Irani Cup 2024: Mumbai Struggles in Second Innings as Saransh Jain Shines for Rest of India

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.