Published: Dec 02, 2015, 08:34 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 04:53 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of Day One of the Round 8 Group B match of Ranji Trophy 2015-16 between Mumbai and Gujarat at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Mumbai are the first and so far only team to be completely clear through to the quarter-final stage of the tournament. On Day One of play Mumbai gave a good measure of why they were the first team to qualify. On a true batting surface, they mad the Gujarat bowlers toil and took their score to 370 runs for the loss of just two wickets. Opener Akhil Herwadkar gave good account of his solidity at top of the order yet again. He remained unbeaten of 144 at stumps. Mumbai will look to go past the 500 or even 600-run mark on Day Two. COMPLETE COVERAGE: Ranji Trophy 2015-16
Live Cricket Score: Gujarat 102/3 | Overs 30 | TRAIL BY: 429| BATSMEN: Bharghav Merai 41 (66), Raijul Bhatt 13 (34): Gujarat have not lost any further wickets but Mumbai will be the happier lot at stumps on Day Two. 100 up for Gujarat right at the end of the day’s play. 11 wickets fell today, compared to just a couple of wickets yesterday. Day Three will be a crucial day for both teams. Gujarat will look to end the day in a safe place, whereas Mumbai will push for a win.
Live Cricket Score: Gujarat 59/3 | Overs 20 | TRAIL BY: 472| BATSMEN: Bharghav Merai 11 (31), Raijul Bhatt 5 (9): Gujarat have lost a couple of quick wickets, but skipper Parthiv Patel has not yet come out to bat as he sustained an injury when he was keeping wickets. Mumbai very much in control in this match at the moment. OUT! Priyank Panchalc Tare b Shardul 36 (45), Manpreet Juneja c Yadav b Shardul 0 (5)
Live Cricket Score: Gujarat 47/1 | Overs 14 | TRAIL BY: 484| BATSMEN: Priyank Panchal 36 (40), Bharghav Merai 4 (14): Pathan has been dismissed caught behind off the bowling of Sandhu. Good start for Mumbai after the break. They will look for a few more before the close of play. OUT! Alsaaz Pathan c Tare b Sandhu 6 (30)
Live Cricket Score: Gujarat 21/0 | Overs 5 | TRAIL BY: 510| BATSMEN: Alsaaz Pathan 0 (12), Priyank Panchal 21 (18): Panchal has played an excellent knock ahead pf tea but more importantly have not lost any wickets. It will be interesting to see their approcah after the tea interval
Live Cricket Score: Mumbai 531 | Overs 141.2 | BATSMEN: Iqbal Abdullah 15 (44), Badrey Alam 0 (2): Mumbai have been bowled out, but will be confident of registering an outright win after posting this huge score. Herwadkar and Suryakumar Yadav scored centuries for Mumbai with Akshar Patel picking 3 for Gujarat. OUT! Iqbal Abdullah c Merai b Akshar 21 (55)
Live Cricket Score: Mumbai 525/9 | Overs 129 | BATSMEN: Iqbal Abdullah 15 (44), Badrey Alam 0 (2): Mumbai are just one wicket away from getting bowled out. They have gone past the 500-run mark and will hope that they have done enough to register an outright win. OUT! Siddesh Lad c Pathan Bumrah 39 (90), Shardul Thakur c Juneja b Bumrah 0 (5), Balwinder Sandhu LBW Akshar 3 (11)
Live Cricket Score: Mumbai 494/6 | Overs 129 | BATSMEN: Siddesh Lad 34 (82), Iqbal Abdullah 4 (10): Mumbai have a wicket straight after lunch but they are in an excellent position and are nearing 500 at the moment. Birthday boy Iqbal Abdullah is the new batsman for the hosts. Gujarat loo to wrap the innings up soon. OUT! Nikhil Patil c Gandhi b Akshar 7 (25)
Live Cricket Score: Mumbai 473/5 | Overs 120 | BATSMEN: Siddesh Lad 22 (50), Nikhil Patil 2 (13): Herwadkar has been dismissed falling just 8 runs short of a well deserved double century and end in a commanding position at lunch. OUT! Akhil Herwadkar b Panchal 192 (326)
Live Cricket Score: Mumbai 457/4 | Overs 113 | BATSMEN: Akhil Herwadkar 189(322), Siddesh Lad 11 (25): Skipper Aditya Tare’s dismissal has brought Siddesh Lad to the crease as Mumbai look to push for a score beyond 500. It has been hard work for Gujarat but their hanging in there. OUT! Aditya Tare c Merai b Kalaria 26 (30)
Live Cricket Score: Mumbai 411/3 | Overs 104 | BATSMEN: Akhil Herwadkar 160(295), Aditya Tare 22(27): Suryakumar Yadav’s brilliant iinnings finally comes to an end as RP Singh strikes. Skipper Aditya Tare is the new batsman and with Mumbai already in an excellent position, he will look to consolidate their position along with Akhil Herwadkar, who is batting brilliantly.
Live Cricket Score: Mumbai 382/2 | Overs 96 | BATSMEN: Akhil Herwadkar 153(274), Surya Kumar Yadav 104(178): Gujarat have not managed to make any breakthrough so far on Day 2. They desperately need to break this partnership to deny Mumbai a total of 500+. Both the centurions of Day 1 still look untroubled as they have been scoring runs on regular intervals.
The other centurion in Mumbai’s grand innings was Suryakumar Yadav who scored an unbeaten 103. At stumps the partnership between the unbeaten century duo was fittingly an exact hundred runs. Shreyas Iyer continued in his usual flamboyant manner to score a 69-ball 75 including a six and ten boundaries. Of the two wickets to fall one was taken by veteran RP Singh while Rush Kalaria pocketed the other. Gujarat have little chance to make a comeback in this game.
Squads:
Mumbai: Aditya Tare (c/wk), Vishal Dabholkar, Akhil Herwadkar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shrideep Mangela, Nikhil Patil, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Suryakumar Yadav, Badre Alam, Harmeet Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Abhishek Nayar, Abhishek Raut, Shardul Thakur
Gujarat: Parthiv Patel(c/wk), Priyank Kirit Panchal, Rujul Bhatt, Samit Gohel, Rush Kalaria, Hardik Patel, Smit Patel, RP Singh, Rohit Dahiya, Mehul Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Manpreet Juneja, Bhargav Merai, Niraj Patel, Ramesh Powar, Venugopal Rao
