Published: Dec 13, 2015, 08:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:27 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16 tournament, between Mumbai and Assam at Hyderabad. Mumbai got off to an excellent start after they won their first match of the competition against Punjab, but suffered a loss in their next match against Tamil Nadu. Mumbai will want to bounce back against Assam and not make it two losses in a row. Assam on the other hand have lost most their matches, including a narrow one-wicket loss against Rajasthan. Mumbai will want to win the match in order to put them in control of the game in a group that has Railways and Services as well. Complete Coverage: Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Assam 102 |Overs 35 | Target 199 | BATTING: Arup Das 0(13): Sagar Trivedi picks up the last two wickets in the form of Syed Mohammed and Krishna Das. He first gets Syed caught by his captain and wicketkeeper Aditya Tare. He then traps Krishna Das leg-before. With this, Assam are bowled out for a paltry 102 and Mumbai record a thumping victory by 96 runs due their superb bowling after a poor show with the bat. Mumbai gains four points for its brilliant performance. OUT! Syed Mohammed c Aditya Tare b Sagar Trivedi 25(48), OUT! Krishna Das lbw Sagar Trivedi 2(5)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Assam 91/8 |Overs 31 | Target 199 | BATTING: Syed Mohammed 16(36), Arup Das 0(6): Things are getting worse for Assam; they lose two more wickets— Wasiqur Rahman and Pritam Das. Both the wickets were claimed by Dhawal Kulkarni. He trapped Wasiqur Rahman for a duck and soon after cleaned up Pritam Das. Assam now needs 108 to win in 114 balls but they have just two wickets remaining. They are in danger to get bowled out for under hundred runs. OUT! Wasiqur Rahman lbw Dhawal Kulkarni 0(2), OUT! Pritam Das b Dhawal Kulkarni 3(8)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Assam 75/6 |Overs 26 | Target 199 | BATTING: Syed Mohammed 4(21), Wasiqur Rahman 0(1): Assam lose four wickets in quick succession; Abhishek Nayar does the trick. Mumbai is back in the game. Assam are now tottering on 75 for the loss of six wickets. Abhishek Nayar and Dhawal Kulkarni have three wickets each from the game now. Mumbai is now in commanding position. OUT! Gokul Sharma lbw Sagar Trivedi 13(39), OUT! Amit Verma c Aditya Tare b Abhishek Nayar 0(1), OUT! Arun Karthick c Aditya Tare b Abhishek Nayar 8(12), OUT! Amit Sinha c Aditya Tare b Abhishek Nayar 0(1)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Assam 49/2 |Overs 16.1 | Target 199 | BATTING: Gokul Sharma 13(38), Amit Verma 19(25): Sibsankar Roy is caught by Aditya Tare on a delivery of Dhawal Kulkarni; he scored 13 runs. Amit Verma comes to bat and strikes two boundaries early on in his innings. Gokul Sharma on the other hand is batting patiently at a strike rate of around 33. Assam now requires 150 runs to win off 203 balls; they have eight wickets left. OUT! Sibsankar Roy c Aditya Tare b Dhawal Kulkarni 13(26)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Assam 5/1 |Overs 2.4 | Target 199 | BATTING: Sibsankar Roy 2(6), Gokul Sharma 1(2): Mumbai draws first blood. Pallav Kumar Das is sent to the dugout by medium-pace bowler Dhawal Kulkarni for two runs. Gokul Sharma has arrived at the crease. Mumbai are not defending a big total. Hence, it is imperative that they pick early wickets. Assam on the other hand will be hoping that they do not throw away this brilliant opportunity of defeating the toughest domestic team— Mumbai. They are chasing a small total but they cannot afford to get lose. OUT! Pallav Kumar Das c Abhishek Nayar b Dhawal Kulkarni 2(8)
INNINGS BREAK
