Mumbai all-rounder Shams Mulani picked up six wickets in Vidarbha’s second innings.
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EMMANUAL YOGINI
No workforce has managed to efficiently chase down a goal in extra of 400 in the Ranji Trophy’s nine-decade historical past to date. With a spot in the last up for grabs, Mumbai shall be hoping in opposition to hope to drag off a heist on the final day of its Ranji Trophy semifinal in opposition to Vidarbha.
At the finish of the penultimate day’s proceedings at the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium on Thursday, the house workforce was firmly answerable for the recreation. Riding on the bespectacled Yash Rathod’s (151, 252b, 11×4) fifth hundred of the season and his 158-run partnership for the fifth wicket with captain Akshay Wadkar (52, 202b, 5×4), Vidarbha completed its second essay for 292 at the stroke of tea.
“I had been unable to transform all my earlier tons of this season into a giant one. In that regard, with the workforce requiring me to bat time, it’s pleasing that I may notch up my first 150 of the season, Yash stated, after notching up his fifth hundred of the season.
Harsh Dubey, the left-arm spinner who’s in the type of his life, and rookie counterpart Parth Rekhade then struck very important blows to scale back Mumbai to 83 for 3 at stumps.
Despite the presence of Shivam Dube at the crease and Suryakumar Yadav but to take guard together with an in-form allrounder trio, Mumbai faces an uphill process particularly whereas batting on a final day floor which has seen awkward bounce, moreover the odd ball has turned.
The pitch performed a task in Ajinkya Rahane’s dismissal in the prolonged half hour when the ball saved low to go away the Mumbai captain stranded in entrance of the stumps. In truth, the umpires checked whether or not the ball had bounced twice however the resolution went in Rekhade’s favour since Rahane was manner too behind the popping crease at the time of impression.
Dubey had earlier prolonged his season’s tally to 63 wickets by dismissing opener Ayush Mhatre (bowled with a ripper) and Siddhesh Lad (stumped after lacking a mindless cost down the wicket).
But Rathod emerged the star of the day. The left-hander gave a style of the good previous ‘khadoos (gritty) batting medicine’ to Mumbai, the inventors of the time period. He rotated strike with out a lot fuss regardless of Wadkar being scratchy at the different finish.
While Thakur hardly had assist from the floor, Mulani was the lone man standing with the different three specialist bowlers showing peculiar as Vidarbha set an enormous goal.
Mumbai all-rounder Shams Mulani, who crossed the 200-wickets mark in Ranji Trophy and scalped six Vidarbha batters in the second innings, stated, “I’d prefer to dedicate this five-wicket haul to Milind Rege sir. He was the chairman after I was recalled into the Ranji workforce (in 2018-19). There had been a number of who had tagged me as a white-ball specialist, however being an allrounder himself, Rege sir realised my potential and backed me to the hilt. I owe loads to him.
The scores: Vidarbha – 1st innings: 383.
Mumbai – 1st innings: 270.
Vidarbha – 2nd innings: Atharva Taide lbw b Thakur 0, Dhruv Shorey lbw b Kotian 13, Danish Malewar c & b Mulani 29, Karun Nair lbw b Mulani 6, Yash Rathod c Rahane b Kotian 151, Akshay Wadkar b Mulani 52, Harsh Dubey lbw b Kotian 1, Darshan Nalkande c (sub) b Mulani 4, Parth Rekhade c Kotian b Mulani 20, Nachiket Bhute c Rahane b Mulani 1, Yash Thakur (not out) 0; Extras (b-5, lb-6, nb-3, w-1): 15; Total (in 110.1 overs): 292.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-40, 3-52, 4-56, 5-214, 6-221, 7-228, 8-262, 9-274.
Mumbai bowling: Shardul 14-3-55-1, Avasthi 6-0-23-0, Mulani 44-9-85-6, Dias 9-4-17-0, Kotian 33.1-3-81-3, Shivam 3-0-17-0, Mhatre 1-0-3-0.
Mumbai – 2nd innings: Akash Anand (batting) 27, Ayush Mhatre b Dubey 18, Siddhesh Lad st Wadkar b Dubey 2, Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Rekhade 12, Shivam Dube (batting) 12; Extras (b-7, nb-5): 12; Total (for 3 wickets, 31 overs): 83.
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-37, 3-65.
Vidarbha bowling: Bhute 4-1-14-0, Nalkande 2-0-9-0, Dubey 13-3-26-2, Yash 3-0-8-0, Rekhade 8-1-16-1, Karun 1-0-3-0.
Published – February 20, 2025 08:08 pm IST
