda at Vadodara on Nov 19, 2017.
RIGHGT: Pace bowler Basant Mohanty after taking his 17th five-wicket haul in First-Class cricket at Vadodara on November 18, 2017.