Live Cricket Score Mumbai vs Gujarat, Ranji Trophy 2016-17 Final, Day 4: Stumps

Welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates’ post of Day Four of the final match of Ranji Trophy 2016-17. Mumbai and Gujarat are fighting at the Holkar Stadium, Indore to claim the title.

Hello, good morning and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates’ post of Day Four of the final match of Ranji Trophy 2016-17. Mumbai and Gujarat are fighting at the Holkar Stadium, Indore to claim the title. I am Paulami Chakraborty and I will bring to you all the live cricket updates and scores of the match. The reigning champions Mumbai, after a not so impressive show in the first innings, have successfully bounced back in the game batting exceptionally well on Day Three. Gujarat, who had the first-innings lead in hand, gave away too many runs on the third day and will look to bowl with a lot more discipline on Friday.

Gujarat, who were cruising towards a big total with 291 for 6 on the board at stumps of Day Two, went on losing wickets in quick succession on Day Three morning. Gujarat’s innings came to an end with 328 runs on the board with exactly 100-run lead in hand. Balwinder Singh Sandhu was exceptional with the ball, being able to move it exactly as much as it was needed to trap the batsmen. Mumbai, from the very beginning, started hitting aggressively as young Prithvi Shaw looked extremely confident. The cricketer went all guns blazing, with picturesque drives. His partner Akhil Herwadkar departed early scoring 16 but provided Shaw the support he needed to score a 35-ball 44 with the help of 8 fours.

After Shaw’s departure, the runrate went down significantly but Mumbai remained successful not to lose wickets in the second session. Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav batted with a lot of patience and let those deliveries go which they were unsure of. Coming back from tea, the batsmen opened up. Iyer got to his half-century and eventually departed for a commendable 82, which helped Mumbai gain a healthy lead. At stumps, Mumbai were 208 for 3, with a 108-run lead at hand and Suryakumar and skipper Aditya Tare well-set at the crease. Bowling for Gujarat, the only successful bowler was Chintan Gaja who picked up all the wickets in the innings.

Squads:

Mumbai: Aditya Tare (c & wk), Praful Waghela, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad, Abhishek Nayar, Shardul Thakur, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Tushar Deshpande, Royston Dias, Sufiyan Shaikh (wk), Vijay Gohil, Akshay Girap, Eknath Kerkar, Prithvi Shaw, Akhil Herwadkar and Vishal Dabholkar.

Gujarat: Parthiv Patel (c & wk), Samit Gohel, Priyank Panchal, Bharghav Merai, Manprit Juneja, Rujul Bhatt, Chirag Gandhi, Rush Kalaria, RP Singh, Mehul Patel, Chintan Gaja, Hardik Patel, Dhruv Raval, Karan Patel.

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