Published: Feb 26, 2016, 08:33 AM (IST)
Edited: Feb 26, 2016, 08:43 AM (IST)
Mumbai will resume Day 3 of the ongoing Ranji Trophy final against Saurashtra at 262 for 8 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) stadium in Pune on Friday. Mumbai lead the Saurashtra by 27 runs with two days remaining in the fixture. Siddesh Lad and Iqbal Abdullah were on the crease at stumps of Day 2 on 22 and 9 runs respectively. Meanwhile, the Mumbai wickets were shared between Saurashtra’s Hardik Rathod, Jaydev Unadkat, Deepak Punia and Chirag Jani. Catch the live streaming of the match on starsports.com and the live telecast if the match on Star Sports 2 and Star Sports HD 2. Live Cricket Score, Mumbai vs Saurashtra, Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Final, Day 3 at Pune
Earlier, it was once again Shreyas Iyer who led Mumbai from the front with a 142-ball 117 runs. He received support from middle-order batsman Surya Kumar Yadav who fell short of half-century by two runs. Mumbai did not get the greatest of the starts with both openers, Akhil Herwadkar and Bhavin Thakkar getting dismissed in single digits.
Iyer is the second highest run-getter in a Ranji Trophy season behind VVS Laxman, who had scored 1415 runs in 1999-00 for Hyderabad in a season, where he scored eight centuries. He is also the leading run –scorer fir Mumbai in a single Ranji Trophy season, going past Wasim Jaffer, who had scored 1260 runs in 2008-09.
He was impressive even in his debut season for Mumbai in 2014-15 with 809 runs at 50.56. He good show in his debut season earned him an Indian Premier League (IPL) contract with the Delhi Daredevils (DD), where he top-scored once again for his team. He was purchased for Rs. 2.6 crores, which was the highest for an uncapped player.
