Ranji Trophy: Mumbai face early exit after shock loss to J&Okay
Mumbai: In an eventful day of Ranji Trophy motion, Jammu and Kashmir bagged the headlines by registering an upset win over 42-time champions Mumbai, whereas Haryana stormed into the quarter-finals by crushing Bengal. In Bengaluru, the nationwide selectors lastly discovered an India batter among the many runs after Shubman Gill stroked a affected person hundred in opposition to Karnataka, though it was in a shedding trigger.
It was J&Okay’s second successive win over Mumbai within the competitors, 10 years aside and each in Mumbai’s den. J&Okay final beat Mumbai in December 2014. This win was much more particular because it got here in opposition to a full-strength Mumbai batting line-up, together with the presence of India skipper Rohit Sharma. The outcome leaves the defending champions’ knockout hopes hanging by a thread. Mumbai will first should beat Meghalaya with a bonus level of their final league match and hope J&Okay register an outright win over Baroda subsequent, to squeeze via.
Rested and recuperated after a troublesome toil in opposition to Shardul Thakur and Tanush Kotian the day before today, J&Okay pacers didn’t waste time to dismiss the duo early on Day 3 to dismiss Mumbai for 290 within the second innings, solely 16 runs added to their in a single day rating. The batters then held their nerve with an unbeaten 48-run stand for the sixth wicket between Kanhaiya Wadhawan and Abid Mushtaq seeing them obtain the 205-run goal. Pacers Yudhvir Singh, Umar Nazir and Auqib Nabi shared 19 of the 20 Mumbai wickets within the match.
“Their fast-bowling unit, we noticed their movies. I believed their bowling unit has been doing rather well, bowling in tight areas. I believed they learn the situations effectively. Frankly, we didn’t count on that ball would seam that a lot, however clearly they bowled effectively,” Mumbai skipper Ajinkya Rahane stated.
Gill finds kind
Punjab skipper Gill could be dissatisfied as his second-innings hundred didn’t make any materials distinction to the match outcome. Gill performed the only hand as his workforce folded up for 213, handing an innings and 207-run win to Karnataka. However the hundred will maintain him in good stead for future India assignments. The India No.3 performed the ready sport throughout his first fifty runs when Karnataka tried attacking fields with the ball reversing. Later, the batting star bought into groove, and even after finishing the ton seemed good for extra. Nonetheless, an umpiring error noticed his innings finish on 102.
At Thiruvananthapuram, Rajat Patidar, one other India aspirant, stroked a powerful 92 for Madhya Pradesh to set Kerala a stiff 336-run goal. Kerala, needing 335 runs on the ultimate day with 9 wickets in hand, are chasing a win to spice up their knockout possibilities.
