Shreyas Iyer, Akhil Herwadkar power Mumbai to victory against Railways
Hosts Mumbai took up the challenge set by Railways to score at above four an over and notched up a comprehensive six-wicket victory in the four-day Group B Ranji Trophy game on Wednesday to move to
Hosts Mumbai took up the challenge set by Railways to score at above four an over and notched up a comprehensive six-wicket victory in the four-day Group B Ranji Trophy game on Wednesday to move to the top of the table again.
Set a stiff task of scoring 295 in a minimum of 70 overs after Railways declared their second innings closed at 408/4, the 40-time champions raced to victory with six overs to spare.
Opener Akhil Herwadkar (75), who scored 145 in their first essay, and in-form batsman Shreyas Iyer (91) laid the platform with a fourth-wickert stand of 143 in 183 balls that brought down the asking rate to less than four.
Though the home team lost both these batsmen and Suryakumar Yadav, skipper Aditya Tare struck form with a fluent 71 not out and also put on an unconquered partnership of 95 for the fifth wicket in 82 minutes and 124 balls to help Mumbai win on a canter.
scores Group A: Delhi 149 & 172 lost to Assam 157 & 168/5 (Hazarika 59, Arun Karthick 55*). Rajasthan 216 & 226 lost to Vidarbha 247 & 199/2 (Badrinath 70*, Satish 65*). Bengal 528/8 decl. & 100/1 drew with Maharashtra 406 (Tripathi 132, Bawne 65). Odisha 529/6 decl. drew with Haryana 216 & 250/4 (Bishnoi 86*, Saini 64) Group B: Railways 217 & 408/4 decl. (Sarabh Wakaskar 185) lost to Mumbai 331 & 295/4 (Iyer 91, Herwadkar 75). Gujarat 311& 202/9 dec (Juneja 41, Saxena 6-60) beat MP 200 & 160 (RP Singh 5/33). UP 348 & 273/5 decl. drew with TN 231 & 212/4 (A. Mukund 71, Aparajith 71).