An unbeaten century by opener Parthiv Patel and his 142-run partnership with Manoj Tiwary helped Rest of India fight back in their Irani Trophy cricket match against Mumbai here on Sunday.

After Mumbai were all out for 453, Rest of India had a poor start losing top three wickets cheaply before Patel did the rescue work partnering S Badrinath (29 runs, 52balls, 4x4, 1x6) and then with Tiwary to take his team to 292 for four at stumps on day two.

Opener Aakash Chopra failed to open his account as he fell to Rajesh Verma. Skipper Mohd Kaif 18 (30b, 1x4) and Suresh Raina 17 (20b, 3x4) also got out cheaply to Ajit Agarkar and Verma respectively as Rest of India were tottering at 64 for three.

Patel and Badrinath then added 86 runs for the fourth wicket.

Later, Patel got useful support from Tiwary. The wicketkeeper completed his century off 120 balls with the help of 18 fours and was unbeaten on 161 (204 balls) at close of play.


Tiwary consumed 104 balls for his unbeaten 56, which included six fours and two towering sixes.
Rest of India still trail by 161 with six wickets in hand.

For Mumbai, medium pacer Verma took two wickets conceding 49 runs, while Agarkar and Iqbal Abdullah got a wicket each.

Powar unimpressive
Ramesh Powar failed to impress and gave away 68 runs off his 12 overs without getting a wicket.

Earlier, resuming at their overnight score of 385 for eight, Mumbai batsmen Powar and Abdullah continued to frustrate Rest of India bowlers.

Powar 45 (50b, 6x4, 1x6) was first man to be dismissed followed by Verma for nine.

Abdullah remained unbeaten on 56 with seven fours and two sixes.

Ishant Sharma and Ranadeb Bose captured three wickets each for Rest of India giving away 63 runs and 106 runs respectively, while Ojha got two for 114 runs.


SCORE BOARD

MUMBAI (I Innings, O/n: 385/8): Sahil Kukreja (run out) 110; Ajinkya Rahane lbw Bose 52; Wasim Jafer c Kaif b Bose 8; Amol Mazumdar lbw Ojha 8; Prashant Naik lbw Sharma 12; Abhishek Nair c Sharma b Ojha 118; Ramesh Powar c Patel b Sharma 45; Ajit Agarkar c Raina b Bose 4; Omkar Guruv c Patel b Sharma 0; Iqbal Abdullah (not out) 56; Rajesh Verma lbw Mishra 9; Extras (B-2, LB-9, NB-17, W-3) 31. Total (all out, 101.2 overs) 453.

Fall of wickets: 1-91, 2-109, 3-150, 4-165, 5-336, 6-338, 7-342, 8-359, 9-410.

Bowling: Munaf Patel 19.5-0-96-0, Ranadeb Bose 25.1-4-106-3, Ishant Sharma 22-6-63-3, Pragyan Ojha 21-0-114-2, Amit Mishra 8.2-0-43-1, S Badrinath 5-0-20-0.

REST OF INDIA (I Innings): Parthiv Patel (batting) 161; Akash Chopra c Naik b Verma 0; Mohd Kaif lbw Agarkar 18; Suresh Raina b Verma 17; S Badrinath lbw Abdullah 29; Manoj Tiwary (batting) 56; Extras (LB-5, NB-2, W-4) 11. Total (for four wkts, 70 overs) 292.

Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-33, 3-64, 4-150.

Bowling: Ajit Agarkar 14-2-68-1, Rajesh Verma 14-2-49-2, Abhishek Nair 12-3-48-0, Ramesh Powar 12-0-68-0, Iqbal Abdullah 17-3-51-1, Ajinkya Rahane 1-0-3-0.