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Mumbai 198 |Overs 49.5 |BATTING: Dhalwal Kulkarni 21(46): Shardul Thakur and Sagar Trivedi depart for three and 24 runs respectively. With this, Mumbai are bowled out for 197 with one ball to go. Dhalwal Kulkarni remained unbeaten on 21. Shreyas Iyer was their top-scorer with 49. For Assam— Pritam Das, Amit Verma and Syed Mohammed picked two wickets each. OUT! Shardul Thakur c Arun Kathick b Syed Mohammed 3(5), OUT! Sagar Trivedi c Arun Kathick b Amit Verma 24(19)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Mumbai 163/8 |Overs 43 |BATTING: Shardul Thakur 13(25), Dhalwal Kulkarni 1(5): Surya Kumar Yadav is cleaned up by Syed Mohammed after a fighting 42. Dhalwal Kulkarni has arrived at the crease. He along with Shardul Thakur should strive to play out the 50 overs. Mumbai cannot afford getting bowled out and lose out on some precious deliveries. OUT! Surya Kumar Yadav b Syed Mohammed 42(58)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Mumbai 117/7 |Overs 32.4 |BATTING: Surya Kumar Yadav 11(26), Shardul Thakur 0(0): Shreyas is caught by Amit Verma on Pallav Kumar Das’s bowling for just a run short of his half century. Mumbai lose two more wickets soon after. They are in a precarious situation now as they have lost seven wickets for just 117 runs on the board. Credit to Assam for bowling very well. OUT! Shreyas Iyer c Amit Verma b Pallav Kumar Das 49(65), OUT! Abhishek Nayar c Wasiqur Rahman b Amit Verma 3(11), OUT! Iqbal Abdullah c Wasiqur Rahman b Pritam Das 14(23)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Mumbai 88/4 |Overs 22.3 |BATTING: Shreyas Iyer 46(58), Abhishek Nayar 2(7): Mumbai lose three wickets in quick succession. They are now in a difficult situation since they have not even reached 100 and are already four down. Shreyas Iyer will have to shoulder responsibility to get Mumbai out of trouble; he is nearing his half century. OUT! Akhil Herwadkar run out Arun Kathick 23(48), OUT! Aditya Tare c&b Pritam Das 7(12), OUT! SD Lad run out Sibsankar Roy 0(0)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Mumbai 53/1 |Overs 11.5 |BATTING: Akhil Herwadkar 21(38), Shreyas Iyer 22(22): It has been a decent start by Mumbai. Although they lost the wicket of Bista early on; Shreyas Iyer who came next has steadied the ship. He is batting on a run a ball 22 with the help three boundaries. Akhil Herwadkar on the other hand has taken time to get his eye in. OUT! Jay Bista c Wasiqur Rahman b Arup Das 6(11)
Toss: Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat first
Teams:
Mumbai: Aditya Tare (c & wk), Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur, Surya Kumar Yadav, Iqbal Abdullah, Abhishek Nayar, Akhil Herwadkar, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Jay Bista, Sagar Trivedi
Assam: Gokul Sharma (c), Wasiqur Rahman (wk), Amit Sinha, Arun Karthick, Amit Verma, Arup Das, Krishna Das, Pallav Kumar Das, Pritam Das, Sibsankar Roy, Syed Mohammed
Akhil Herwadkar scored a brilliant century in the previous match but could not prevent his side from losing the match. They will want a good performance, which is led by Shreyas Iyer and skipper Aditya Tare.Krishna Das, Arup Das, Pritam Das and Pallav Kumar Das picked up two wicket each in the previous match against Rajasthan. Pallav Kumar Das top-scored for Assam with a score of 37. They will need everyone else to step up to the plate if their team has to get a bog score on the board.
Mumbai have had a fantastic time in the Ranji Trophy 2015-16 group stage. They finished top pf their group with Shreyas leading the run-scorers chart with 930 runs to his name. Assam too have made it to the quarter-final stage and have put in good performance throughout the tournament. They will look to carry on the momentum in the Vijay Hazare Trophy as well.
Squads:
Mumbai: Aditya Tare (c,wk), Jay Bista, Akhil Herwadkar, Iqbal Abdulla, Shreyas Iyer, Dhawal Kulkarni, Siddhesh Lad, Abhishek Nayar, Rohan Raje, Abhishek Raut, Sufiyan Shaikh, Shashank Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sagar Trivedi, Suryakumar Yadav.
Assam: Gokul Sharma (c), Wasiqur Rahman (wk), Abu Nechim Ahmed, Amit Sinha, Arun Karthick, Amit Verma, Arup Das, Krishna Das, Pallav Das, Parviz Aziz, Pritam Das, Rishav Das, Sarupam Purkayastha, Sibsankar Roy, Syed Mohammed, Tarjinder Singh, Arlan Konwar, Dhiraj Goswami, Kunal Saikia, Ritupan Phatowali, Bikash Chetry, Rajdeep Das, Sujay Tarafder, Rahul Hazarika.
