Urvil Patel’s savage maiden First Class double century (210 not out, 227b, 17x4, 6x6) and the opening burst from the Gujarat medium-pacers left Kerala on the ropes at the end of the second day’s play in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Tuesday.

Kerala, in reply to Gujarat’ first innings total of 534 for nine declared, was reduced to 74 for three with captain Vishnu Vinod (21 batting) and Sachin Baby (14 batting) surviving a nervy half-an-hour before stumps.

Earlier, left-arm medium-pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla (two for 24) and Chintan Gaja (one for 30) dismantled Kerala’s top-order to drive home the advantage after the visitor reeled under a sensational assault by Urvil Patel before the tea break.

Earlier, in the morning, the overnight pair of Urvil and Vishal Jayswal seamlessly continued from where they left off on Monday. The duo put the Kerala attack under pressure by finding boundaries quite easily. Urvil continued to plunder runs against the spinners and picked out Aditya Sarvate for special treatment. Vishal was run-out for 77 following a mix-up with his partner. N.P. Basil briefly lifted the Kerala spirits by trapping Gaja in front for one.

However, debutant Amit Desai showed no nerves and proved to be an ideal ally for Urvil. Amit (36) also produced the big hits and helped Urvil add 78 runs for the eighth wicket before he became Saravte’s second victim.

There was no respite for Kerala as a defiant Siddharth Desai (18) joined Urvil to add 82 runs for the ninth wicket. Urvil changed gears as he neared the milestone, putting the Kerala attack to sword to reach his double century off 214 balls with a single off Sarvate.

The scores: Gujarat — 1st innings: Abhishek Desai c Rohan b Nidheesh 42, Aarya Desai c Vishnu b Vaisakh 95, Vedant Trivedi c Rohan b Basil 9, Manan Hingrajia c Azharuddeen b Jalaj 33, Jaymeet Patel st. Azharuddeen b Sarvate 1, Urvil Patel (not out) 210, Vishal Jayswal run out 77, Chintan Gaja lbw b Basil 1, Amit Desai lbw b Sarvate 36, Siddharth Desai c Azharuddeen b Basil 18; Extras (b-4, lb-3, wd-5): 12; Total (for nine wkts. decl. in 144.2 overs): 534

Fall of wickets: 1-116, 2-138, 3-180, 4-182, 5-189, 6-368, 7-374, 8-452, 9-534.

Kerala bowling: Nidheesh 29-3-104-1, Basil 23.2-4-80-3, Jalaj 40-2-112-1, Sarvate 25-2-146-2 Vaisakh 26-3-83-1, Varun 1-0-2-0.

Kerala — 1st innings: Abhishek P. Nair c Urvil b Nagwaswalla 10, Rohan S. Kunnummal c sub (Priyesh) b Nagwaswalla 11, Varun Nayanar c Hingrajia b Gaja 17, Sachin Baby (batting) 14, Vishnu Vinod (batting) 21; Extas (w-1): 1; Total (for three wkts. in 23 overs): 74

Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-21, 3-28.

Gujarat bowling: Gaja 8-2-30-1, Nagwaswalla 6-2-24-2, Amit 1-0-6-0, Siddharth 6-3-8-0, Jayswal 2-0-6-0.