Published: Dec 17, 2015, 08:00 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:09 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live blog of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16 Group A match between Mumbai and Team Rajasthan at the Gymkhana Ground in Secunderabad on Thursday. Mumbai currently occupy the second position in the points table, having earned 12 points with three wins and a defeat to lag behind Punjab, who sit merry with 16 points in their kitty. Rajasthan are trailing in the fourth spot, with two wins and as many defeats in the four matches that they have played so far. The match will be a crucial one especially for Rajasthan, given the fact that a win or a loss in this game could decide their fate for the rest of the tournament. Vijay Hazare 2015-16: Full coverage here
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Rajasthan 305/5 | Overs 49 | Target 302 | BATTING: Rajat Bhatia 94(71), SF Khan 6(6): Rajat Bhatia cuts lose and his attacking batting helps Rajasthan win the match with six balls remaining. Rajat scored an unbeaten 94 in just 71 balls at an impressive strike rate of 132.39. He struck eight boundaries and three sixes. A good victory by Rajasthan against a much better side. They gain four points from the win.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Rajasthan 268/5 | Overs 46.2 | Target 302 |Requirement 34 runs off 22 balls | BATTING: Rajat Bhatia 64(61), SF Khan 0(0): Siddharth Dobal gets run out for six. Mumbai have struck back with two quick wickets in the last two overs. SF Khan is the new man to arrive at the crease. Rajasthan now requires 34 runs in 22 balls to record a victory here at Secunderabad. It looks like anything can happen in the game. OUT! Siddharth Dobal run out Abhishek Nayar 6(7)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Rajasthan 263/4 | Overs 45.1 | Target 302 |Requirement 39 runs off 29 balls | BATTING: Rajat Bhatia 59(56), Siddharth Dobal 6(6): Ashok Menaria is dismissed after a brilliant 86 off just 80 balls. Siddharth Dobal is new man in the middle. He has to support Rajat Bhatia to take Rajasthan to victory. Rajasthan now needs 39 runs in 29 deliveries. None of Mumbai bowlers except Abhishek Nayar were effective today. OUT! Ashok Menaria c Akhil Herwadkar b Dhawal Kulkarni 86(80)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Rajasthan 255/3 | Overs 43.4 | Target 302 |Requirement 47 runs off 38 balls | BATTING: Ashok Menaria 86(78), Rajat Bhatia 57(54): The match has got very interesting. Rajasthan have batted beautifully against a quality side like Mumbai. They now require 47 runs in 38 deliveries to win. Ashok Menaria has played a blinder; he is batting on 86 off just 76 balls with the help of seven fours and three shots which dispatched the ball over the ropes. Rajat Bhatia too has gone past his half century. Their partnership is now worth a whopping 145 runs; it came at the right time. Just what the doctor ordered.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Rajasthan 235/3 | Overs 41 | Target 302 |Requirement 67 runs off 54 balls | BATTING: Ashok Menaria 76(70), Rajat Bhatia 47(46): Ashok Menaria and Rajat Bhatia have struck a chord and are batting well in tandem. Menaria is batting in his 70s with the help of six boundaries and three huge sixes while Rajat Bhatia needs three more runs to get to his fifty. The match has gone down to the wire with Rajasthan needing 67 runs off 54 deliveries for victory.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Rajasthan 173/3 | Overs 31.4 | Target 302 |Requirement 129 runs off 110 balls | BATTING: Ashok Menaria 33(40), Rajat Bhatia 30(21): Ashok Menaria and Rajat Bhatia are trying hard but the target is so huge that they are finding it difficult to bat at the required run rate. Their partnership is now worth 63 runs. Rajasthan requires 129 runs off 110 deliveries from here onwards to win. Slow left-arm orthodox bowler Iqbal Abdullah is bowling at the moment.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Rajasthan 123/3 | Overs 25.2 | Target 302 |Requirement 179 runs off 148 balls | BATTING: Ashok Menaria 5(15), Rajat Bhatia 11(7): Dishant Yagnik departs after a fighting 40-run knock. Puneet Yadav is unfortunate to miss out on his half century by just one run. He hit five shots to the fence in his innings. Ashok Menaria and Rajat Bhatia are at the crease now. Rajasthan needs a partnership from them and a quick one as they now need 179 runs in only 148 balls. OUT! Dishant Yagnik c Iqbal Abdullah b Abhishek Nayar 40(53), OUT! Puneet Yadav c Aditya Tare b Abhishek Nayar 49(53)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Rajasthan 74/1 | Overs 16 | Target 302 |Requirement 228 runs off 204 balls | BATTING: Dishant Yagnik 32(44), Puneet Yadav 26(29): Manender Singh gets run out for 18. Puneet Yadav is the new man at the crease. He is batting at a quick pace at a strike rate of around 90 with Dishant Yagnik. Their partnership is now worth 42 runs. OUT! Manender Singh run out Abhishek Nayar 18(24)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Rajasthan 25/0 | Overs 5 | Target 302 |Requirement 277 runs off 270 balls | BATTING: Manender Singh 12(16), Dishant Yagnik 13(14): Rajasthan have started well. It is not a flying start but still quite good. They are 25 for no loss at the end of five overs. Since they are chasing a big score, they should make sure that they keep wickets in hand and at the same time keep the scoreboard ticking. Rajasthan now requires 277 runs in 45 overs.
