JOIN USDefending champions Mumbai needed just 22 minutes and 31 balls to wrap up a massive 338-run victory over minnows Vidarbha and log six points to shoot to the top of the Ranji Trophy Group ‘A’ table at the Wankhede stadium on Sunday.
Chasing an imposing target of 530 and staring defeat in the face last evening at 177 for eight, Vidarbha collapsed for 191 by adding 14 runs while losing their last two wickets to medium pacer Shardul Thakur, who ended up with innings figures of four for 48 on the fourth and final day of the lop-sided clash.
Brief scores: Group A: At Jamshedpur: Jharkhand: 289 all out and (O/n: 28/0) 166/7 in 98 overs (Bhavin Thakkar 50 n.o., Saurabh Tiwary 50 n.o.; Akshar Patel 2-50, Jasprit Bumrah 3-27, Rakesh Dhruv 2-21) drew Gujarat: 352/9 decl. Gujarat: 3. Jharkhand: 1.
At Mumbai: Mumbai: 261 all out and 381/4 decl bt Vidarbha: 113 all out and (O/n: 177/8) 191 all out in 46.4 overs (Shalabh Shrivastava 69, Shrikant Wagh 41 n.o.; Shardul Thakur 4-48, Vishal Dabholkar 2-33). Mumbai: 6; Vidarbha: 0.
Group B: At Delhi: Bengal: 431 all out and 126/3 in 54 overs (Arindam Das 50, Subhomoy Das 54) drew Services(O/n: 261/6): 304 all out in 120/5 overs (Pratik Desai 52, Rajat Paliwal 25, Soumya Swain 56, Vishnu Tiwari 71, Suraj Yadav 42 n.o.; Ashok Dinda 3-97, Iresh Saxena 2-54, Sauashish Lahiri 3-69). Bengal: 3, Services: 1.
At Saurashtra: Tamil Nadu: 565/8 decl drew Saurashtra (O/n: 326/3): 581/6 in 161.4 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 269, Sheldon Jackson 28, Jaydev Shah 195, Aarpit Vasavada 70; Baba Aparajith 2-71). Saurashtra: 3; Tamil Nadu: 1.
At Jaipur: Uttar Pradesh: 226 all out and 319/5 decl drew Rajasthan: 185 and 253/6 in 93 overs (Ashok Meneria 40, Robin Bist 51, Rajesh Bishnoi 53, Chetan Bist 61 n.o.; Imtiaz Ahmed 3-58). Uttar Pradesh: 3; Rajasthan: 1.
Group C: At Porvorim: Goa: 252 all out and 177 all out bt Tripura: 174 all out and 206 all out in 87.4 overs (KB Pawan 70, Yogesh Takawale 44, Kaushal Acharjee 36 n.o.; Harshad Gadekar 5-49, Amit Yadav 2-43, Shadab Jakati 2-68). Goa: 6; Tripura: 0.
At Cuddapah: Andhra: 317 all out and (O/n: 27/1) 237/7 in 90 overs (GK Chiranjeevi 85, AG Pradeep 25, Marripuri Suresh 38 n.o.; Anupam Sanklecha 3-52) drew Maharashtra: 440 all out. Maharashtra: 3; Andhra: 1.