MUM 495/6 | Live Cricket Score, Mumbai vs Punjab, Ranji Trophy 2015-16, Group B match, Day 2 at Mumbai: Mumbai on top at stumps

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Day Two of the Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Group B game between Mumbai and Punjab at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Yuvraj Singh will be leading Punjab once again in absence of Harbhajan Singh. Mumbai earned only one point from their first Ranji Trophy 2015-16 match against Andhra, as the latter earned three points on the basis of first innings lead. On the other hand, Punjab won their first match convincingly against Railways, riding on Gurkeerat Singh Mann’s double hundred. Mumbai will be led by Aditya Tare. Read all Ranji Trophy 2015-16 team previews here

Live cricket score Mumbai 495/6 | Overs 112 | Batting: Aditya Tare 111(140), Dhawal Kulkarni 30(83): It’s stumps with Mumbai well and truly in charge of proceedings. Shreyas Iyer’s innings was undoubtedly the highlight of the day. They have left Punjab with little hope of seeking anything fruitful in this match apart from lessons on what they must refrain from doing and what they must do better.

Live cricket score Mumbai 482/6 | Overs 108 | Batting: Aditya Tare 107(133), Dhawal Kulkarni 21(66): The Mumbai innings has witnessed another fabulous knock, this time from the bat of Aditya Tare. He has Dhawal Kulkarni for company and the duo are batting quite well with the lead having swollen to 328 runs.

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Live cricket score Mumbai 430/6 | Overs 94 | Batting: Aditya Tare 77(107), Dhawal Kulkarni 0(7): Mumbai’s lead has ballooned to 276 runs and Aditya Tare seems hell bent on getting a hundred despite the fall of wickets around him. He’s now been joined by Dhawal Kulkarni at the crease and there’s a high possibility that Mumbai will declare after the ton is completed or if Tare gets out before that.

Live cricket score Mumbai 401/4 | Overs 70 | Batting: Aditya Tare 60(79), SD Lad 25(49): Mumbai are absolutely dominating Punjab. After the departure of double centurion Shreyas Iyer, Aditya Tare has taken the torch and continued the humiliation of Punjab. There is little hope for Punjab in this game now. Mumbai will be happy about the prospect of an innings victory.

Live cricket score Mumbai 339/4 | Overs 70 | Batting: Aditya Tare 24(36), SD Lad 4(7): After the completion of one of the finest double hundreds, Iyer has departed one ball later. Yuvraj Singh did the trick. Nevertheless the damage has been done, Iyer’s milestone came of just 175 balls and helped Mumbai’s lead to swell over 175 before getting dismissed. Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed for 78.

Live cricket score Mumbai 259/2 | Overs 56 | Batting: Shreyas Iyer 151(139), Suryakumar Yadav 76(158): Mumbai’s lead has now swelled to 105 runs and Shreyas Iyer has scored a fantastic 150. He has led the charge relentlessly and Mumbai have greatly benefitted from the same. Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav is silently closing in on his century.

Live cricket score Mumbai 188/2 | Overs 38 | Batting: Shreyas Iyer 117(107), Suryakumar Yadav 42(79): In just the 38th over Mumbai have registered a thumping lead of 34 runs. Shreyas Iyer has gotten past his century and he’s looking ominous. What a scintillating knock it has been by him. He’s been well assisted by Suryakumar Yadav.

Live cricket score Mumbai 123/2 | Overs 24 | Batting: Shreyas Iyer 76 (62), Suryakumar Yadav 19 (39): Mumbai is closing in on the deficit and at the rate Shreyas Iyer is going they are likely to have a sizable lead in no time. Suryakumar Yadav is playing a patient knock at the other end. Punjab need a double strike at least to bring back some control.

Mumbai won the toss and elected to field. Put into bat, Punjab could manage only 154 runs. Manan Vohra was the highest scorer of Punjab side with 34 runs. Gitansh Khera scored the second highest run with 32. Shardul Thakur picked up 4 wickets. Balwinder Sandhu Junior also picked up 4 wickets. Mumbai batsmen Shrideep Mangela and Akhil Herwadkar opened the batting. Both the batsmen were dismissed. At Day One stumps, Mumbai trailed by 51 runs with 8 wickets in hand. Shreyas Iyer with unbeaten on 61, with Suryakumar Yadav unbeaten on 16. Siddharth Kaul and Brainder Sran took one wicket each.

Brief scores:

Punjab 154 (Manan Vohra 54, Gitansh Khera 32; Shardul Thakur 4 for 47, Balwinder Sandhu Junior 4 for 31) lead Mumbai 103 for 2 (Shreyas Iyer 61*) by 51 runs.

Teams:

Mumbai: Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare (c & wk), Shardul Thakur, Suryakumar Yadav, Abhishek Nayar, Akhil Herwadkar, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Harmeet Singh, Shrideep Mangela, Balwinder Sandhu Jr.

Punjab: Jiwanjot Singh, Yuvraj Singh (c), Mandeep Singh, Manan Vohra, Gitansh Khera (wk), Himanshu Chawla, Sarbjeet Ladda, Siddharth Kaul, Uday Kaul, Barinder Singh Sran, Varun Khanna.