Published: Nov 17, 2015, 08:37 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 04:35 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Day Three of the Group B game of the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy between Mumbai and Railways at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Mumbai have given yet another demonstration of their excellent ability to bounce back from tough situations. Railways were bowled out for 217 in the first innings and Mumbai’s chances to secure first innings lead over the small score started looking downfall when they were reduced to 147 for six still trailing by 70 runs, but from there Akhil Herwadkar settled into a fantastic partnership with Nikhil Patil to take the score to 271 for seven! Complete coverage of Ranji Trophy 2015-16
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Railways 126/1, 217 | Mumbai 331 | Overs 39 | BATTING: Saurabh 66(112), Cheluvaraj 11(32): From here, Railways lead their opponents by 12 runs. After ARB Singh’s dismissal on the fifth delivery of the 29th over, Mumbai have had no luck with any more breakthroughs. Vishal Dabholkar who has been their consistent bowler took the lone wicket for Mumbai in the second innings. Singh scored a fighting 89-ball 44. OUT! A R B Singh LBW Vishal Dabholkar 44(89)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Railways 22/0, 217 | Mumbai 331 | Overs 10 | BATTING: Saurabh 12(29), A R B Singh 6(32): At stumps of Day 2, Mumbai were bowled out for 331, thereby taking a first innings lead of 114 runs. Karn Sharma’s seven-wicket haul helped UP restrict 40-times champions to 331. Railways have begun their next innings quite slow, just 22 runs on board with ten overs gone in the day.
Herwadkar scored 145 before falling to Karn Sharma and Patil remains unbeaten on 82. Patil also formed a significant partnership with Harmeet Singh who scored 20 before being run out. That was the final wicket to fall in the day with Vishal Dabholkar batting out 12 balls to ensure the Mumbai innings went into Day Three. Mumbai are leading Railways by 113 runs with one wicket in hand.
Railways were in the driver’s seat at one stage but lost the initiative. Their aim will be to get rid of that final wicket as soon as possible and then make a better effort with the bat or Mumbai will most certainly get another outright win under their belt. Karn was the star for Railways with the ball taking six wickets for 90 runs. He’ll be eyeing the seventh keenly. For Mumbai, they already have a significant lead on a low-scoring pitch. For them the key is to do well with the ball.
Teams:
Railways (Playing XI): Saurabh Wakaskar, Ashish Singh, V Cheluvaraj, V Singh, Arindam Ghosh, SS Mishra, Mahesh Rawat(c&wk), Anureet Singh, Karn Sharma, Arnab Nandi, Akshat Pandey
Mumbai (Playing XI): Aditya Tare(c&wk), Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur, Suryakumar Yadav, Akhil Herwadkar, Nikhil Patil, Shreyas Iyer, Vishal Dabholkar, Siddhesh Lad, Jay Gokul Bista, Harmeet Singh