INNINGS BREAK
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Mumbai 301/9 | Overs 50 | BATTING: Shardul 19(9): Ajinkya Rahane is caught by Dishant Yagnik on Nathu Singh’s bowling. Rahane struck 10 fours and two sixes in his 114-run knock. Rajat Bhatia cleans up Iqbal Abdullah for 31 runs and Rohan Raje is run out by Nathu Singh. Shardul does some flourish down the order with a boundary and one shot for the maximum. Mumbai close their innings on 301 for nine at the end of 50 overs. It’s a good score and Rajasthan will have to bat very well if they wish to chase it down. OUT! Ajinkya Rahane c Dishant Yagnik b Nathu Singh 114(112), OUT! Iqbal Abdullah b Rajat Bhatia 31(20), OUT! Rohan Raje run out Nathu Singh 21(12)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Mumbai 219/6 | Overs 42 | BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 99(102), Iqbal Abdullah 5(4): Surya Kumar Yadav departs after reaching his half century. He hit three boundaries in his 52-run knock. Pankaj Singh takes his fourth wicket by getting Abhishek Nayar caught by Ashok Menaria for 25 runs. Ajinkya Rahane is just one short of his century. He has batted at almost run a ball. Mumbai will be hoping to go past 280. OUT! Surya Kumar Yadav c Dishant Yagnik b TM Ul Haq 52(79), OUT! Abhishek Nayar c Ashok Menaria b Pankaj Singh 25(18)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Mumbai 46/4 | Overs 13.2 | BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 11(23), Surya Kumar Yadav 2(7): Mumbai has lost four quick wickets early on in the match; Pankaj Singh has picked three of the four wickets that fell. He first got Akhil Herwadkar caught by SF Khan, then trapped Shashank Singh and also took the key wicket of Shreyas Iyer, who has been in devastating form. Aditya Tare’s wicket was claimed by TM Ul Haq. Mumbai needs a partnership now from Ajinkya Rahane and Surya Kumar Yadav. OUT! Akhil Herwadkar c SF Khan b Pankaj Singh 30(37), OUT! Shashank Singh lbw Pankaj Singh 2(10), OUT! Shreyas Iyer c DH Yagnik b Pankaj Singh 0(1), OUT! Aditya Tare c PR Yadav b TM Ul Haq 0(2)
TOSS: Rajasthan (Field)
Teams:
Mumbai: Aditya Tare (c & wk), Dhawal Kulkarni, Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shardul, Surya Kumar Yadav, Iqbal Abdullah, Abhishek Nayar, Akhil Herwadkar, , Shashank Singh, Rohan Raje
Rajasthan: Pankaj Singh (c), Dishant Yagnik (wk), Manender Singh, Nathu Singh, SF Khan, Ashok Menaria, Puneet Yadav, Rajesh Bishnoi Jr, T M Ul Haq, Rajat Bhatia, Siddharth Dobal
Mumbai beat Services convincingly in their previous game, chasing the 152-run target down with nearly half of their allotted overs to spare. Shardul Thakur was the pick among the bowlers with figures of 4 for 19, while Akhil Herwadkar top-scored with a knock of 46. Rajasthan, on the other hand, put up a stiff 271-run target against Punjab, but the latter chased it down quite comfortably thanks to half-centuries from Jiwanjot, Mandeep as well as skipper Yuvraj Singh.
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 Sheikh, Shashank Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sagar Trivedi, Suryakumar Yadav.
Team Rajasthan: Pankaj Singh (c),Ashok Menaria (vc), Pranay Sharma, Rajat Bhatia, Rajesh Bishnoi, Aniket Choudhary, Siddharth Dobal, Aditya Garhwal, Arjit Gupta, SF Khan, Manender Singh (wk), Puneet Yadav, Nathu Singh, Tanveer-Ul-Haq, Dishant Yagnik (wk)
