Published: Nov 09, 2015, 08:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 04:31 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates of the Group B match in the ongoing Ranji Trophy2015-16, between Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh. The match is being played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, where the visitors finished Day 2 at 51 for no loss, trailing Mumbai by 559 runs, with two days left in the game. UP openers Tanmay Srivastava and Himanshu Asnora remained unbeaten on 30(86) and 21(76) respectively. However, it is crucial for the duo build a huge partnership after Mumbai posted a massive first innings total. On the other hand, the likes of Vishal Dabholkar and Dhawal Kulkarni will aim to make early breakthroughs in order to break UP’s current momentum. READ: Live Cricket Score, Mumbai vs Uttar Pradesh, Ranji Trophy 2015-16, Group B match, Day 2 at Mumbai: UP trail by 559 runs
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 350/5; BATTING: Eklavya Dwivedi 50 (88), Piyush Chawla 54 (55) — STUMPS! UP trail by 260, so they need 60 more to avoid the follow-on. However, with five wickets remaining and Mumbai tough bowling, it’s still the odds in their favour.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 292/5; BATTING: Eklavya Dwivedi 20 (48), Piyush Chawla 27 (29) — TWO DOWN!!!! A couple of more wickets down for UP and batsmen in the form of Himanshu Asnora (92) and SN Khan (44) are the men to be dismissed as Eklavya Dwivedi and Piyush Chawla come in.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 241/3; BATTING: Himanshu Asnora 92 (261), SN Khan 43 (38) — No harm done to the UP innings as they cros the 200-run mark and also near the 250 runs mark they still trail by just above 350 runs.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 193/3; BATTING: Himanshu Asnora 78 (235), SN Khan 13 (14) — TWO MORE DOWN!!!! UP lose a couple of more wickets in the form of Umang Sharma (53) and Suresh Raina (9), while SN Khan is the new man in as they continue to trail by a big margin.
OUT! Umang Sharma Run Out Dhawal Kulkarni 53 (114), Suresh Raina st AP Tare b Vishal Dabholkar 9 (22)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 149/1; BATTING: Himanshu Asnora 65 (194), Umang Sharma 47 (109) — UP continue their silent quest in the first innings without losing further wickets as they stilol lag behind by a massive margin, and unless Mumbai get breakthroughs, it’s most liekly headed towards draw.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 134/1; BATTING: Himanshu Asnora 54 (167), Umang Sharma 43 (94) — LUNCH! As UP go into lunch, there has been no further damage to their innings so far as Himanshu brings up his half-century, while they still trail by 476 runs.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 100/1; BATTING: Himanshu Asnora 43 (130) — As the UP batsmen bring up the 100 runs for the team, they have only managed to lose a wicket in the form of Tanmay Srivastava, while Umang Sharma makes his way in.
OUT! Tanmay Srivastava b BS Sandhu 37 (111)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UP 63/0; BATTING: Tanmay Srivastava 37 (109), Himanshu Asnora 26 (101) — A comfortable start to the innings by the opening UP batsmen as they look to bat out the whole day without suffering a major setback and also not allowing the Mumbai bowlers to settle down.
Meanwhile, the 40-times champions continue their excellent run. Every player in the hosts’ side contributed with the bat with Shreyas Iyer and Rohit Sharma scoring fantastic tons, while there were three vital half-centuries from Akhil Herwadkar, Suryakumar Yadav and Siddesh Lad. They declared at 610 for nine from 153 overs. UP’s bowling attack has India’s regular fast bowler Bhuveneshwar Kumar. His presence made no difference as he could not deny Mumbai a big total and he had managed just two wickets. The likes of Bhuveneshwar, Praveen Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav have to step up if UP gets to bowl again in the match.
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.
