What gave the impression to be a routine chase for Mumbai’s robust batting line-up towards Hyderabad became a spicy one at Ahmedabad within the second spherical of Vijay Hazare Trophy. Chasing 170 for a win, Mumbai binned the standard technique and reversed their batting order as Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer and Shivam Dube had been demoted to No 8, 9 & 10 as they scrambled to a three-wicket win.
On a pitch the place bowlers did all of the speaking, Mumbai’s transfer appeared vindicated as they most popular their established names to finish the job when the ball turned tender. Having misplaced their earlier match towards Karnataka, it was a daring transfer from Mumbai as their top-7 learn: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ayush Mhatre, Hardik Tamore, Suryansh Shedge, Atharva Ankolekar, Shardul Thakur and Tanush Kotian.
The transfer, although, spectacularly backfired as Mumbai had been decreased to 67/6 earlier than Kotian (39 n.o) and Suryakumar (18) steadied the ship. It wanted considered one of them to place their hand up and play a counter-attacking innings and skipper Shreyas took it upon himself. Strolling in at No 9, Shreyas scored 44 off 20 deliveries to take them residence.
Earlier, left-arm spinner Ankolekar was the star performer with the ball, returning with figures of 10-1-55-4 as Hyderabad misplaced their approach after their openers placed on 85 for the primary wicket. The 17-year-old Mhatre was additionally amongst wickets, taking three wickets along with his off-breaks as Hyderabad had been dismissed for 169 in 38.1 overs.
Transient scores: At Ahmedabad: Hyderbad 169 in 38.1 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 64, A Avanish 52; Atharva Ankolekar 4/55, Ayush Mhatre 3/17) misplaced to Mumbai 175/7 in 25.1 overs (Shreyas Iyer 44 no, Tanush Kotian 39 no; Sharanu Nishanth 3/42)
Gaikwad blitz
With lower than two months to go for the Champions Trophy, an instantaneous opening within the Indian ODI squad is probably not across the nook, however Ruturaj Gaikwad continues to make a robust case for his inclusion. The opener, who has stellar numbers within the format with a Record A common of 57.37, despatched a robust reminder on Monday, scoring an unbeaten 74-ball 148 as Maharashtra chased down Providers whole of 204 in simply 20.2 overs at Ahmedabad to win by 9 wickets.
Regardless of having the runs within the format, Gaikwad’s omission from India’s white-ball squads have raised eyebrows. Whereas a spot within the T20I set-up is probably not within the offing instantly, with Rohit Sharma struggling for runs, Gaikwad’s runs come at a vital juncture for India. Although he didn’t function in final season’s match, in 2022/23, Gaikwad had scored 660 runs in simply 5 innings. And courtesy his newest century towards Providers, he now has 14 from 45 innings within the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Taking part in on the venue the place he scored a career-best 220 within the format towards UP, Gaikwad single-handedly demolished Providers. Past his unbeaten 148, the subsequent greatest rating was 24 from fellow opener Om Bhosale. Their No 3 Siddesh Veer remained unbeaten on 22 as Gaikwad scored at a strike-rate of 200 in an innings that included 16 boundaries and 11 sixes. Out of the 16 fours, solely three got here on the leg-side – all in the direction of mid-wicket – as he repeatedly pierced the off-side subject. In hanging distinction, out of the 11 sixes, 10 got here on the leg-side. 4 had been hit over mid-wicket, two every over square-leg and fine-leg, one over long-on and one other huge of the mid-off fielder. Having confronted 31 dot balls, his 148 successfully got here off 43 deliveries.
Gaikwad’s innings for positive overshadowed the all-round effort of Maharashtra bowlers who did nicely to dismiss Providers to 204 in 48 overs. Other than captain Mohit Ahlawat who top-scored with 61, the remainder of the Providers batsmen didn’t convert their begins.
Providers 204 in 48 overs (Mohit Ahlawat 61; Satyajeet Bachhav 3/36, Pradeep Dadhe 3/38) misplaced to Maharashtra 205/1 in 20.2 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 148 n.o).
Baroda cross 400
Elsewhere at Hyderabad, which noticed large totals being the norm in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the identical development continued on this match as nicely. After being requested to bat first on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Cricket Stadium by Kerala, Baroda posted a large 403/4. Whereas opener Ninad Rathwa set the tone with 136 off 99 deliveries, it was skipper Krunal Pandya who inflicted additional harm on Kerala, scoring an unbeaten 80 off simply 54 deliveries. He was ably supported by Parth Kohli (72) whereas Vishnu Solanki and Bhanu Pania performed the best cameos to energy Baroda.
Chasing a large whole, Kerala who’re taking part in the match with out Sanju Samson, went for it however had been all the time behind the asking fee. Rohan Kunnummal (65) and Ahammed Imran (51) gave them a strong begin earlier than Mohammed Azharuddeen fought a lone battle, hitting 104 off simply 58 deliveries. However he discovered no help from the opposite finish as Baroda saved chipping away with wickets earlier than dismissing them for 341 in 45.5 overs.
Baroda 403/4 in 50 overs (Ninad Rathwa 136, Krunal Pandya 80, Parth Kohli 72) bt Kerala 341 in 45.5 overs (Mohammed Azharuddeen 104, Rohan Kunnummal 65, Ahammed Imran 51; Akash Singh 3/70).
Saini picks 4
On the Gymkhana grounds, pacer Navdeep Saini picked up 4 wickets to bowl Delhi to a vital 79-run win over Madhya Pradesh. Requested to bat first, Delhi managed solely 213 with Anuj Rawat top-scoring with 78. Delhi had been shedding their approach and had been positioned at 86/5 earlier than Rawat dropped anchor to take them to a complete that their assault could make a contest out of.
Defending a modest whole, Delhi wanted to strike inside the primary powerplay, however MP openers Harsh Gawli and Subhranshu Senapati began off on a strong observe placing collectively 68 runs. And as soon as Hrithik Shokeen gave them the opening by eradicating Gawli, Delhi took management of the sport very quickly. Thereafter, Saini broke MP’s again with 4 wickets at the same time as Shokeen added two extra to his tally. Prince Yadav took two wickets as MP had been shut down for 132 in 37.1 overs.
Delhi 211 in 48.4 overs (Anuj Rawat 78, Sarthak Ranjan 41; Kumar Kartikeya 2/24) bt Madhya Pradesh 132 in 37.1 overs (Subhranshu Senapati 55; Navdeep Saini 4/37, Hrithik Shokeen 3/26).
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