Mumbai made a roaring comeback after Haryana flattened its high order in a roller-coaster day one of many Ranji Trophy quarterfinals right here on the Eden Gardens on Saturday.
Haryana diminished Mumbai to 113 for seven inside 30 overs earlier than Shams Mulani and Tanush Kotian made use of higher batting circumstances to sew a 165-run stand to revive parity.
Regardless of the state of affairs, each batters performed their photographs. Kotian positioned a backfoot punch in the direction of sq. to get his first boundary whereas Mulani checked an higher reduce early into his innings.
Flat circumstances nullified Jayant Yadav and Nishant Sindhu’s spin risk and the pacers have been pressured to place extra effort on the ball.
After batting almost two periods, Mulani acquired a vanguard straight again to Jayant 5 minutes earlier than stumps, lacking his century by 9 runs. Mumbai completed at 278 for eight.
Earlier, a 9 a.m. begin gave the Haryana pacers a home-like really feel with seam motion on supply as Anshul Kamboj uprooted Ayush Mhatre’s center stump off the primary ball after Ajinkya Rahane opted to bat. Twenty-six minutes later, Sumit Kumar’s inswinger crashed into the off stump of Akash Anand, who shouldered arms being arrange by the outswingers. Kamboj then cleaned up Siddhesh Lad and Sumit reduce quick Suryakumar Yadav’s keep on the crease with a nip-backer, disturbing the stumps for the fourth time within the morning.
With Mumbai 25 for 4, Shivam Dube confirmed attacking intent in his 32-ball keep, hitting 4 fours and a six to attain 28. Nevertheless, he walked again dejectedly after Ajit Chahal induced an edge straight to the second slip positioned vast.
Rahane performed with mushy palms, showcasing some handsome strokes down the bottom earlier than getting a faint edge off Kamboj. Shardul Thakur’s dismissal early within the second session introduced Mulani and Kotian collectively, who then pulled the defending champion out of the rubble.
The scores:
Mumbai — 1st innings: Ayush Mhatre b Kamboj 0, Akash Anand b Sumit 10, Siddhesh Lad b Kamboj 4, Ajinkya Rahane c Rohit b Kamboj 31, Suryakumar Yadav b Sumit 9, Shivam Dube c Yashvardhan b Chahal 28, Shams Mulani c & b Jayant 91, Shardul Thakur c & b Thakral 15, Tanush Kotian (batting) 85, Mohit Avasthi (batting) 0; Extras (lb-1, nb-2, w-2): 5; Complete (for eight wkts. in 81 overs): 278.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-14, 3-14, 4-25, 5-65, 6-94, 7-113, 8-278.
Haryana bowling: Kamboj 18-3-58-3, Sumit 13-1-57-2, Thakral 18-1-59-1, Chahal 5-1-21-1, Jayant 11-2-32-1, Sindhu 16-1-50-0.
Printed – February 08, 2025 05:42 pm IST
