Madhya Pradesh seamer bowls out hosts' lower order as visitors gain upper hand on second day
After a disappointing first day in which Madhya Pradesh's Yogesh Rawat had figures of 16-4-60-0 against his name, the 22-year-old seamer made amends on the second picking up five wickets to halt Mumbai charge in the Ranji Trophy tie here on Tuesday.
Rawat began the second day all charged up and with an aim to do something special after a pep talk previous night by MP coach Harvinder Singh Sodhi. The pacer's breathtaking spell of 24-6-74-5 was instrumental in cleaning up the lower order of Mumbai.
From a comfortable 375 for four, the hosts were 404 all out in the Group A tie at the Wankhede Stadium.
In their reply, Madhya Pradesh were sitting pretty at 221 for three in 72 overs with Naman Ojha (60) and captain Devendra Bundela (40) at the crease. Jalaj Saxena (85), too, contributed to Mumbai's misery.
Mumbai, on the other hand, failed to put up an inspiring show with the ball after their batsmen impressed the previous day. None of the bowlers made an impression and were seen struggling on the greenish track.
Fast bowler Shardul Thakur started well with the new ball beating the batsman with his outswingers, troubling them with bouncers, but could not come out with a wicket-taking delivery.
Although, they created some half chances, they proved too difficult for the fielders. And the wickets that came Mumbai's way were because of mistakes by the visiting batsman.
Earlier after MP took the new ball, Rawat fired down a good spell to send Mumbai packing in 77 minutes. He picked three wickets in the 91st over.
First it was promising batsman Sarfaraz Khan, who added just one to his overnight score of 20. He nicked one to the first slip while going for a backfoot drive. Then Siddhesh Lad (69) was trapped in front of the wicket and Thakur became the third victim edging one to Harpreet Singh at the second slip.
Rest were a mere formality as Mumbai collapsed for 404.
"It was a good day. I was disappointed when I could not find the rhythm on this green track on Day One. Today I was determined to do something and I did it," said Rawat.
Scorecard
Mumbai 1st innings (O/N: 375/4)
S Lad lbw b Rawat 73, S Khan c Bundela b Rawat 21, W Mota lbw b Rawat 5, S Thakur c Harpreet Singh b Rawat 0, Iqbal Abdulla b Datey 4, K Waingankar c Ojha b Rawat 10, J Khan not out 4
Extras: (B5, LB1, W1, NB7) 14
Total: (all out; 103 overs) 404
FoW: 5-380, 6-381, 7-381, 8-390, 9-390, 10-404
Bowling: P Datey 26-5-76-3 (NB1), Y Rawat 24-6-74-5, Avesh Khan 16-1-71-0 (W1), S Mishra 8-0-62-0 (NB6), Ankit Sharma 12-2-41-1, Jalaj S Saxena 5-0-32-0, Rameez Khan 4-0-21-0, Harpreet Singh 8-1-21-1
Madhya Pradesh 1st innings
S Mishra run out (JJ Khan) 10, Jalaj S Saxena c SN Khan b Iqbal Abdulla 85, Rameez Khan c Tare b Mota 18, N Ojha batting 60, D Bundela batting 42
Extras: (LB1, NB5) 6
Total: (3 wickets; 72 overs) 221
FoW: 1-28, 2-82, 3-130
Bowling: S Thakur 19-4-78-0 (NB3), W Mota 14-6-33-1, J Khan 13-6-29-0, K Waingankar 11-2-32-0 (NB2), Iqbal Abdulla 13-3-37-1, A Herwadkar 1-0-6-0, S Yadav 1-0-5-0
ELSEWHERE
GROUP A
In Lucknow: Baroda 498 all out in 142 overs (Swapnil Singh 73*; A Murtaza 4/103, P Chawla 3/159) vs Uttar Pradesh 103/1 in 40 overs (T Srivastava 69*)
In Kolkata: Tamil Nadu 246 all out in 88.4 overs (R Prasanna 50 retd; A Dinda 4/76) vs Bengal 183/2 in 52 overs (M Tiwary 54*, A Das 48, A Easwaran 41*)
In Hubli: Jammu & Kashmir 160 & 36/1 in 12 overs vs Karnataka 423/9 decl in 103 overs (R Uthappa 156, CM Gautam 80, S Gopal 58*; M Mudhasir 4/99, R Dayal 3/63)
GROUP B
In Rohtak: Delhi 278 all out in 83.5 overs (V Sehwag 147; M Sharma 4/46, J Singh 3/39) & 7/0 in 3 overs vs Haryana 188 all out in 66.2 overs (H Rana 80; V Sood 3/20, S Narwal 3/43)
In Sambalpur: Vidharba 129/4 in 56 overs (G Satish 62*; B Mohanty 2/29) vs Odisha
In Jaipur: Rajasthan 433 all out in 129.5 overs (P Sharma 140, Puneet 90, R Bishnoi 67, A Menaria 65; S Ladda 4/104, Sandeep 3/106) vs Punjab 140/5 in 36 overs (G Singh 70*; P Singh 3/56)
In Rajkot: Maharashtra 519 all out in 150.5 overs (A Bawne 124, R Motwani 70, C Khurana 69, H Khadiwale 67; K Makwana 5/120) vs Saurashtra 94/3 in 29 overs (S Jackson 57)
GROUP C
In Dharamsala: Kerala 196 vs Himachal Pradesh 287/6 in 97 overs (P Dogra 115*, Bipul 35*; N Niyas 2/47)
In Agartala: Tripura 184 all out vs Hyderabad 487/9 in 126 overs (P Reddy 174, D Ravi Teja 96*, H Vihari 70; M Murasingh 3/110, T Saha 3/106)
In Guwahati: Services 113 all out in 39.5 overs (N Sharma 32; A Das 5/40, K Das 3/21) vs Assam 211/8 in 85 overs (S Roy 81; S Kumar 2/42)
In Vizianagaram: Jharkhand 246 all out in 96.5 overs (S Tiwary 45; C Stephen 3/52) vs Andhra 179/4 in 67 overs (M Sriram 71, A Pradeep 39*; A Kumar 2/53)
STARWATCH
Manoj Tiwary (Bengal)
54* vs Tamil Nadu
His non-inclusion in the World Cup squad did not affect him. The senior batsman scored a useful unbeaten half-century to help his team finish the day strongly
Mohit Sharma (Haryana)
4/46 vs Delhi
Picked for the tri-series in Australia, the right-arm seamer returned with a four-wicket haul including a hat-trick on Monday to dismiss the opposition for 278
Robin Uthappa (Karnataka)
156 vs J&K
The opener was demoted to the No. 5 spot and the change worked for him. Uthappa slammed a scintillating 156 to help his team post a huge 423/9 before declaring
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