Irani Cup: Mumbai Struggles in Second Innings After Saransh Jain’s Spin
The ongoing Irani Cup match between Rest of India and Mumbai has reached an exciting stage. In reply to Mumbai’s 537 runs at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium on Friday, the Rest of India team scored 416 runs. After this, Mumbai had a bad start. By the end of the fourth day’s play, Rahane’s team has lost six important wickets for 153 runs.
The rest of India’s experienced spinners Saransh Jain broke the back of Mumbai by sending four batsmen to the pavilion. Now the team will once again expect a big innings from Sarfaraz Khan (09) and all-rounder Tanush Kotian (20), who scored a double century in the first innings. In the four-day match so far, the pitch of Ekana has been suitable for batsmen as well as bowlers.
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Rest of India’s Strong Response
Earlier, Rest of India extended its innings by four wickets for 289 runs on the fourth day and scored 416 runs in the first innings. Abhimanyu Easwaran, who scored an unbeaten 151 on Wednesday, ended his innings at 191. He was caught out at fine leg by Tanush Kotian off Shams Mulani. However, after two centuries in the Duleep Trophy, this inning will strengthen his chances of touring Australia.
On the other hand, Dhruv Jurel (93) also played a good innings but missed out on a century. As soon as these two were out, the rest of India team was out after adding just 20 more runs. Shams Mulani and Tanush Kotian took three wickets each for Mumbai. Mohit Awasthi got two wickets. In this way, Mumbai got a lead of 121 runs based on the first innings.
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Prithvi Shaw Shines, Mumbai Struggles
Mumbai’s second innings, which scored a huge score in the first innings, faltered. The team lost six wickets for 125 runs. However, opener Prithvi Shaw remained firm at one end. Before getting out, he played a brilliant innings of 76 runs with the help of eight fours and one six on 105 balls. Captain Ajinkya Rahane (09) and Shreyas Iyer (08), who scored half-centuries in the first innings, were disappointed. Mumbai will have high hopes for Sarfaraz and Tanush, the unbeaten batsmen of the fourth day. At the same time, Ruturaj Gaikwad’s bowlers will come out to achieve the target by ending the innings before lunch
Mumbai Playing XI:
Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan, Hardik Tamore (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Mohit Awasthi, M Junaid Khan.
Rest of India Playing XI:
Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Abhimanyu Iswaran, Sai Sudarshan, Ishan Kishan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Yash Dayal, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar.
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