Mumbai seniors Ajinkya Rahane, Suryakumar Yadav, and Shardul Thakur led the defending champion’s dominant show over Haryana on day three of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals on the Eden Gardens right here on Monday.
Rahane and Suryakumar stitched a 129-run fourth-wicket partnership as Mumbai completed the transferring day 292 runs forward after Shardul Thakur’s six for 58 shot down Haryana for 301.
Rahane and Shivam Dube noticed by way of the final fifty minutes of the third session after Suryakumar miscued his in-fashion Supla shot off Anuj Thakral on 70.
Haryana bowlers failed to regulate the scoring fee underneath flat circumstances the place Rahane and Suryakumar discovered boundaries with ease throughout the bottom. Whereas the Mumbai captain was extra about textbook drives and punches, the Indian T20I skipper gave the small portion of the group a glimpse of his cheeky hits.
Suryakumar, together with his open-legged stance coupled with a excessive backlift, was proactive from the beginning, sweeping and reverse-sweeping Jayant Yadav early into his innings. He additionally exhibited his not-so-popular defensive sport when not making an attempt a late minimize or a pull shot.
Batting at No. 4, Rahane stayed true to his calm persona when Mumbai misplaced its openers — Ayush Mhatre and Akash Anand — inside 13 overs. With Siddhesh Lad, he shaped a 52-run alliance for the third wicket earlier than Jayant had the previous caught behind seven runs wanting his fifty.
Shardul took the morning honours, choosing all of the remaining 5 Haryana wickets. The host might solely add 38 runs, falling 14 runs wanting Mumbai’s first innings rating. The medium-pacer despatched again in a single day batter Rohit Sharma within the first over. Thirty-three minutes later, he returned with the second new ball to wrap up the ultimate 4 wickets, solidifying Mumbai’s place to proceed aiming for the home treble.
The scores: Mumbai — 1st innings: 315.
Haryana — 1st innings: Lakshya Dalal lbw b Shardul 34, Ankit Kumar c Rahane b Mulani 136, Yashvardhan Dalal lbw b Kotian 36, Himanshu Rana b Mulani 3, Nishant Sindhu b Kotian 20, Rohit Sharma c Avasthi b Shardul 22, Anuj Thakral c Lad b Shardul 12, Jayant Yadav c Anand b Shardul 13, Sumit Kumar (not out) 11, Anshul Kamboj lbw b Shardul 6, Ajit Chahal lbw b Shardul 0; Extras (lb-1, b-5, w-2): 8; Whole (in 84.5 overs): 301.
Fall of wickets: 1-87, 2-168, 3-173, 4-218, 5-257, 6-263, 7-284, 8-285, 9-301.
Mumbai — 2nd innings: Ayush Mhatre c (sub) Dheeru b Thakral 31, Akash Anand c (sub) Vats b Sumit 10, Siddhesh Lad c Rohit b Jayant 43, Ajinkya Rahane (batting) 88, Suryakumar Yadav c (sub) Amit b Thakral 70, Shivam Dube (batting) 30; Extras (lb-5, w-1): 6; Whole (for 4 wkts. in 67 overs): 278.
Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-48, 3-100, 4-229.
Haryana bowling: Kamboj 8-0-39-0, Sumit 11-3-42-1, Thakral 14-2-61-2, Sindhu 15-1-49-0, Jayant 13.5-0-58-1, Lakshya 5.1-1-24-0.
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