Making a rousing begin to their marketing campaign, final season’s finalists Mumbai thumped Andhra Pradesh by 9 wickets inside three days of their opening match of the Ranji Trophy on the Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex in Vizianagaram on Thursday.
On Day 3, after gaining a 93- run first innings lead, the 41-time Ranji champs skittled out Andhra for merely 131 in 47.4 overs within the second innings.
Prithvi Shaw once more misplaced his wicket cheaply for six, however Mumbai scored the 40 runs they wanted for a win in simply 6.1 overs, as opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (17*, 2×4, 1×6) and first-innings centurion Armaan Jaffer (17, 4×4) helped themselves to a couple boundaries.
Though they missed out on the bonus level which is given to groups for 10-wicket victories, it needs to be a morale booster forward of their conflict with Saurashtra on the MCA floor in BKC from December 20. They can even have the companies of Suryakumar Yadav for that conflict.
Pacer Tushar Deshpande took three for 34, whereas Siddharth Raut and off-spinner Tanush Kotian claimed two wickets every because the hosts’ batting faltered once more. The greatest disappointment for Andhra was their skipper Hanuma Vihari, who was out each occasions to Kotian for 27 (caught behind) and 14 (trapped lbw).
With match figures of 109 for six and an important unbeaten knock of 63 (106b, 6×4, 1×6) within the first innings whereas batting at No 8, allrounder Kotian, who appears to be carrying his tremendous type into this season, has been Mumbai’s standout performer on this recreation.
“Getting Vihari out twice has given me a lot of confidence. While bowling to him, I kept the ball quick in the air and varied my length. Since he was defending the ball well on the front foot, I was looking to trap him on the backfoot, and succeeded in my plans,” Kotian instructed TOI from Vizag.
“My (71-run) partnership with Armaan (Jaffer) (for the 7th wicket) took the game away from them. The game was evenly poised at that stage. After Armaan was out, they stopped the flow of my runs by bowling on one side of the wicket and packing the field accordingly. However, I was focused that I won’t give my wicket to them easily, and stretch our total as much as I can,” he mentioned.
“I performed well last season, and in the white-ball tournaments this season, so I’m backing myself to do well again. I had practiced hard with the team before the Ranji, and that is helping me,” Kotian mentioned.
Earlier, Mumbai’s tail didn’t wag, however they nonetheless managed to achieve an important lead over Andhra. Resuming at 290 for six, the guests misplaced 4 wickets for simply 41 runs to be all out for 331 on Day 3 morning, with spinners Shoaib Mohammed Khan (4-73) and Lalith Mohan doing the injury. It left Kotian stranded resulting from lack of companions.
Armaan (116, 271b, 16×4, 1×6) failed to extend his in a single day rating, as he was the primary to fallstumped off the left-arm spin of Lalith Mohan- with the rating at 296.
Brief Scores: Andhra 238 & 131 (Tushar Deshpande 3-34) misplaced to Mumbai 331 (Armaan Jaffer 116, Tanush Kotian 63*; Shoaib Mohd Khan 4-73, KV Sasikanth 3-56, Lalith Mohan 3-113) & 40-1 by 9 wickets.
Rohit meets Zimbabwe U-19 crew
Indian captain Rohit Sharma interacted with the Zimbabwe u-19 crew on Thursday. Also current on the event was former India opener Lalchand Rajput, the technical director of the Zimbabwe senior crew.
On Day 3, after gaining a 93- run first innings lead, the 41-time Ranji champs skittled out Andhra for merely 131 in 47.4 overs within the second innings.
Prithvi Shaw once more misplaced his wicket cheaply for six, however Mumbai scored the 40 runs they wanted for a win in simply 6.1 overs, as opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (17*, 2×4, 1×6) and first-innings centurion Armaan Jaffer (17, 4×4) helped themselves to a couple boundaries.
Though they missed out on the bonus level which is given to groups for 10-wicket victories, it needs to be a morale booster forward of their conflict with Saurashtra on the MCA floor in BKC from December 20. They can even have the companies of Suryakumar Yadav for that conflict.
Pacer Tushar Deshpande took three for 34, whereas Siddharth Raut and off-spinner Tanush Kotian claimed two wickets every because the hosts’ batting faltered once more. The greatest disappointment for Andhra was their skipper Hanuma Vihari, who was out each occasions to Kotian for 27 (caught behind) and 14 (trapped lbw).
With match figures of 109 for six and an important unbeaten knock of 63 (106b, 6×4, 1×6) within the first innings whereas batting at No 8, allrounder Kotian, who appears to be carrying his tremendous type into this season, has been Mumbai’s standout performer on this recreation.
“Getting Vihari out twice has given me a lot of confidence. While bowling to him, I kept the ball quick in the air and varied my length. Since he was defending the ball well on the front foot, I was looking to trap him on the backfoot, and succeeded in my plans,” Kotian instructed TOI from Vizag.
“My (71-run) partnership with Armaan (Jaffer) (for the 7th wicket) took the game away from them. The game was evenly poised at that stage. After Armaan was out, they stopped the flow of my runs by bowling on one side of the wicket and packing the field accordingly. However, I was focused that I won’t give my wicket to them easily, and stretch our total as much as I can,” he mentioned.
“I performed well last season, and in the white-ball tournaments this season, so I’m backing myself to do well again. I had practiced hard with the team before the Ranji, and that is helping me,” Kotian mentioned.
Earlier, Mumbai’s tail didn’t wag, however they nonetheless managed to achieve an important lead over Andhra. Resuming at 290 for six, the guests misplaced 4 wickets for simply 41 runs to be all out for 331 on Day 3 morning, with spinners Shoaib Mohammed Khan (4-73) and Lalith Mohan doing the injury. It left Kotian stranded resulting from lack of companions.
Armaan (116, 271b, 16×4, 1×6) failed to extend his in a single day rating, as he was the primary to fallstumped off the left-arm spin of Lalith Mohan- with the rating at 296.
Brief Scores: Andhra 238 & 131 (Tushar Deshpande 3-34) misplaced to Mumbai 331 (Armaan Jaffer 116, Tanush Kotian 63*; Shoaib Mohd Khan 4-73, KV Sasikanth 3-56, Lalith Mohan 3-113) & 40-1 by 9 wickets.
Rohit meets Zimbabwe U-19 crew
Indian captain Rohit Sharma interacted with the Zimbabwe u-19 crew on Thursday. Also current on the event was former India opener Lalchand Rajput, the technical director of the Zimbabwe senior crew.