The solely approach the Irani Cup between Madhya Pradesh and the Rest of India had an opportunity of going the complete distance on the fifth and ultimate day was if the hosts didn’t lose early wickets.
Chasing 437 for victory, MP resumed on 81 for 2, with skipper Himanshu Mantri batting on a well-set 51.
Unfortunately for Mantri, he was adjudged caught behind off the second ball of the day from Navdeep Saini and stood shocked on the resolution as he felt his bat was not anyplace near the ball.
From there on, nothing went the house group’s away because it misplaced wickets rapidly and was bowled out for 198 as RoI cantered to a 238-run win to retain the Irani Cup right here on the Captain Roop Singh Stadium on Sunday.
After Mantri’s dismissal, pacer Mukesh Kumar bowled Yash Dubey – the centurion from the primary innings – beating him with a supply that didn’t are available in as a lot because the batter anticipated and uprooting the off-stump.
Aman Solanki, who hails from Gwalior, stored the small however boisterous crowd pleased with a breezy 31, hitting six boundaries.
Solanki and Harsh Gawli had added 49 runs for the fifth wicket placing up a semblance of a struggle for MP when Atit Sheth bought a supply to chop in sharp and despatched Solanki’s leg-stump cartwheeling.
With that wicket, the fort was breached because the decrease order tried to sharpen their big-hitting abilities, accelerating the inevitable because the hosts have been folded out ten minutes earlier than lunch.
Left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar (3/60) and off-spinner Pulkit Narang (2/27) shared the final 4 scalps equally in as many overs to convey the curtains down on the Indian home first-class season.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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