Ranji Trophy: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer fail as J&K take 52-run lead against Mumbai

The assemblage had already received their archetypal disappointment of the time erstwhile Yashasvi Jaiswal was trapped successful beforehand by a skidding angler from circular the stumps by Auqib Nabi. It was a elemental set-up: a mates of deliveries bent distant earlier that 1 came successful to get Jaiswal, who had retreated good wrong the crease and caught plumb successful front.

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With the shot moving astir a touch, nary of the Mumbai apical bid showed immoderate fight. Their skipper Ajinkya Rahane excessively fell to a escaped drive, playing each astir a afloat shot from Nazir that shaped successful done the bat and pad spread to castle the stumps. Shivam Dube doesn’t rather person the game, arsenic yet, to past successful these conditions against the reddish shot and unsurprisingly, helium poked a transportation cutting distant from him to the wicketkeeper. Hardik Tamore, the wicketkeeper batsman, excessively was trapped successful beforehand by Nazir; helium was shaping to play a shot connected the mediate stump to the connected broadside but was amazed by the straightener and missed it completely.

Shreyas Iyer was the past specializer batsman standing, and helium started with a first-ball six implicit long-off disconnected Nazir. He didn’t past excessively agelong either, though, it seems helium is trying retired a caller technique. He stood successful a open-stance, and adjacent his caput presumption was astir facing mid-on and the bat held astir towards point. J&K had a somewhat heavy mid-on for him and helium fell close into the trap trying to heave a afloat transportation wider but alternatively miscuing it consecutive to that fielder.

Mumbai were gasping for enactment astatine 47 for 7 erstwhile their antheral for situation Shardul Thakur yet again bailed them retired with a good fifty. A crisply-clean striker who plays orthodox shots, Thakur kept going for them whenever helium seized the opportunity. Punches and drives flew and giving him institution was arsenic adventurous Tanush Kotian.

Nabi got Kotian conscionable aft luncheon portion Mohit Awasthi was trapped by Yudhvir. Thakur went connected to people 51; his sound was studded with a six and 5 fours. He was the past antheral to fall, caught astatine agelong connected but recovered Nazir arsenic Yudhvir recovered his 4th wicket arsenic Mumbai were each retired for 120.

In reply, the visitors excessively mislaid their opener Vivrant Sharma cheaply arsenic helium was caught down disconnected pacer Awasthi. Veteran Shubham Khajuria and Yawer Hassan added 39 runs basal for 2nd wicket earlier Dube induced a nick from Hasan. Abdul Samad looked affirmative but helium fell connected 19, edging Thakur to the wicket-keeper.

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Khajuria utilized each his acquisition to tackle Mumbai attack. His 53 had 3 sixes and 4 fours earlier helium was bowled by the left-arm spinner Shams Mulani. One implicit later, Mulani got wicket-keeper batsman Kanhaiya Wadhwan trapped successful beforehand to springiness Mumbai a accidental for adjacent a lead. But Abid Mushtaq struck a breezy 44, with 2 sixes and six fours, to assistance J&K unafraid the archetypal innings pb earlier helium was fixed LBW disconnected Avasthi. One shot later, tailender Aquib Nabi deed a consecutive to mid-on to manus Avasthi his 2nd wicket successful 3 deliveries.

At stumps, J&K were 174 for 7 arsenic the visitant took 52 runs archetypal innings pb connected the time wherever 17 wickets fell. And connected the time erstwhile immoderate reputations spot the dust.