The former’s five-for and the latter’s century hand Shaw’s males total lead of 794 runs with seven wickets in hand
The former’s five-for and the latter’s century hand Shaw’s males total lead of 794 runs with seven wickets in hand
Shams Mulani and Yashasvi Jaiswal emerged as the celebrities of the day as Mumbai had Uttarakhand on the mat on the third day of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal on the Alur Cricket Ground 2 on Wednesday.
Mulani’s fifth five-wicket haul (5/39) of the season meant Mumbai bundled out Uttarakhand for a paltry 114 runs at lunch. Despite a match-winning lead of 533 runs, Mumbai opted to provide its top-order one other go on the Uttarakhand bowlers.
Jaiswal (103, 150b, 10×4, 2×6), taking part in solely his second First Class match, then made the many of the alternative to steer the run-feast. At stumps, with captain Prithvi Shaw and Aditya Tare, promoted within the order in a bid to spice up his confidence, additionally scoring fifties, Mumbai was 261 for 3, with an unassailable lead of 794 runs.
Much earlier than Shaw’s scratchy-yet-flamboyant knock, Jaiswal’s left-handed aptitude and Tare’s spectacular driving within the final two classes, the morning session sealed the destiny of the match. It took Mumbai bowlers solely 30.1 overs to snare the remaining eight Uttarakhand wickets for simply 75 runs.
On a pitch that had began behaving awkwardly, with the odd-ball protecting low, Dhawal Kulkarni began the rout. The veteran pacer trapped Kunal Chandela off the primary ball he bowled within the morning. Seasoned professional Robin Bist then tried to settle the ship with left-handed Kamal Singh going for his photographs.
Kamal was lucky to have been caught behind off Tushar Deshpande’s no-ball. But Deshpande then performed a vital position in seeing the again of Kamal, lunging ahead at deep square-leg to take an outstanding catch to provide Mulani his first wicket.
The in-form spinner then went on a roll. He was aided within the discipline as nicely, with captain Shaw taking a spectacular catch diving to his proper to take Dikshanshu Negi’s catch. Mulani learn the situations completely and switched from across the wicket to over the wicket.
It paid wealthy dividends because the Uttarakhand middle- and lower-order was discovered clueless towards the left-arm spinner. Mohit Avasthi, in the meantime, bought the important thing wicket of Bist with one which rose excessive on the batter and Jaiswal didn’t falter at level.
Later within the afternoon, Shaw raised his highest rating for the season with a strokeful innings. With Uttarakhand using spinners more often than not, the Mumbai batters used their toes nicely. Both Jaiswal and Tare gave away their wickets moments after crossing their milestones.
The scores:
Mumbai — 1st innings: 647/8 decl.
Uttarakhand — 1st innings: Kamal Singh c Deshpande 27, Jay Bista c Tare b Deshpande 0, Mayank Mishra c Deshpande b Avasthi 4, Kunal Chandela lbw b Kulkarni 8, Robin Bist c Jaiswal b Avasthi 25, Swapnil Singh c Shaw b Mulani 9, Dikshanshu Negi c Shaw b Mulani 12, Shivam Khurana c Sarfaraz b Mulani 7, Agrim Tiwari b Mulani 0, Akash Madhwal c & b Kotian 0, Deepak Dhapola (not out) 4; Extras (b-2, lb-2, nb-1) 5; Total (in 41.1 overs): 114.
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-23, 3-39, 4-71, 5-85, 6-91, 7-109, 8-109, 9-110.
Mumbai bowling: Kulkarni 8-4-18-1, Deshpande 9-2-25-1, Avasthi 9-3-22-2, Mulani 12-2-39-5, Kotian 3.1-1-6-1.
Mumbai — 2nd innings: Prithvi Shaw c Mishra b Negi 72, Yashasvi Jaiswal c Swapnil b Mishra 103, Aditya Tare st Khurana b Bista 57, Armaan Jaffer (batting) 17, Suved Parkar (batting) 6; Extras (lb-5, nb-1) 6; Total (for 3 wkts. in 58 overs) 261.
Fall of wickets: 1-115, 2-209, 3-245.
Uttarakhand bowling: Dhapola 3-0-16-0, Tiwari 5-1-19-0, Madhwal 3-0-13-0, Mishra 23-3-83-1, Bista 8-0-46-1, Negi 5-0-31-1, Swapnil 11-3-48-0.
Source: www.thehindu.com
