Rajkot Feb 19 PTI Gujarat took a 57-run first innings lead in the Elite A group Ranji Trophy game against Madhya Pradesh here on Saturday but the central team fought back in their second essayHaving shot out Madhya Pradesh for 274 in their first essay Gujarat managed to post 331 courtesy a vital 54 by Karan Patel who hit 10 boundaries and equally important 32 by Roosh KalariaGujarat was trailing by just 30 runs when they resumed their innings and it was Karan Patel who added 14 runs to his overnight scoreKalaria also frustrated the MP bowlers hammering six boundaries and when he fell Gujarat had already gone past MPs first innings totalThe number 10 and number 11 batters -- Arzan Nagwaswalla 18 and Siddharth Desai 23 not out also chipped in with vital contributions as they added 41 runs for the last wicket and rubbed salt on the opposition woundsIn the second essay Shubham Sharma 70 not out the top-scorer of the first innings once again stood tall for MP and hammered a decent Gujarat attack into submissionAfter MP lost openers cheaply Sharma and the experienced campaigner Rajat Patidar 53 8x4 2x6 steadied the ship by adding 92 runs for the third wicketBut Gujarat stormed back removing Patidar and rival skipper Aditya Srivastava 31 in quick successionWhen stumps were drawn Sharma who hammered eight boundaries had Yash Dubey 14 not out for company as MP extended their overall lead to 145 runsBrief Scores Madhya Pradesh 274 all out and 2024 Shubham Sharma 70 not out Rajat Patidar 53 Chintan Gaja 233 against Gujarat 331 all out Het Patel 72 Karan Patel 54 Ishwar Pandey 572 Gourav Yadav 489 MP lead by 145 runsAt Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium Ground C Meghalaya 148 and 191 Chirag Khurana 75 Dippu Sangma 55 not out Basil Thampi 443 Jalaj Saxena 328 versus Kerala 5059 declared Rahul P 147 Rohan Kunnummal 107 Vathsal Govind 106 not out Aryan Bora 3105 Chirag Khurana 3130 Kerala won by an innings and 166 runs PTI NRB ATK ATK