Shashwat Rawat notched up his third hundred of the season. Captain Vishnu Solanki awakened from his slumber with the willow with a sturdy century. And the duo despatched shivers within the Mumbai camp with a 174-run partnership.
However, Shams Mulani’s first marathon spell of the season and Tushar Deshpande’s essential strikes helped Mumbai earn the all-important first-innings benefit towards Baroda within the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal.
However, Baroda’s spirited present, conceding a 36-run lead after which lowering Mumbai to 21 for one at stumps on Day Three on the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy floor, has left an attractive final two days’ play in prospect.
Only if Mumbai batters are in a position to grind like Musheer Khan and Hardik Tamore – who needed to are available as makeshift opener instead of injured Prithvi Shaw – did within the first essay will the house facet be capable to comfortably seal a semifinal showdown towards Tamil Nadu.
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Rawat and Solanki resumed their in a single day 62-run unbroken affiliation and infrequently seemed in bother within the morning session. With the pitch getting slower and the bowlers letting the duo rotate strike simply, there was sufficient room for the duo, particularly left-handed Rawat, to even create boundary alternatives.
Soon after he flicked Mulani for a single on the on-side and raised his bat, he was lucky to have been dropped by keeper Tamore in Musheer Khan’s first over. It resulted in Mumbai being in a spot of trouble at lunch, with Baroda 233 for 4.
In the third over after the break, Deshpande beat Rawat along with his uncooked tempo and the nick was sharply caught by Shaw within the slips. While Shaw rushed again to the dressing room to nurse a damaged nail, Mulani took over, bowling with the brand new ball that was opted within the 82nd over.
He removed Shivalik Sharma (holed out at deep midwicket) and Mitesh Patel (straight ball) off successive balls to provide Mumbai the sting.
Despite shedding Ninad Rathva (caught within the slips off offie Kotian) and Pithiya (plumb in entrance off Mulani) in the identical session, captain Solanki was going robust, finishing his ninth First Class hundred with a wonderful cowl drive off Kotian.
As he discovered a dependable ally in debutant Raj Limbani, Baroda continued to inch nearer to Mt. 385. However, as soon as Musheer compelled a nick off Limbani’s blade for Rahane to finish a neat catch, Deshpande enticed Solanki into an edge. A brief ball adopted by a full-length ball did the trick as Baroda misplaced the final three wickets for a solitary run.
With Shaw unable to bat, Tamore walked in together with Bhupen Lalwani, however Bhargav Bhatt drew Lalwani right into a false stroke for Rathva to finish a sensible catch within the cordon.
With a lead of 57 and 9 wickets to spare – Shaw ought to be capable to bat on Day Four –the onus is on Baroda to pressure a consequence.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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