MUM 407/4 | Live cricket score, Mumbai vs Uttar Pradesh, Ranji Trophy 2015-16, Group B match, Day 1 at Mumbai; Stumps

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog for the first day’s play between Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The match is the Group B clash in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2015-16 tournament, India’s premier competition in the domestic cricket circuit. Both the teams are traditional powerhouses, with Mumbai being the team to have won most number of Ranji titles. In this particular season, there’s little that separates the two teams. Mumbai are at the top of the table with two wins from four matches. They have so far secured 17 points. Uttar Pradesh are placed fourth in the group, with same number of wins from four matches. However, they have secured 13 points so far. 

Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh encounters have always produced great games. However, this particular time it is going to be a special game, since both the teams will have services of its top players. While Uttar Pradesh will be lead by limited-overs specialist Suresh Raina and also have Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mumbai will be bolstered by the return of Rohit Sharma, who has been released by the team management for this particular Ranji game.

Uttar Pradesh will also get the services of young Sarfaraz Khan, who missed out a few games after scoring a supreme 155 on his debut for the side. With so many stars featuring, this promises to be a cracker of a game. It will be interesting to see how the pitch behaves.

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Live cricket scores Mumbai |  407/4 | Overs 88 | Batting: Rohit Sharma 110(128), SD Lad 12(24): Riding high on Shreyas Iyer and Rohit Sharma’s hundreds, Mumbai have amassed 407 runs for the loss of four wickets on Day 1 of their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Uttar Pradesh. Opener Akhil Herwadkar and middle-order batsman Surya Kumar Yadav alos notched up their half-centuries. Uttar Pradesh bowlers had a bad day in office, as they simply had no answer to Iyer’s  onslaught and Rohit’s class. Bhuvneshwar picked up two wickets, while Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla and Kuldeep Yadav went wicketless. That’s all from here for today. We’ll be back tomorrow. Ciao!

Rohit’s hundred! Rohit Sharma has reached to his hundred in style. The talented cricketer was released by the Indian team management from the national duties to play in the Ranji Trophy. He brought his hundred in his comeback match for Mumbai. Rohit also became a part of two valuable partnerships; 98 runs with Shreyas Iyer for the third wicket and 99 runs with Surya Kumar Yadav for the fourth wicket. Yadav also played a blazing knock of 54-ball 58 that had eight boundaries and one six. He fell to Umang Sharma. Siddhesh Lad has replaced him and has joined Rohit in the middle.

OUT! SK Yadav ct Bhuvneshwar Kumar b Umang Sharma 58(54)

Live cricket scores Mumbai |  328/3 | Overs 74 | Batting: Rohit Sharma 64(85), SK Yadav 37(37):  Post-tea, Mumbai lost the belligerent Shreyas Iyer, who departed for a classy 137 off just 110 balls. His knock included 14 fours and five sixes. India player Bhuvneshwar Kumar eventually ended his entertaining knock, when he got him caught behind the wickets. Since then, it has been Rohit Sharma and SuryaKumar Yadav show.

OUT! S Iyer ct Eklavya Dwivedi b Bhuvneshwar Kumar 137(110)

Live cricket scores Mumbai |  256/2 | Overs 60 | Batting: Shreyas Iyer 135(108), Rohit Sharma 33(50): Both Iyer and Sharma continue to dominate Uttar Pradesh. The duo has now added 95 runs in virtually no time and taken Mumbai to 256/2 at tea. Iyer has played the aggressor, with scoring runs at a strike rate over 125. Rohit too is looking elegant as always. His 33 include four boundaries

Live cricket scores Mumbai |  221/2 | Overs 55 | Batting: Shreyas Iyer 105(83), Rohit Sharma 27(34): Shreyas Iyer completes yet another First-Class hundred! Shreyas Iyer’s fantastic run in the domestic circuit continues as he has reached to his fifth First-Class hundred. The striking feature of his innings so far has been his attacking game. He’s played at a strike rate of over 125, which is phenomenal. He has been joined by ROHIT SHARMA in the middle. Rohit had been released by the team management from the Test team for this First-Class game.

OUT! A Herwadkar ct Eklavya Dwivedi b Bhuvneshwar Kumar 58(152)

Live cricket scores Mumbai | 161/1 | Overs 45 | Batting: A Herwadkar 58(149), Shreyas Iyer 72(60): Mumbai have scored runs at almost five runs per over post-lunch. The credit goes to Shreyas Iyer. What an exciting talent he has been! In virtually no time, he has carted 72 runs from 62 balls and is still going strong. His knock consists of 10 fours and two massive sixes. At the moment, it looks like only Herwadkar is playing a four-day game, whereas Iyer is still in the T20 mode. Herwadkar too has reached to his fifty.

Live cricket scores Mumbai | 105/1 | Overs 34 | Batting: A Herwadkar 44(111), Shreyas Iyer 31(31): At lunch, Mumbai have reached 1 for 105. They’ve just lost the solitary wicket of skipper Aditya Tare in the first session. Tare scored 30 before being dismissed by Rajpoot. Shreyas Iyer has since been the cynosure, scoring an unbeaten run-a-ball 31. Herwadkar on the other hand has been solid with his defense. He’s taken 111 balls to reach to his 44 runs. Both have done well against a strong bowling attack and have kept the UP bowlers at bay so far.

Live cricket scores Mumbai | 60/1 | Overs 22 | Batting: A Herwadkar 25(67), Shreyas Iyer 2(5): Mumbai have lost their skipper Aditya Tare during this phase of play. Uttar Pradesh seamer Ankit Rajpoot got Tare to play one right into the hands of Himanshu Asnora. By the time he was dismissed, Tare ensured Mumbai had got off to a good start. With the likes of Shreyas Iyer, who has come out to play now, and Rohit Sharma still left, the hosts would look to capitalise on the start and get a big total on board.

OUT! AP Tare ct Himanshu Asnora b Ankit Rajpoot 30(62)

Live cricket scores Mumbai | 22/0 | Overs 10 | Batting: AP Tare 16(30), A Herwadkar 6(30): It is rarely that we get to see two strong teams playing a Ranji game. This is one of those matches. Mumbai, who are loaded with the likes of Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni and Shardul Thakur, won the toss and decided to bat first. Their opponents Uttar Pradesh too boast of some big names in Suresh Raina, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav and Sarfaraz Khan. At the moment, Mumbai are 22 without loss, with their skipper Aditya Tare and Akhil Herwadkar at the crease.

Playing XI

Mumbai: Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare (C & Wk), Akhil Herwadkar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Abhishek Nayar, Vishal Dabholkar, Siddhesh Lad, Shardul Thakur, BS Sandhu.

Uttar Pradesh: Suresh Raina (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sarfaraz Khan, Tanmay Srivastava, Umang Sharma, Ankit Rajpoot, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Himanshu Asnora, Eklavya Dwivedi, Kuldeep Yadav.