RANJI TROPHY | It’s a Lad and Shreyas present as Mumbai tears into Odisha’s bowling

Shreyas was audacious in opposition to tempo and spin alike and reduce unfastened after the Tea break on day one of many Mumbai vs Odisha Ranji Trophy match in Mumbai on November 6, 2024.
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Odisha captain Govinda Poddar sprung an early shock by inserting Mumbai in on a batting paradise, albeit with a tinge of dwell grass on it. That turned out to be the one shock of the day, with Mumbai making Odisha pay dearly with a run-feast of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A encounter on the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy floor right here on Wednesday.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi (92, 124b, 13×4, 3×6), the teenaged opener in his second First Class look, broke the again of the Odisha bowlers. Whereas Raghuvanshi missed his maiden hundred, Siddhesh Lad (116 batting., 234b, 14×4) and Shreyas Iyer (152 batting, 164b, 18×4, 4×6) then constructed on it by making an odd bowling unit look much more mediocre.

Using on Lad and Shreyas’ unbroken partnership of 231 runs off 298 balls, Mumbai ended Day One at 385 for 3. The workforce ought to now purpose to bat Odisha out up entrance.

Final week’s break didn’t have an effect on Shreyas a wee bit, as he carried on in the identical vein as his hundred in opposition to Maharashtra on the similar venue in his final innings. Lad, in the meantime, made essentially the most of his promotion to No. 3 — Mumbai’s third No. 3 in 4 video games this season — by ending a six-year look ahead to a First Class hundred.

Mumbai’s Angkrish Raghuvanshi drove in opposition to the Odisha tempo trio with finesse on day considered one of their Ranji Trophy match in Mumbai on November 6, 2024.
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Whereas Raghuvanshi drove in opposition to Odisha’s tempo trio with finesse, Lad was strong in defence first up. As soon as the duo ensured the harm of dropping Ayush Mhatre early — lacking a full and straight one from Suryakant Pradhan — was curtailed by batting patiently until lunch, Raghuvanshi began opening his shoulders.

Nevertheless, on the cusp of his century, his try and chase a large one from veteran Biplab Samantray resulted in an inside-edge on to the stumps. The subsequent ball, Ajinkya Rahane was dubiously adjudged leg earlier than. Then on, until the tip of the day’s play, it was a Shreyas and Lad present.

Mumbai’s Siddesh Lad ended a six-year look ahead to a First Class hundred with a affected person knock in the course of the Ranji Trophy match in opposition to Odisha in Mumbai on November 6, 2024.
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Whereas Lad was affected person, Shreyas was audacious in opposition to tempo and spin alike, with nationwide chief selector Ajit Agarkar watching the proceedings. Shreyas reduce unfastened after tea, crossing Lad within the 80s and elevating his bat earlier than his senior companion.

The scores: Mumbai – 1st innings: Angkrish Raghuvanshi b Samantray 92, Ayush Mhatre lbw b Suryakant 18, Siddhesh Lad (batting) 116, Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Samantray 0, Shreyas Iyer (batting) 152; Extras (b-4, lb-2, w-1): 7; Whole (for 3 wkts. in 90 overs): 385.

Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-154, 3-154.

Odisha bowling: Suryakant 12-4-36-1, Debabrata 12-1-55-0, Roul 14-0-69-0, Harshit Rathod 24-1-94-0, Samantray 7-2-36-2, Biswal 4-0-28-0, Poddar 17-0-61-0.