Published: Feb 09, 2016, 05:45 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 09, 2016, 05:45 PM (IST)
Mumbai: Mumbai will be without injured pace bowler Dhawal Kulkarni for their Ranji Trophy semifinal match against Madhya Pradesh from February 13 to 17 at Cuttack. “Dhawal is injured. He picked up a hamstring injury during the quarter final against Jharkhand at Mysore,” Mumbai Cricket Association’s joint secretary Unmesh Khanvilkar told PTI on Tuesday. Mumbai have also included Bhavin Thakkar in place of Jay Bista as “Bista is not performing as per expectations,” said Khanvilkar. Shreyas Iyer top-scored for Mumbai with a 106-ball 81 that was laced with nine fours and two sixes, as he single handedly helped Mumbai to book the semi-final spot.
While Mumbai lost wickets at regular intervals, Iyer managed to find some support from skipper Abhishek Nayar at the other end, with Nayar getting dismissed seven runs short of a half-century after hitting seven boundaries. Samar Quadri was the pick of the Jharkhand bowlers, taking five wickets for 62 runs, with Kaushal Singh and Rahul Shukla taking two wickets each for 15 and 57 runs respectively. Mumbai had earlier put up a massive total of 416, with Akhil Herwadkar leading the way with 217-ball 107. The Jharkhand batsmen, in reply, barely put up a fight as they were bundled out for 172, conceding a lead of 244 runs. Mumbai booked a place in the semi-final stage of the tournament, where they meet Madhya Pradesh.
The team: Aditya Tare (c), Abhishek Nayar, Akhil Herwadkar Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Patil (Jr.), Sufiyan Shaikh, Vishal Dabholkar, Iqbal Abdullah , Shardul Thakur, Balwinder Singh Sandhu (Jr.), Badre Alam Bhavin Thakkar, Sagar Trivedi.
