Published: Dec 18, 2015, 08:05 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:05 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16 Group A match between Hyderabad and Mumbai at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday. Mumbai is currently third in the points table, despite suffering a five-wicket defeat at the hands of Rajasthan in their previous encounter at the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad on Thursday. Hyderabad, on the other hand, have struggled for the most part so far in the tournament, losing four out of the five games that they have played so far, including a three-wicket defeat to Tamil Nadu in their previous game. Their only win in the tournament so far has come against the lowly Assam, beating them by 72 runs.
Live Cricket Score: Mumbai 220/3 | Overs 44.2 | Target 217 | BATSMEN: Ajinkya Rahane 31(31), Surya Kumar Yadav 3(11): Game over at Hyderabad, Mumbai thrashed Hyderabad by seven wickets, thereby earning four points. Ajinkya Rahane remained unbeaten on 27. The youngsters of Mumbai– Akhil Herwadkar and Shreyas Iyer once again led from the front with excellent scores of 85 (8122) and 83(844) respectively. The two wickets of Mumbai were taken bty Hyderbad’s Md Siraj and Ravi Kiran.
Live Cricket Score: Mumbai 201/3 | Overs 42 | Target 217 | BATSMEN: Ajinkya Rahane 19(26), Surya Kumar Yadav 1(6): 200 Up for Mumabi, from here they need another 17 runs to thrash Hyderabad in the latter’s home ground. Akhil Herwadkar who has been excellent today missed a well deserved century by just 15 runs when he was dismissed in the 41st over. OUT! Akhil Herwadkar c Vishal Sharma b Mehdi Hasan 85(122)
Live Cricket Score: Mumbai 171/2 | Overs 34 | Target 217 | BATSMEN: Akhil Herwadkar 73(103), Ajinkya Rahane 0(0): Ravi Kiran brings Iyer’s innings to an end when the latter looked well on way to another superb century. The 21-year-old scored 83 from 85 balls before giving a catch to Hyderbad’s skipper Hanuma Vihari on the fifth delivery of the 34th over. From here, Mumbai need 46 runs to win. OUT! Shreyas Iyer c Hanuma Vihari b Ravi Kiran 83(84)
Live Cricket Score: Mumbai 134/1 | Overs 29 | Target 217 | BATSMEN: Akhil Herwadkar 66(88), Shreyas Iyer 52(66): Md Siraj is the only bowler who has managed to make a breakthrough for Hyderabad so far in the innings. Aditya Tare’s poor run this season continues to haunt him as he has been dismissed early in the innings once again. The Mumabi skipper managed to score 12 off 18 delieveries he had faed before giving a catch to Sumanth Kolla on the last ball of the 8th over. From here, Mumbai need another 83 runs. OUT! Aditya Tare c Sumanth Kolla b Md Siraj 12(18)
Live Cricket Score: Mumbai 20/0 | Overs 3 | BATSMEN: Akhil Herwadkar 12(12), Aditya Tare 6(6): Two boudnaries for Herwadkar already, as the openers give Mumbai a good start in the second innings. Ravi Kiran and Md Siraj opener bolwing for Hyderabad from both the ends. With the likes of Tare, Akhil and Shreyas Iyer, a target of 217 is no big task for Mumbai.
Live Cricket Score: Hyderabad 216/7 | Overs 50 | BATSMEN: Jaweed Ali 43(44), Ravi Kiran 0(0): Mehdi Hasan got run out on the fourth delivery of the very last over of Hyderabad’s first innings. Jaweed Ali’s unbeaten 43 at the end will definitely make an imapct in the match later in the day when Mumbai takes the crease. The 77-run partnership between Vihari and Jaweed helped Hyderabad recover after they lost quick wickets. OUT! Mehdi Hasan run out Rohan Raje 5(11)
Live Cricket Score: Hyderabad 203/6 | Overs 47 | BATSMEN: Jaweed Ali 35(35), Mehdi Hasan 0(3): Dhawal Kulkarni who did not have a great day finally managed to bag a wicket, as he dismissed Hyderabad’s skipper Hanuma Vihari in the 47th over. Kulkarni denied Vihari a century by five runs as the batsmen gave a catch to Aditya Tare on the thir delivery of the 47th over. OUT! Hanuma Vihari c Aditya Tare b Dhawal Kulkarni 95(104)
Live Cricket Score: Hyderabad 131/5 | Overs 36 | BATSMEN: Hanuma Vihari 58(70), Jaweed Ali 2(5): Half-century for skipper Vihari, captain’s knock when his side was struggling at 38 for 2 in 11 overs. Vihari should try and convert this into a century to ensure Hyderabad post a huge total against the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Siddesh Lad, Aditya Tare in Mumbai. Meanwhile, Shardul strikes again to dismiss Himalay Agarwal in the 35th over. OUT! Himalay Agarwal c Abhishek Nayar b Shardul 14(39)
Live Cricket Score: Hyderabad 94/4 | Overs 26 | BATSMEN: Hanuma Vihari 38(48), Himalay Agarwal 2(7): Iqbal Abdullah strikes this time for Mumbai, dismisses B Sandeep, thereby ending the latter’s struggle. Sandeep’s slow innings lasted 25 balls where he had managed to score just 12 runs before getting his stumps rattled by Abdullah in the 25th over, leaving Hyderabad at 92 for 4. OUT! B Sandeep b Iqbal Abdullah 12(25)
Live Cricket Score: Hyderabad 70/3 | Overs 20 | BATSMEN: Hanuma Vihari 24(30), B Sandeep 3(12): An second wicket for Rohan Raje, as he dismissed Tanmay Agarwal in the 17th over. Tanmay scored 10 runs in 15 balls before giving an easy catch to Dhawal Kulkarni on the fifth delivery of the 17th over, leaving Hyderabad at 64 for 3. OUT! Tanmay Agarwal c Dhawal Kulkarni b Rohan Raje 10(15)
Live Cricket Score: Hyderabad 43/2 | Overs 13 | BATSMEN: Hanuma Vihari 8(12), Tanmay Agarwal 2(4): Winning the toss, Hyderabad chose to bat first. Although the openers were off to a decent start, their wickets falling in quick succession. Shardul who bagged a 5-wicket haul in the previous match drew first blood, removing Hyderabad’s opening batsman Danny Derek Prince on the last delivery of the 10th over. The second wicket went to Rohan Raje, leaving Hyderad at 38 for 2. OUT! Danny Derek Prince c Aditya Tare b Shardul 13(34) OUT! Sumanth Kolla c Aditya Tare b Rohan Raje 16(28)
Mumbai, who have put up dominant performances in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2015-16 so far, have won three and lost two games in their run in the 50-over tournament so far. They started their campaign with a five-wicket win over Punjab, before suffering their first loss to Tamil Nadu by 26 runs. Their next couple of games, against Assam and Services respectively, were easy wins by 96 runs and six wickets respectively.
Squads:
Mumbai: Aditya Tare (c/wk), Jay Bista, Akhil Herwadkar, Iqbal Abdulla, Shreyas Iyer, Dhawal Kulkarni, Siddhesh Lad, Abhishek Nayar, Rohan Raje, Abhishek Raut, Sufiyan Shaikh, Shashank Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sagar Trivedi, Suryakumar Yadav.
Hyderabad: Hanuma Vihari (c), Vishal Sharma, Himalay Agarwal, Tanmay Agarwal, M Hasan, Jaweed Ali, Chama Milind, Mohammed Siraj, Pagadala Naidu, Ravi Kiran, Akshath Reddy, Bavanaka Sandeep, Tirumalasetti Suman, Kolla Sumanth (wk), Yathin Reddy.
